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The 47-storey tower collapsed seven hours after the Twin Towers and it has become the subject of heated speculation and a host of conspiracy theories which suggest it was brought down by a controlled demolition.
Nearly seven years on, the final official report on the World Trade Centre is due to be published in July.
Official investigators are expected to conclude that fire caused the collapse of this third tower at the World Trade Centre. But that makes this the first and only skyscraper in the world to collapse solely due to fire.
The Conspiracy Files explores many unanswered questions to try to find out what really happened, and why some people think there was a sinister plot to destroy the building.
The current NIST working collapse hypothesis for WTC 7 is described in the June 2004 Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (Volume 1, page 17, as well as Appendix L), as follows:
An initial local failure occurred at the lower floors (below floor 13) of the building due to fire and/or debris induced structural damage of a critical column (the initiating event) which supported a large span floor bay with an area of about 2,000 square feet;
Vertical progression of the initial local failure occurred up to the east penthouse, as the large floor bays were unable to redistribute the loads, bringing down the interior structure below the east penthouse; and
Horizontal progression of the failure across the lower floors (in the region of floors 5 and 7, that were much thicker than the rest of the floors), triggered by damage due to the vertical failure, resulting in a disproportionate collapse of the entire structure.
Why won't a single U.S. media outlet even mention 9/11, let alone ask if it was a conspiracy?
Originally posted by Boone 870
reply to post by GoldenFleece
Why won't a single U.S. media outlet even mention 9/11, let alone ask if it was a conspiracy?
Some have...
Originally posted by mrwupy
For the record, I called this long ago. Building seven is the smoking gun. There is no reason for that building to have collapsed. The NIST report wouldn't even address the subject.
If there were an honest investigation, important people would go to prison or be taken out and shot.
Hopefully the truth will finally come to light. Hopefully.
Originally posted by imeddieone4202003
Im sure if presented properly this will get alot of people to seriously question 9/11. I work at a childrens museum and on the inside of the men's room door is "Google Loose Change" written in sharpie. This is getting bigger and its reaching critical mass, the Truth cant be ignored much longer.....