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The
photograph we are about to examine is from a report
by company called Liro.
The following are some quotes from their homepage:
Achitecture,
engineering and construction management firm since 1984...
LiRo
is committed to becoming a premier, nationally recognized
leader in the design and construction management of
infrastructure, facilities and environmental projects.
"One
of the top 50 construction management firms in the United
States..."
Engineering News Record
In
the report, there is a photograph of some metal burning
in the foreground. Next to it, this paragraph below
can be found:
Red
Hot Debris. The removal of debris from the collapsed
area requires the safe lifting and maneuvering of very
heavy steel beams, often twisted and tangled from the
force of the collapse. Some beams pulled from the wreckage
are still red hot more than 7 weeks after the attack,
and it is suspected that temperatures beneath the debris
pile are well in excess of 1,000°F.
http://www.liro.com/lironews.pdf
The
source of this photograph would appear to be solid and
the given date is October 21st 2001. I then enhanced
the image to enable identification of the material.
Enhanced
Image of Metal Observed by Liro

Now
perform a quick comparison:
Reference
Image for Steel
I
can confirm Liro's identification that these beams are
steel. The temperature indicated by the colour of this
beam places it well above 1000C. Again, as we will observer
later, this is physically impossible given the ground
temperature.
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