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Originally posted by dragonridr
Ill answer your questions than I'm done
Originally posted by dragonridr
The plumes are caused by explosive decompression air escaping a confined space
Originally posted by dragonridr
My guess is the explosions probably had to do with the electrical equipment that building would have had multiple transformers and guess what they don't like heat.
Originally posted by dragonridr
Wrong Controlled demolitions never starts out in a basement
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Originally posted by dragonridr
Now i only answered this out of courtesy because i see you aren't interested in facts only theories
Care to explain how a 50-ton hydraulic brake press and an entire machine shop can be destroyed, a 300-pound steel and concrete fire door crumpled up and laying on the ground, parking garage destroyed, lobby destroyed, all without explosives? I bet you can't do it.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by _BoneZ_
I've read and read your information, yet there are plenty of places that seem to refute your conclusions, and have very reasonable explanations for the collapses.
Snippets from this source have been brought up, I think, because sections sounded familiar, but I thought this little bit was interesting:
If it had been free fall, with no restraint, the collapse would have only taken eight seconds and would have impacted at 300 km/h. It has been suggested that it was fortunate that the WTC did not tip over onto other buildings surrounding the area. There are several points that should be made. First, the building is not solid; it is 95 percent air and, hence, can implode onto itself. Second, there is no lateral load, even the impact of a speeding aircraft, which is sufficient to move the center of gravity one hundred feet to the side such that it is not within the base footprint of the structure. Third, given the near free-fall collapse, there was insufficient time for portions to attain significant lateral velocity. To summarize all of these points, a 500,000 t structure has too much inertia to fall in any direction other than nearly straight down.
JOM pubs
I know you say the central columns in the cores were very strong, and should not have failed, but can you be 100% certain that the shearing forces weren't just too much for them, and the cumulative effects?
I know, I know....you've studied this for years, along with colleagues, but only one side of the argument can be correct. How can there be so much dispute? HOW can the Towers have been pre-rigged, with no one seeing?? Is it not true that radio-controlled devices would not have been reliable enough, so they would have had to have been hard-wired?
Just can't see it.
If only the airplanes has hit lower there probably wouldn't be any doubts about the collapses......
Originally posted by thedman
only fraction of the fuel burned in initial fireball
Originally posted by cashlink
Over the years, the process known as 'galvanic corrosion' had structurally degraded these buildings beyond repair. Supporting statements to this effect had been compiled, and were presented by the engineers to the building owners during the time-frame that I have described. Subsequently, both Mayor Giuliani's Office, and the New York Port Authority, had allegedly received an order for the buildings to be completely dismantled, by 2007."
Please, take the time and read TECHNICAL SUMMARY.
Befor posting thank you.
Through the continual effects of wind-sheer and [flex-fatigue] this process had eroded the bolt-holds at roughly floors #7 through #25, that fulcrum-point where the lateral pressures were inherently sustained. Photographs, taken after the disaster, reveal that it was only those lowest exterior column sectional groupings which do not appear to have shown severe de-coupling of the joinery, therein. This is evidenced by the bright 'shiny,' cage-like forms that served to contain the bulk of the physical contents among a burning rubble
The building was bid at $750,M, and cost$1.2B to build. It was worth about $4. to $5.B at its peak., but, would have cost nearly $15.B to un-build it in 2010 dollars, or as it neared its 1/2 'safe' life. Obviously, it was Imploded, because there was never going to be a 'break-even' point for either, the current, or future owners.
Recently I learned from Tommy Malley, who claims his family are involved in New York City construction, and his testimony sounded very possession of pre-bid information pertaining to the Towers. Mr. Malley encouraged me to revise my figures, which brings forth a startling, and potentially critical new discovery, which I will quote:
"The owners were fully aware of the problem and had been given the ultimatum that they could not 'implode' the buildings. They received the report stating that: Decommissioning was required by the EPA by no later than 2007, at a projected cost of $20.B"
ALUMINUM + STEEL = Electro-mechanical failure!
