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From: Leslie E Robertson [mailto:leslie.robertson@lera.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:08 AM
To: xxxxx
Subject: Re: Trying to get some information on the general layout of the WTC
towers
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO LEARN THE SOURCE OF THE MISINFORMATION PROVIDED BY
"SOMEONE".
WHY IS THIS OF IMPORTANCE TO YOU AND TO YOUR "SOMEONE"?
LITERALLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACCESSED THE EXPRESS ELEVATORS FROM THE
LOBBY...NOT FROM WITHIN THE CORE.
THE CORES FOR THE TWO BUILDINGS DIFFERED IN ORIENTATION AND OTHER BECAUSE OF
STRUCTURAL CONSIDERATONS...HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH NON-EXISTING CONCRETE
WALLS.
SEE COMMENTS (IN CAPS), BELOW.
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Date: 6/8/2009 1:27:47 PM
To: <sts@lera.com>
From: xxxxxx
Subject: Trying to get some information on the general layout of the WTC
towers
I was wondering if you could answer a few questions.
I am in a debate with someone about the layout of the express elevator access
of the core at the lobby level. The person I am debating says that there was
a
rectangular concrete core in WTC1.
THERE WAS NO CONCRETE CORE, RECTANGULAR
OR OTHERWISE, IN EITHER OF THE TWO TOWERS. AT THE TOP, THERE WAS A TWO-STORY
HIGH (?) REINFORCED CONCRETE BANK VAULT, THE FULL LENGTH OF THE CORE, WHICH
BANK VAULT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH EXPRESS ELEVATORS. The base of this core at
the lobby level
consisted of 2 long axis walls (12' thick at the lobby level) and 2 short
axis
walls (17' thick at the lobby level). He claims that the core walls decreased
in thickness to 2' thick for all 4 walls at the top of the tower. The outside
wall of this concrete core sloped inward to the 2' thickness at the top,
while
the inside wall of this core stayed straight.
THIS IS ALL NONSENSE.
This person also claims that there was no access to the express elevators
from
outside the core at the lobby level.
NONSENSE. He maintains that in WTC1,
his solid
concrete core described above surrounded all the elevators. Anyone wanting to
get onto an elevator, be it local or express, had to go into the center of
the
core.
NONSENSE. He claims that WTC2 was redesigned differently from WTC2 to
allow access
to the express elevators from outside the core because renters of the office
space complained about the lack of access of WTC1.
MORE NONSENSE.
I have talked with people who worked in both towers and they say the this
person is mistaken and that both towers had access to the express elevators
from the lobby level and that the core walls were not blanks facades as
claimed.
YES, "THIS PERSON" IS MISTAKEN.
Can Eyou please verify this information or point me in a direction to help?
SEE ABOVE.
Thank you very much for your time.
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