Preface:
I invite you to read the 9/11 Commission Final Report (
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/), the initial FEMA report on the WTC collapse (
http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/official/fema.html) the NIST website (
http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm) and the NIST reports (
http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/). These encompass the government’s full accounting for the occurrences on 9/11 and are very important to this thread’s content.
This thread is here for two reasons: to present evidence that contradicts the official account of the occurrences on 9/11, and to either prove this evidence correct beyond a reasonable doubt or to prove it incorrect beyond a reasonable doubt. This thread is not about conclusions about the “bigger picture” (ex.: aliens did it). This is simply about verifiable facts being tested. Anyone who is thinking of asking something like, “But how did they get away with it?” is welcome to join the 9/11 thread in Paranoia.
Because this thread is evidence based, it is not paranoia. Paranoia is an incorrect thought process that’s motivated by anxiety or fear. This discussion will be dispassionate (this also means leave your anger at the door). Paranoia is irrational. This discussion will be rational. Paranoia is delusional. This discussion will be factual. If anyone is concerned about someone who may be violating this, please hit the warn button or private message me. Don’t allow anyone to derail the conversation. Anyone behaving inappropriately will be dealt with accordingly.
This thread will deal with the following 9/11 subjects:
- WTC 1 (also known as the North Tower) and 2 (also known as the South Tower)
- WTC 7
- The Pentagon
- Arlington, Virginia
- The Hijackings
- Lead up
- Aftermath
- Other
I’ll get us started by using photographic evidence preceding, during and after the collapse of the building known as WTC 7. These photographs were taken by various people but were all in reputable publicans after 9/11 including but not limited to major news media and government.
This first image is just to establish the subject. This is World Trade Center Buidling 7 (from now on referred to as WTC 7).
It was 741’ tall at 49 stories and had a floor area of 1.7 million sq ft. The shape is trapezoidal from above and it is a quadrangular prism. The shorter of the parallel walls of the building was on the south (pictured below), while the longer was on the north. WTC 7 was surrounded by the Post Office and Verizon Building.
After WTC 2 (the South Tower) was struck, some debris from the damaged areas hit WTC 7 on it’s southern wall. The following photographs were taken from the southeast and displays fires caused by said debris.
According to the initial report by FEMA (WTC Building Performance Study), the floor assemblies detached from where they connected to the inner columns and outer walls that started a chain reaction of collapses. (1) Unfortunately, this theory does not stand up to scrutiny. Not only did armature investigators and news outlets debunk this theory, but it was abandoned by NIST in their 2004 investigation.
NIST’s investigations pointed at debris instead of fire that caused the complete collapse of WTC 7. They theorize, though have stopped investigating, that the “The most important thing we found was that there was, in fact, physical damage to the south face of building 7…On about a third of the face to the center and to the bottom--approximately 10 stories--about 25 percent of the depth of the building was scooped out.”. (2)
The following image is the evidence, which has been presented as the “scooped out” area and has only appeared once officially, in the NIST report.
Now is when things get a little confusing.
The following is a link to a video broadcast on CBS taken from the north of the building (taken from 1000 ft or .18 miles from the collapse).
http://www.911research.com/wtc/evide..._collapse2.mpg
Please watch this video very carefully. It is not sped up whatsoever. For all intents and purposes, this building fell straight down and evenly.
We are witnessing asymmetrical damage supposedly causing a symmetrical collapse. Unfortunately, the NIST report, while explaining collapse initiation, does not explain how the collapse initiation leads to global collapse, or the collapse of the entire building.
The following is a picture taken by an amateur photographer of the southwest of WTC 7, which is exactly where the supposed damage has been done to the building as seen in the NIST photograph above.
The original picture (large)
The following is a comparison between the two:
This is not the only image to have surfaced—that shows no signs of tampering—which contradicts the image used by NIST to show the damage to WTC 7 which supposedly cause the collapse.
Last piece of evidence, I promise:
WTC7, despite only suggested damage to one side of the building, has in fact collapsed into it’s own footprint almost perfectly.
It should be noted that before and since 9/11/01, no steel frame building has ever fallen due to fire. There have been high rise fires that have lasted more than 18 hours, burning out many floors, but none has ever caused any significant structural problems and definitely no collapses.
1. Figure 2-20 from FEMA’s WTC Building Performance Study
2. 2. NIST interview with Popular Mechanics