Re:Fark.com's live thread during the Sept. 11 attacks
by implements on Sunday September 11, 2022 @12:25PM
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Probably not clearly recognisable to a British reporter regardless of visibility, though.
“Collapse” in the sense of “caving in” can happen to just a part of a building. “Building 7 has collapsed” is shorthand for both “Building 7 has suffered a partial collapse” and “Building 7 is now a pile of rubble” - it’s not hard to understand that in the fog of what was a catastrophic event one is easily mistaken for the other, partially when the other is more “Get this on air now!” newsworthy.
“Collapse” in the sense of “caving in” can happen to just a part of a building. “Building 7 has collapsed” is shorthand for both “Building 7 has suffered a partial collapse” and “Building 7 is now a pile of rubble” - it’s not hard to understand that in the fog of what was a catastrophic event one is easily mistaken for the other, partially when the other is more “Get this on air now!” newsworthy.