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International, investigative and visual journalist at The New York Times. Lapsed astrophysicist. Ph.D. Princeton, formerly U. Colorado at Boulder, Science mag.
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Buckled Columns in Manhattan Building Probably Lacked Required Reinforcements

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By James Glanz Verified, Simon Ducroquet Verified
| The New York Times Verified
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Buckled Columns in Manhattan Building Probably Lacked Required Reinforcements Drawings obtained by The New York Times show the columns called for additional steel plates, but engineers reviewing site photos said they appeared to be missing.
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Buckled Columns in Manhattan Building Probably Lacked Required Reinforcements

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By James Glanz Verified, Simon Ducroquet Verified
| Breaking One
NEW YORK -- Two columns that buckled and failed in a midtown Manhattan tower on July 7 were supposed to be strengthened with steel plates to support the addition of 15 residential floors above, according to structural drawings obtained by The New York Times through a records request to the New York City Department of Buildings. But engineers who examined both the drawings and photographs of the buckled columns said there was no evidence that the plates were added to the columns as designed.
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Why the Twin Earthquakes in Venezuela Were So Deadly

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By James Glanz Verified, Helmuth Rosales Verified, Marco Hernandez Verified
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Any large earthquake can be dangerous, but the residents of Caracas and Venezuelan coastal cities like La Guaira and Catia La Mar were victims of several unlucky factors. Two quakes in rapid succession, a fault that ruptured toward more populated areas, soft ground and the shallow depth of the temblors all combined to make the June 24 disaster especially severe, even for areas that were miles away from the epicenter. This is what made it so deadly.
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