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In 2018. professor, you know, you re right about the bridge, and you re right about as we looked at that video, we saw the video of this structure, this condo collapse and pancake, as you said, almost like a controlled demolition. so when you see the images, the before and after, what stands out to you? what stands out to me is that, like i said, i mentioned those, you know, three possible failure scenarios that could have caused the center portion to collapse. the thing that stood out to me was the east segment. the east segment of the structure, you know, was looking for bracing, was looking for some lateral bracing. it had none because there was only one wall in the north/south segment in that northeast segment of the structure. ....
Collapsing, pancake, almost, as you side, like a controlled demolition. u as you see the images before and after, what stands out to you? what stands out to me, like i said, i think so those three possible failure scenarios that could have caused the center portion to collapse. the thing that stood out to me was the east segment. the east segment of the structure, you know, was looking for bracing, was looking for some lateral bracing. it had none. because there was only one wall in the north/south direction in that segment, in that northeast segment of the structure. had there been more walls in the east/west direction and in the north/south direction in that segment, we might have been able to at least rescue some people and have that standing for a while. ....