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Originally posted by exponent
reply to post by Flatcoat
The section you quoted seems to be disagreeing with you. You said you don't believe the single column theory, but now you use it as a position.
What do you believe? How was such a complex failure mechanism achieved through explosives and then through structural modelling?
Originally posted by Flatcoat
reply to post by longlostbrother
Sorry, I'm not sure we're even on the same page here. Did the failure at column 79 cause the building to collapse or not? If it hadn't failed would the building still have collapsed? What if someone had intentionally removed column 79 from the building on any other day, would we have seen the same progressive collapse? I'm afraid you're going to have to clarify your point a little. Not long ago you were talking about tons of debris and fires on the roof contributing to the collapse.
Well, to me, OSers look a little "nutso" when they claim that the failure of one column in the corner of the 12th floor caused the sudden, complete global collapse of a 47 story skyscraper.......
Eventually, a girder on Floor 13 lost its connection to a critical column, Column 79, that provided support for the long floor spans on the east side of the building (see Diagram 1). The displaced girder and other local fire-induced damage caused Floor 13 to collapse, beginning a cascade of floor failures down to the 5th floor. Many of these floors had already been at least partially weakened by the fires in the vicinity of Column 79. This collapse of floors left Column 79 insufficiently supported in the east-west direction over nine stories.
The displaced girder and other local fire-induced damage caused Floor 13 to collapse
Originally posted by Flatcoat
reply to post by longlostbrother
The displaced girder and other local fire-induced damage caused Floor 13 to collapse
That's a little ambiguous don't you think? What is this "other local fire-induced damage" ?
I think that unless you have an alternate theory this convo is gonna be pretty fruitless.
Both were hit by planes.
Hell, I'll pretend those don't exist and the truthers still look nutso when they claim the buildings were brought down by hundreds of invisible and inaudible explosions.
Originally posted by maxella1
reply to post by longlostbrother
Hell, I'll pretend those don't exist and the truthers still look nutso when they claim the buildings were brought down by hundreds of invisible and inaudible explosions.
Truthers claim there were hundreds of invisible and inaudible explosives? Really? You're the first one i have seen that claims that.
Originally posted by maxella1
reply to post by longlostbrother
I found one true statement in your reply..
Both were hit by planes.
And then we have WTC 7 phenomenon...
Do you think if you keep ignoring witnesses who reported explosions all over the place, it will make your false beliefs come true?
Good luckedit on 21-8-2012 by maxella1 because: (no reason given)edit on 21-8-2012 by maxella1 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by longlostbrother
Originally posted by maxella1
reply to post by longlostbrother
I found one true statement in your reply..
Both were hit by planes.
And then we have WTC 7 phenomenon...
Do you think if you keep ignoring witnesses who reported explosions all over the place, it will make your false beliefs come true?
Good luckedit on 21-8-2012 by maxella1 because: (no reason given)edit on 21-8-2012 by maxella1 because: (no reason given)
No witnesses reported hundreds of timed explosions. If you claim they did, show proof. Otherwise, you're just making crap up.
Originally posted by maxella1
Originally posted by longlostbrother
Originally posted by maxella1
reply to post by longlostbrother
I found one true statement in your reply..
Both were hit by planes.
And then we have WTC 7 phenomenon...
Do you think if you keep ignoring witnesses who reported explosions all over the place, it will make your false beliefs come true?
Good luckedit on 21-8-2012 by maxella1 because: (no reason given)edit on 21-8-2012 by maxella1 because: (no reason given)
No witnesses reported hundreds of timed explosions. If you claim they did, show proof. Otherwise, you're just making crap up.
Hey buddy you know perfectly well that people reported explosions because there's dozens of videos wirh people saying it on camera, including foremen.
I'm not going to even go any deeper into this with you, because its just going to be the same nonsense as all those threads in the 9/11 Conspiracy board.
Show me a SINGLE, just one, example of ANYONE reporting anything like that.