(as posted, online: 7/18/06)
The Controlled Demolition
of the World Trade Center; 9/11/2001,
and "National Security Breach"
A material, 'legal deposition'
by Tom-Scott Gordon
July, 5, 2006
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As presented to the U.S. Senate Oversight Committee, and others:
AFFIDAVIT:
"The destruction of the World Trade Center, as witnessed on September 11th, 2001, was the result of an elaborately planned, Controlled Demolition." This is the conclusion of thousands of witnesses and hundreds of forensics experts. Given due consideration, these findings imply, that *US MILITARY* personnel are responsible for crimes that led to the murder of an estimated 3,000 innocent Americans.
As a living witness to these actions, as I have described herein, I do hereby officially charge those responsible, both for the execution, and for the '9/11 cover-up,' with the crimes of: Conspiracy, Treason, Genocide and Murder. Additional criminal charges also apply.
My sole objective in composing this document is to publicize the *initial phase* of this covert operation at the World Trade Center, dating back to 1989. While I was employed by the WTC Architects of Record; Emery Roth and Associates, AIA, New York City, where I discovered both physical samples and written documentation concerning potential hazards with the physical integrity of the Twin Towers. After witnessing these events, I publicly expressed my concern for a thorough public safety-inspection of the Twin Trade Towers, to other architects and contractors.
To date, not one of our staff, nor the 40-or so full-time employees of the WTC building engineering team has spoken-out publicly, or provided a testimony under oath. A thorough investigation of these parties, named herein, will provide disclosure as to precise nature of these events as I have described. This shall serve as a complete legal record of my direct exposure to these *pre-existing physical, materials conditions* at the Twin Trade Center, that collectively support the *financial motivation* which had prompted the New York Port Authority, AND operatives within NORAD, (or NSA) to engage in this seditious act of "espionage."
No similar information has been provided by any other witness(es) that I am aware of, and no individuals have provided details that would serve to dispute my claims in any way. I remain hopeful that others, more closely connected with this property, and ideally, those having access to the City of New York Buildings Departments, will continue with the points of research as suggested by the information in this document.
www.investigate911.com...
www.investigate911.com...
redlineav.com...
Please befor posting Please read all the information, thank you.
Originally posted by CaptainAmerica2012
One thing for sure is that the world trade center complex was designed with it's destruction in mind.
The 'what if' possibility was never glossed over and was implemented in it's design.
If i were to buiild a 110 story building i would also like to know how long it would last and how can we bring it down safely in case of fire or airline crash. I would have explosives and or a design which would allow global collapse. Then I would build smaller building around WTC 5,6,4 to act as buffers for the collapse.
If you want to get conspiratorial then once can see that the Rockefellers built the towers and if you know their history then you will understand the some of the picture as to why this is all happening.
III.) "FBI" 'take-over' at the WTC!
Well aware of the neighboring Manhattan building 'security' protocols, I was prepared as I entered the building during the morning rush-hour, at around 9:10am. However, I was singled-out from the ordinary building patrons, and immediately escorted to a secondary check-point by the lobby guards, which entirely caught me by surprise.
I explained my interests politely, assuming that I would be allowed free access to the general public areas, such as "Windows on the World," where, "I was just looking forward to seeing the view."
(What kind of guard could challenge that?)
-Evidently, someone had provided them with my photograph because I looked indistinguishable amongst the usual patrons at that time of day. However, I was immediately told that I was on a list of persons who were explicitly to be escorted upstairs, "to insure that I would arrive at the engineering office in time for Our meeting." - "What meeting?" I thought, quite logically!
The suite was listed on the Guard's ledger as: "Skilling & Jackson, P.C.," -a name I had seen somewhere in print, but I had no prior relations with. (Being fully aware that Emery Roth had NOT maintained an office in the building for many years, clearly this was NOT a situation vaguely pertaining to me!)
Two regular WTC official guards came from the nearby service area (rear) to escort me upstairs. As we arrived at the 'skylobby,' two, different guards accompanied me from there. I had no idea I was that important a guest.
When we arrived at the door to this suite, (Tower 1, around the 84th to 86th floor, North) there was yet another guard standing outside, and I became highly skeptical by this point because of the temporary qualities of the sign on their 'main' office door. They had a brand new, fake wood engraved plastic sign, it read: "Skilling Associates, P.C." (I thought, this name doesn't match, and this office has been here for what, over 10 years? ¬Can someone please call Continuity?)
