No -- reports are the WTC towers were going to have to be brought down as they were put up -- with scaffolding which would have cost a huge amount of money. There's precedent for this as one of the NYC towers has been brought down this way. Unfortunately, I no longer have the info on that and couldn't turn it up in a search so probably difficult for you to believe -- but true. But, the WTC towers were to be brought down because of Asbestos problems -- they were also White Elephants which weren't renting. Heating and cooling the buildings were an immense problem. Demolition wasn't to be permitted.
The WTC towers were built to withstand not just one commercial jetliner flying into it but a number of them.
Notice that they've scrubbed references to "built to withstand a number of jets flying into them."
And that's true as the designers made clear after 9/11 -- describing it as "flies flying into a screen door."
WTC Towers Designed to Withstand Impact of Loaded Boeing 707
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fQlC2AIWrY
http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/analysis/design.html
No -- that's completely untrue.
The WTC towers were designed to withstand more than one commercial jet fully loaded flying into it. The designers made clear that it would be like flies flying into a screen door. They had the example of the plane which flew into the Empire State Building and well knew that they WTC had to be extremely safe or they would not be rented or supported.
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According to the Russian officer, they were intended to be brought down with nukes, when they were built. That's why it worked so well. It was the designed method.