How much does the complete WTC mass?

Factual Questions
1

As an estimate, if anyone knows, how many tonns of debris will they need to clean up there? I have heard 6000 Tons have been removed thus far.

2

The link below says 450,000 tons. The associated article say that 250,000 tons of it was steel.

Tinker

3

In a news conference on 9/14/2001 around 10 am or so, Guiliani reported that approximately 10,500 tons had been removed thus far. It’s going to take a long time to remove all of it. I wonder how many additional tons of furniture and equipment were in the building.

4

About 7 stories under it & 10 stories above it. Or around 17 stories of Mass…

5

I would imagine a significant mass of the concrete was ground into powder and settled all over lower Manhattan, or simply blew away.

6

Anyone know, besides concrete and steel, what was in the debris cloud? I was in it, and it stung a little like fiberglas insulation does when you touch it (although not as bad). Was there any fiberglas in it? Or could the glass from the windows gotten so pulverized that it turned to powder? Also, what about asbestos concerns? I was breathing this stuff for about an hour, do I have to worry about cancer now?

7

frogstein,

I heard today (I think) that the probable risk from asbestos is minimal. As to the rest of it, I don’t know.

God Bless & take care of yourself.

Tinker

8

True, but once they stop having to search for survivors (let’s face it, a couple of days more and realistically there’s no chance) they can go a lot faster. In fact, I don’t think they’ve actually found any survivors, just rescue workers that got temporarily buried. Can anyone confirm/deny?

9

frogstein wrote:

I’d be willing to bet that a large percentage of the dust was crushed drywall. It turns to dust easily, and there would have been a hell of a lot of it in the buildings. I think most of the concrete is still in fairly-large chunks, filling up what used to be the basement floors, while a lot of the drywall got airborn.

As for how much faster they can go once hope of finding survivors is lost, they’ve still gotta be careful about damaging evidence. It is a crime scene, after all.