# 'What if' question on the fate of the WTC buildings ... \[NOT conspiracy theories!\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 8, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-question-on-the-fate-of-the-wtc-buildings-not-conspiracy-theories/200231 "2003-09-08T05:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muldoon_s_Squishiness)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-question-on-the-fate-of-the-wtc-buildings-not-conspiracy-theories/200231/21 "2003-09-12T00:29:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*Well, the Murrow building in OKC was salvagable, but folks felt that what had happened there, it was better to destroy the building and put up a memorial than to repair it. \*\* No, it wasn’t. The building was so weakened structurally that when it was demolished it only took about 1/10 of the usual explosive to bring the building down. And they figured it would have cost more to repair the Murraugh building then it would to have built a brand new building. ---
**Author:** ![Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muldoon_s_Squishiness)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-question-on-the-fate-of-the-wtc-buildings-not-conspiracy-theories/200231/22 "2003-09-12T00:38:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\*But how would you dismantle something that big? \*\* [David Macaulay knows how to do it.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0395454255/qid=1063327391/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-4154256-4244020?v=glance&s=books) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-question-on-the-fate-of-the-wtc-buildings-not-conspiracy-theories/200231.md?page=1)