Oops! Sorry, I missed this.
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Originally Posted by Sticky
So the issue we are left with regarding the pictures is the timing of the pictures used in the NIST report.
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This is absolutely correct. We are to assume the picture took place some time between the collapse of WTC 1 and the collapse of WTC 7, which leaves us quite a bit of time. The damage in the NIST picture was credited to the collapse of WTC 1, but it's not said if the damage was immediately caused. Unfortunately, further information simply doesn't exist to the public.
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Originally Posted by Sticky
Is this solvable? If not, maybe we can't compare these images as two seperate truths as if they were seperate (and different) images of the same point in time.
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You are correct. If they were taken at different times and if WTC 7 had a collapse of some sort long after the collapse of WTC 1 (option 3), then the pictures do not contradict each other. Thus, further information is needed:
1) Any other evidence, including eyewitness reports, that can verify a collapse that happened after the immediate damage of the collapse of WTC 1
2) Specific verifiable times of each photograph.
3) Further photographic or video evidence of WTC 7 immediately before it's collapse.
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Originally Posted by Sticky
I think it is correct to say that the actions that caused the damage to WTC7 are the collapses of one or both WTC1 and WTC2.
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That's one theory.
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I do think, however, that not all of the evidence of damage shows right away but can take some time to show up. After the initial damage is inflicted on WTC7 it is possible that the damaged area can degrade more as time passes (pieces that were broken, cracked, loosened can fall off).
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This would be hypothetical option #3 from the post you responded to.
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Anyway, my point is that time can be a factor and it is possible that the two images are truth at different points in time.
If we can't find out the time of the NIST image then the two images do not necessarily contradict each other.
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There are other photographs taken of WTC 7 by the photographer available. Unfortunately, the times of the photographs are not available which doesn't help.