SOMEWHERE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER THERE WAS THIS ORANGE AND RED FLASH COMING OUT INITIALLY IT WAS JUST ONE FLASH THEN THIS FLASH JUST KEPT POPPING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING AND THAT BUILDING HAD STARTED TO EXPLODE THE POPPING SOUND AND WITH EACH POPPING SOUND IT WAS INITIALLY AN ORANGE AND THEN RED FLASH CAME OUT OF THE BUILDING AND THEN IT WOULD JUST GO ALL AROUND THE BUILDING ON BOTH SIDES AS FAR AS COULD SEE THESE POPPING SOUNDS AND THE EXPLOSIONS WERE GETTING BIGGER GOING BOTH UP AND DOWN AND THEN ALL AROUND THE BUILDING
Originally posted by maxella1
reply to post by longlostbrother
Show me a SINGLE, just one, example of ANYONE reporting anything like that.
Okay ...
Here's one
SOMEWHERE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER THERE WAS THIS ORANGE AND RED FLASH COMING OUT INITIALLY IT WAS JUST ONE FLASH THEN THIS FLASH JUST KEPT POPPING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING AND THAT BUILDING HAD STARTED TO EXPLODE THE POPPING SOUND AND WITH EACH POPPING SOUND IT WAS INITIALLY AN ORANGE AND THEN RED FLASH CAME OUT OF THE BUILDING AND THEN IT WOULD JUST GO ALL AROUND THE BUILDING ON BOTH SIDES AS FAR AS COULD SEE THESE POPPING SOUNDS AND THE EXPLOSIONS WERE GETTING BIGGER GOING BOTH UP AND DOWN AND THEN ALL AROUND THE BUILDING
I have seen sooooooooooo much 9/11 footage, none of which show this ^^^ but maybe it exists!
Originally posted by maxella1
reply to post by longlostbrother
I have seen sooooooooooo much 9/11 footage, none of which show this ^^^ but maybe it exists!
The only video anybody needs to see is the buidings collapsing. It is really that simple.
And then read the testemonies of the first responders, and survivors. It becomes very clear that something other than what we were told was happening.
There's a reason why buildings never collapse like that before or since 9/11. WTC 7 is so obvious but some people would believe anything other than the most obvious.
Never seen that before, nor have I seen anyone else corroborate that
Lieutenant Evangelista, who ultimately called me up a couple of days later just to find out how I was. We both for whatever reason -- again, I don't know how valid this is with everything that was going on at that particular point in time, but for some reason I thought that when I looked in the direction of the Trade Center before it came down, before No. 2 came down, that I saw low-level flashes. In my conversation with Lieutenant Evangelista, never mentioning this to him, he questioned me and asked me if I saw low-level flashes in front of the building, and I agreed with him because I thought -- at that time I didn't know what it was. I mean, it could have been as a result of the building collapsing, things exploding, but I saw a flash flash flash and then it looked like the building came down. Q. Was that on the lower level of the building or up where the fire was? A. No, the lower level of the building. You know like when they demolish a building, how when they blow up a building, when it falls down? That's what I thought I saw. And I didn't broach the topic to him, but he asked me. He said I don't know if I'm crazy, but I just wanted to ask you because you were standing right next to me. He said did you see anything by the building? And I said what do you mean by see anything? He said did you see any flashes? I said, yes, well, I thought it was just me. He said no, I saw them, too.
We were there I don't know, maybe 10, 15 minutes and then I just remember there was just an explosion. It seemed like on television they blow up these buildings. It seemed like it was going all the way around like a belt, all these explosions. Everybody just said run and we all turned around and we ran into the parking garage because that's basically where we were. Running forward would be running towards it. Not thinking that this building is coming down. We just thought there was going to be a big explosion, stuff was going to come down.