Firefighter John Morabito of ladder 10, which is just 200 yards from the north tower.
“Just inside the front entrance, Morabito found two victims of the fireball. A man, already dead, was pushed against a wall, his clothes gone, his eyeglasses blackened, his tongue lying on the floor next to him. The other was a woman, with no clothes, her hair burned off, her eyes sealed.
“The woman, she sat up. I’m yelling to her, ‘Don’t worry, we’re going to help you,’” Morabito said. “She sat up and was trying to talk, but her throat had closed up. She died right there.” www.fdnytenhouse.com...
Dave Bobbitt, Port Authority Operations
"It was quite hectic, and we did what we could to stay in contact with the elevator passengers while helping to direct other people out of the building and direct firemen to the stairs and the elevators," Bobbitt remarked. "When entering the North Tower, we saw the marble on the walls was severely cracked, and Riccardelli told everyone to stay back from the walls. Don (Parente) noticed that the doors of elevators number 6 and 7 had been blown out." –Courage Above and Beyond the Call of Duty: A Report of the September 11, 2001 Experiences of Port Authority Engineers at the World Trade Center
Lobby & 3rd floor: Firefighter Peter Blaich
As we got to the third floor of the B stairway, we forced open an elevator door which was burnt on all three sides. The only thing that was remaining was the hoistway door. And inside the elevator were about I didn’t recognize them initially, but a guy from 1 Truck said oh my God, those are people. They were pretty incinerated. And I remember the overpowering smell of kerosene. That’s when Lieutenant Foti said oh, that’s the jet fuel. I remember it smelled like if you’re camping and you drop a kerosene lamp.
The same thing happened to the elevators in the main lobby. They were basically blown out. I do’nt recall if I actually saw people in there. What got me initially in the lobby was that as soon as we went in, all the windows were blown out, and there were one or two burning cars outside. And there were burn victims on the street there, walking around. We walked through this giant blown-out window into the lobby.
There was a lady there screaming that she didn’t know how she got burnt. She was just in the lobby and then next thing she knew she was on fire. She was burnt bad. And somebody came over with a fire extinguisher and was putting water on her.
That’s the first thing that got me. That and in front of one of the big elevator banks in the lobby was a desk and I definitely made out one of the corpses to be a security guard because he had a security label on his jacket. I’m assuming that maybe he was at a table still in a chair and almost completely incinerated, charred all over his body, definitely dead. And you could make out like a security tag on his jacket. And I remember seeing the table was melted, but he was still fused in the chair and that elevator bank was melted, so I imagine the jet fuel must have blown right down the elevator shaft and I guess caught the security guard at a table, I guess at some type of checkpoint. www.firehouse.com...
(Vasana) Mutuanot was in the lobby of Tower One when she heard the first explosion. Thinking it was a bomb like the terrorist attack in 1993, she turned to run, looking over her shoulder as flames leaped from a freight elevator shaft cooking her back and legs and right cheek. "It was a fireball with sand and heat, like a hurricane of fire," she said.
www.chron.com...
Mututanont ran out of the building then fell after flying glass sliced through a tendon in her leg. A wall of fire followed her outside.
“Swept to my back from my feet up and then I see fire all over, in my hair, also. A lot of people just blew away, you know, like that.” www.pbs.org...
As he waited for orders, Meldrum, the chauffeur (Fire engine driver), noticed that all windows in the high lobby were blown out. Glass and marble from busted walls littered the floors, crunched underfoot. He caught an occasional whiff of jet fuel, a smell like kerosene, wafting from elevator shafts. On the floor by the elevators he saw burned people. www.projo.com...
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
Originally posted by thedman
only fraction of the fuel burned in initial fireball
This actually made me laugh out loud. You haven't the slightest clue how the ignition of fuel works. Most of the jet fuel burned up in the fireball.
You didn't even read my previous posts, but let's say for a moment that you're correct that some magical fireball was able to travel a quarter mile down the tower (even though heat and fire travel up!) and pick certain floors to stop on. The magical fireball isn't what destroyed the lobby or the lower levels.
Originally posted by Donny 4 million
.... addressing the fact that the fuel is usually in the wings. Correct me if I am wrong.
