
Originally Posted by
icewendigo
Im curious, If you somehow were to lift an 11 story building section at water level and were to release it where the bottom beneath the water is as far down as the WTC was high, how long do you estimate it would take for the building section to reach the bottom? Would it drop like a rock though air because the large building is so heavy/dense or would water cause sufficient drag to slow the fall by more than a few seconds compared to air? (In movies sinking ships dont appear to sink as fast as it would free fall through air)