I thought one of the laws of physics is that an object falls through the path of least resistance. I was unaware that the basement and 120 floors of each tower represented less total resistance than the empty air on all sides. Isn’t it odd both towers fell through the path of greatest resistance, at near the speed of gravity? The idea that an object falls through the path of greatest resistance, at nearly the same speed it would otherwise fall if there were no resistance, is a head-scratcher. Where did that resistance go, and how did it manage to dissipate in a uniform manner, allowing the towers to fall straight down rather than off to one side?
Of course, the long, convoluted explanations given by NIST may well be accurate, but less logical a premise than the simplest answer: resistance being blown out uniformly in a highly-controlled demolition.