So in my mind the wings of any aircraft penetrating any structure would be left outside that structure.
I didn't find anything of this nature in the OP.
I think that guy was stressing why the complex was already scheduled for demolition.
Your hilarious where did you learn about demolitions. I suppose it was the Internet. If your going to take down a building you don't even concern yourself with the basement. Your video you put up as proof started the explosions on at least the 4th floor go watch the video again.
As far as the plumes you like to keep saying don't show up anywhere but in explosives demolitions.My god man you cant be that stupid really.As i explained before explosives don't take the building down gravity does.In the video you showed does the explosives go off while the building collapses no?hmmm wonder why well maybe the building had to reach critical failure of its supports what would the building be fighting against maybe GRAVITY! And let me tell you there is no way on earth demolitions are needed after a collapse is in progress like the wtc once the collapse occurs why do you need explosives? And on top of that how in the world would they have timed that it be like trying to shoot a quarter in orbit.
You really must live in an alternate universe where you think you can suspend the laws of physics.If a building fails or is brought down with explosives it will look exactly the same. The reason is simple they both cause structural failure and gravity brings down the building.So in other words saying plumes only occur in demolitions is stupid.where do you think the air goes does it magically disappear?
And again since your the demolitions expert you find one person that does demolitions that start in the basement.You always get the upper floors to start to collapse and let gravity do the rest. As my instructor once said Gravity will do all the hard work!
Now lets discuss the obvious if explosives were set in the building who did it? That would have been a major undertaking involving months of work and I'm sure tenants wouldn't have been happy with people running wires all over there offices cutting holes in walls. Not to mention you could not find any demolitions team willing to put explosives in a building where people were going to be my god cant you see that.
Unless you expect me to believe they set this up in a couple of hours which again would be impossible. It would just squib! (that means fail)Now you can choose to believe some website who knows nothing about demolitions telling you lies if you like but if i were you why don't you look into how a building would be set up for demolition.And by the way if the demolitions team do there job right you wont be able to tell from the outside of the building explosives are going off because that means they screwed up!In demolitions you never want explosive force to leave the building its to dangerous and leads to people being killed from shrapnel explosive force has thousands of pounds of pressure explosive decompression hundreds.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
Originally posted by Donny 4 million
.... addressing the fact that the fuel is usually in the wings. Correct me if I am wrong.
OK. Risk of OT, but it is to refute the OP's assertion, based on testimony from ONE man, that the plan was to deconstruct the Towers, so they decided to save a few bucks and kill people doing it.
So in my mind the wings of any aircraft penetrating any structure would be left outside that structure.
No, look at impact pictures. If it 'penetrates', that means it's inside, right?
I didn't find anything of this nature in the OP.
I think that guy was stressing why the complex was already scheduled for demolition.
Well, so the OP contends. Proof???
I tried your link. I couldn't get it to load.
I have no reason to doubt you on the fuel location. But I think it is very important where that fuel went (PROOF) and how much (Proof).
No one could verify that most was not dumped by the pilot knowing he was hijacked.
As far as wings staying on-- I'll reserve comment until I can study some movies.
Dial up stinks for downloads.
Different owners said pull it. The port had sold the buildings to others connected to people who have attacked our military and killed a lot of them. Those folks also had lots of there highly trained (in demo work)
arrested Sept. 11 2001 within miles of the towers. Some dancing in glee.
I have not found out about building #7 being included in the statements of the man testifying .
In any event and stretch of the imagination could building NUMBER SEVEN pancake to the ground
exactly as 1 and 2 did.
There was no plane, missile, drone and no amount of jp4 or jet fuel.
my proof. Erin Brocovich
Originally posted by Seventh
Originally posted by dragonridr
Your hilarious where did you learn about demolitions. I suppose it was the Internet. If your going to take down a building you don't even concern yourself with the basement. Your video you put up as proof started the explosions on at least the 4th floor go watch the video again.
You don`t concentrate on the strongest and highest load bearing part of the building?, this is a job for my exceptional photo shop skills.....
