It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by fledgling666
what if it WAS a controlled demolition?
what if the engineers were so smart when they built the building, they also built-in demolition devices so that in case the building were ever in danger of destroying most of Manhattan by toppling over, they could be controlled by demolition.
Originally posted by project_pisces
As far as another possibility of some form of energy weapon(earth quake on a molecular level)
Yes, theres a very good possibility of that.
Originally posted by HowardRoark
In the meantime, I�ll listen to the engineers who see no problems with the speed of the collapse. The only thing closed here is your mind.
CNN: WTC Collapse Looked Like Implosion Video Link
Oh but WE KNOW IT WASN'T. The only problem with that statement is The evidence
When The Explosives Were Placed: WTC South Tower Upper Floors Closed on 9/8 & 9/9
On the weekend of 9/8,9/9 there was a 'power down' condition in WTC tower 2, the south tower. This power down condition meant there was no electrical supply for approx 36 hrs from floor 50 up. I am aware of this situation since I work in IT and had to work with many others that weekend to ensure that all systems were cleanly shutdown beforehand ... and then brought back up afterwards. The reason given by the WTC for the power down was that cabling in the tower was being upgraded ...
"Of course without power there were no security cameras, no security locks on doors and many, many 'engineers' coming in and out of the tower.
CBS News Channel Eyewitness Describes 'Secondary Explosions' in the WTC Video Link
In the first clip, the CBS reporter refers to a secondary exploson in the South Tower before its collapse. The reporter's exact words were "some kind of secondary follow-up explosion."
In the second clip, the CBS reporter describes explosions near the top of the North Tower as it collapses
New York Firefighters Discuss Bombs in WTC Towers Video Link
In this clip you will hear a discussion between New York Firefighters from September 11 where they describe the WTC and the fact that it looked like detonators were planted in the towers. There is a little profanity in this clip
Evidence for Explosives in the Twin Towers
Initially the explosives theory suffered from the problem that the mainstream media did not report that anyone heard explosions just prior to the WTC collapse. But in the last year reports have surfaced, and there is now even video evidence available to anyone which shows that explosions actually did occur within the Twin Towers prior to their collapse.
Major WTC Insurance Company Questions Building 7 Collapse As Potential Fraud
(PRWEB) May 2, 2005 -- Allianz Groupone of the world’s largest insurers published a shareholder proposal on April 20th faulting management for ignoring signs of insurance fraud on 9/11/2001. Allianz carried a significant portion of the insurance coverage on the WTC, and stands to pay a corresponding portion of the $3.5 billion payout currently being litigated in New York. In his proposal, shareholder John Leonard, a California native and a publisher of books on 9/11, pointed to reports that building WTC 7 apparently collapsed by demolition, and for no plausible reason related to the 9/11 attacks. Management replied that it relied on official US government reports which made no mention of such evidence.
Two German-American writers, Jim Hoffman (www.wtc7.net) and Eric Hufschmid, have contibuted greatly to the theory of the dynamiting of the Twin Towers and Building WTC-7. Hufschmid’s work was translated and published in German (www.painfulquestions.de). They claim that never in history has the structure of a steel building ever been destroyed by fire, and that on the contrary, the evidence points to a controlled demolition. I could find no evidence to gainsay their thesis anywhere.
WTC-7, as is well-known, was never struck by airplanes, and photographs of it show only insignificant fires www.globalresearch.ca.myforums.net... . Nevertheless, the 47-story building at WTC 7 suddenly collapsed at around 17:28 on 9/11/2001.
This fact was not even mentioned in the 585 page report of the official 9/11 commission.
www.9-11commission.gov...
Link
H-1 threatened by fire. Firefighters pull back. Crewman on helicopter recon dropped off.
He was only able to direct water on the fire for a few seconds before the rest of his fire party (with no SCBA) called for him to pull back.
During an initial attack yesterday, I heard on the radio from the first
engine on scene that they were getting spots behind them and that they
had to pull back until additional units arrived on scene to help protect
them. Pull back is good. Doing nothing is bad.
The fire, still growing in intensity, moved rapidly up the hollow, and the CL gave the order, by radio, to pull back.
Approximately 8 minutes had elapsed and the District Major said "let's ease off this thing for a minute," (pull back and regroup)
After an initial attack on the fire inside the building, firefighters had to pull back and assume defensive positions around the structure. Interior floor collapses kept crews from re-entering the building.
Because the scene was confused and smoke so thick, Dupee ordered firefighters to pull back before someone got hurt Sunday at a South Central warehouse fire.
It is critical that the incident commander, as part of the fire ground strategy, ask the basic question: should they even be inside of the building? Is the potential benefit worth the risk to the fire fighters? Is progress being made on the fire, or is it time to pull back, protect the fire fighters and let the building go? If the owner didn't feel it was necessary to properly protect the property from fire, then why should fire fighters be placed in danger to protect it?
Once firefighters realized that there were propane and LPG tanks involved in the derailment, and they were on fire, a decision was made to pull back. Firefighters abandoned hose lines in the streets when they realized the seriousness of the situation.
Originally posted by CPYKOmega
...The owner of the WTC's said that they pulled it....
[edit on 5-8-2005 by CPYKOmega]
Larry Silverstein, the controller of the destroyed WTC complex, stated plainly in a PBS documentary that he and the FDNY decided jointly to demolish the Solomon Bros. building, or WTC 7, late in the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
In the documentary "America Rebuilds", aired September 2002, Silverstein makes the following statement;
"I remember getting a call from the, er, fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it.' And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collapse."
Pull it mp3
Originally posted by Curio
Originally posted by CPYKOmega
...The owner of the WTC's said that they pulled it....
Absolutely - and he certainly didn't mean "pull back" or "pull out"