THEN THAT'S WHEN KEPT ON WALKING CLOSE TO THE SOUTH TOWER AND THAT'S WHEN THAT BUILDING COLLAPSED. HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS COMING DOWN? THAT NOISE IT WAS NOISE .WHAT DID YOU HEAR WHAT DID YOU SEE? IT WAS A FRIGGING NOISE AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS DO YOU EVER SEE PROFESSIONAL DEMOLITION WHERE THEY SET THE CHARGES ON CERTAIN FLOORS AND THEN YOU HEAR POP POP POP POP POP THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT BECAUSE THOUGHT IT WAS THAT WHEN HEARD THAT FRIGGING NOISE THAT'S WHEN SAW THE BUILDING COMING DOWN
As we are looking up at the building, what I saw was, it looked like the building was blowing out on all four sides. We actually heard the pops. Didn't realize it was the falling -- you know, you heard the pops of the building. You thought it was just blowing out.
The twin towers look absolutely nothing like a controlled demo.
the section above the impacted area collapses down onto the rest of the building, which then pancakes down.
Likewise, WTC 7 also shows no outward signs of being "blown up" or destabilised by explosive carges and there is NO audible explosions in the videos of the collapse.
No buildings have been built like the towers, and the two that did exist suffered the same damage and collapsed in the same way. So, 100% of building built like the Twin Towers collapsed after being hit by airplanes.
No building like WTC 7 has ever burned for 7 hours, unattended.
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER STEPHEN GREGORY
Lieutenant Evangelista, who ultimately called me up a couple of days later just to find out how I was. We both for whatever reason -- again, I don't know how valid this is with everything that was going on at that particular point in time, but for some reason I thought that when I looked in the direction of the Trade Center before it came down, before No. 2 came down, that I saw low-level flashes. In my conversation with Lieutenant Evangelista, never mentioning this to him, he questioned me and asked me if I saw low-level flashes in front of the building, and I agreed with him because I thought -- at that time I didn't know what it was. I mean, it could have been as a result of the building collapsing, things exploding, but I saw a flash flash flash and then it looked like the building came down. Q. Was that on the lower level of the building or up where the fire was? A. No, the lower level of the building. You know like when they demolish a building, how when they blow up a building, when it falls down? That's what I thought I saw. And I didn't broach the topic to him, but he asked me. He said I don't know if I'm crazy, but I just wanted to ask you because you were standing right next to me. He said did you see anything by the building? And I said what do you mean by see anything? He said did you see any flashes? I said, yes, well, I thought it was just me. He said no, I saw them, too.
FIREFIGHTER RICHARD BANACISKI
We were there I don't know, maybe 10, 15 minutes and then I just remember there was just an explosion. It seemed like on television they blow up these buildings. It seemed like it was going all the way around like a belt, all these explosions. Everybody just said run and we all turned around and we ran into the parking garage because that's basically where we were. Running forward would be running towards it. Not thinking that this building is coming down. We just thought there was going to be a big explosion, stuff was going to come down.
PARAMEDIC DANIEL RIVERA
THEN THAT'S WHEN KEPT ON WALKING CLOSE TO THE SOUTH TOWER AND THAT'S WHEN THAT BUILDING COLLAPSED. HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS COMING DOWN? THAT NOISE IT WAS NOISE .WHAT DID YOU HEAR WHAT DID YOU SEE? IT WAS A FRIGGING NOISE AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS DO YOU EVER SEE PROFESSIONAL DEMOLITION WHERE THEY SET THE CHARGES ON CERTAIN FLOORS AND THEN YOU HEAR POP POP POP POP POP THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT BECAUSE THOUGHT IT WAS THAT WHEN HEARD THAT FRIGGING NOISE THAT'S WHEN SAW THE BUILDING COMING DOWN
FIREFIGHTER JOSEPH MEOLA
As we are looking up at the building, what I saw was, it looked like the building was blowing out on all four sides. We actually heard the pops. Didn't realize it was the falling -- you know, you heard the pops of the building. You thought it was just blowing out.