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/e319a19d25e6.jpg[/atsimg]
In the drawing it depicts a few of your incorrect statements spread through this reply, the centre core is connected to the footings roughly 60 feet below surface level, and is constructed from the largest beams used in both towers explain how removing a section or severely weakening the back bone of a structure is not important?
As far as the plumes you like to keep saying don't show up anywhere but in explosives demolitions.My god man you cant be that stupid really.As i explained before explosives don't take the building down gravity does.In the video you showed does the explosives go off while the building collapses no?hmmm wonder why well maybe the building had to reach critical failure of its supports what would the building be fighting against maybe GRAVITY! And let me tell you there is no way on earth demolitions are needed after a collapse is in progress like the wtc once the collapse occurs why do you need explosives? And on top of that how in the world would they have timed that it be like trying to shoot a quarter in orbit.
Again look at the picture, the blue section depicts where air pressure increases, which is between 2 points and those are when the ceiling and floor from storey above are descending to the floor directly below, so what caused the explosions lower than where this phenomenon is happening?, you have explosions mid collapse to remove resistance, and timing?, you never seen a huge firework display timed exactly with music? - normally classical, via computers.
You really must live in an alternate universe where you think you can suspend the laws of physics.If a building fails or is brought down with explosives it will look exactly the same. The reason is simple they both cause structural failure and gravity brings down the building.So in other words saying plumes only occur in demolitions is stupid.where do you think the air goes does it magically disappear?
You accuse someone of living on another planet then mention physics and air in the same paragraph . The fundamental laws of Physics and Fire - the triangle = heat, oxygen, fuel, you did ask where the air would go didn`t you?.
And again since your the demolitions expert you find one person that does demolitions that start in the basement.You always get the upper floors to start to collapse and let gravity do the rest. As my instructor once said Gravity will do all the hard work!
How many times has your instructor brought down unique 110 storey towers, you do know what unique means don`t you?.
Now lets discuss the obvious if explosives were set in the building who did it? That would have been a major undertaking involving months of work and I'm sure tenants wouldn't have been happy with people running wires all over there offices cutting holes in walls. Not to mention you could not find any demolitions team willing to put explosives in a building where people were going to be my god cant you see that.
There are so many ways around how to place explosives in occupied buildings, when you are the government and your brother is on the board of the security firm in charge of a complex is a good theory to start with, explosives embedded in ceiling tiles and Thermite as paint based, or the huge amount of supposed computer batteries that floors had to be reinforced to with hold their weight right up their around floors 81 in the South Tower = another few points to ponder.
Unless you expect me to believe they set this up in a couple of hours which again would be impossible. It would just squib! (that means fail)Now you can choose to believe some website who knows nothing about demolitions telling you lies if you like but if i were you why don't you look into how a building would be set up for demolition.And by the way if the demolitions team do there job right you wont be able to tell from the outside of the building explosives are going off because that means they screwed up!In demolitions you never want explosive force to leave the building its to dangerous and leads to people being killed from shrapnel explosive force has thousands of pounds of pressure explosive decompression hundreds.
All I will respond with here is a point none relative to explosions and the like, but good old common sense. Why would anyone take a huge stock market gamble that would and indeed has, a return over 5 billion dollars, and never reclaim it. Great luck finding a website to answer this, and your general perceptions of demolitions is appalling.
[edit on 11/08/2009 by Seventh]
Originally posted by dragonridr
If your going to take down a building you don't even concern yourself with the basement first. Your video you put up as proof started the explosions on at least the 4th floor go watch the video again.
Originally posted by dragonridr
And let me tell you there is no way on earth demolitions are needed after a collapse is in progress
Originally posted by dragonridr
So in other words saying plumes only occur in demolitions is stupid.where do you think the air goes does it magically disappear?
Originally posted by dragonridr
find one person that does demolitions that start in the basement.
Originally posted by dragonridr
Now lets discuss the obvious if explosives were set in the building who did it?
Originally posted by dragonridr
Not to mention you could not find any demolitions team willing to put explosives in a building where people were going to be my god cant you see that.
Originally posted by dragonridr
Unless you expect me to believe they set this up in a couple of hours which again would be impossible.
Originally posted by dragonridr
And by the way if the demolitions team do there job right you wont be able to tell from the outside of the building explosives are going off because that means they screwed up!