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Kroll were responsible for revamping security at the World Trade Center after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.[14][15] They also took on responsibility for security at Chicago's Sears Tower following the September 11, 2001 attacks.[16] Just prior to the September 11 attacks, Kroll Inc., with the guidance of Jerome Hauer, at the time the Managing director of their Crisis and Consulting Management Group,[17] hired former FBI special investigator John P. O'Neill,[18] who specialized in the Al-Qaeda network held responsible for the 1993 bombing, to head the security at the WTC complex. O'Neill died in the attacks.
At the time of the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001, the corporation held offices on eight floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, from 93 to 100.[7] When American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the building, their offices spanned the entire impact zone, from floors 93 to 99.[8] No one present in the offices at the time survived the attack, and the firm lost 295 employees and 63 contractors.[1]
On July 8, 2004, Marsh completed the acquisition of Kroll Inc.[9] Jeffrey W. Greenberg called it an important strategic step.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
reply to post by hellobruce
The bomb sniffer dog argument is sort of absurd.
First of all, with most explosives, apparently they add a compound to it that gives it odor so security sniffers can detect it.
So therefore, the explosives (whatever type it may be), must have been constructed without the additional odor compound added in order to fool the sniffers.
That is just speculation but reveals how there are more twists to this than a mere forum discussion can reveal.
Originally posted by hellobruce
Originally posted by FlySolo
10 men x 10 trips x 100lbs x 10 days = 100,000 lbs. Just another day in the construction industry.
And the bomb sniffing dogs didnt notice? No office worker noticed 100,000 lbs of explosives, no one noticed them knocking all the holes in the wall to plant that 100,000 lb of explosives....
Originally posted by Fitzgibbon
Originally posted by muzzleflash
reply to post by hellobruce
The bomb sniffer dog argument is sort of absurd.
First of all, with most explosives, apparently they add a compound to it that gives it odor so security sniffers can detect it.
So therefore, the explosives (whatever type it may be), must have been constructed without the additional odor compound added in order to fool the sniffers.
That is just speculation but reveals how there are more twists to this than a mere forum discussion can reveal.
[[Citation needed|date=April 2013]] [/wiki]
Fitz
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Originally posted by Fitzgibbon
Originally posted by muzzleflash
reply to post by hellobruce
The bomb sniffer dog argument is sort of absurd.
First of all, with most explosives, apparently they add a compound to it that gives it odor so security sniffers can detect it.
So therefore, the explosives (whatever type it may be), must have been constructed without the additional odor compound added in order to fool the sniffers.
That is just speculation but reveals how there are more twists to this than a mere forum discussion can reveal.
[[Citation needed|date=April 2013]] [/wiki]
Fitz
Go look it up. It is ambiguous and vague yes, but actually this type of information is generally classified secret by the US Govt for obvious reasons.
Just snoop around and you will find out what I am referring to (mostly in relation to plastic explosives I assume?).
I don't even know the name of the odor compound....
Same as the first video above now go to 2:35 in the video lets see if you can spot the difference
Originally posted by Fitzgibbon
Originally posted by muzzleflash
reply to post by hellobruce
The bomb sniffer dog argument is sort of absurd.
First of all, with most explosives, apparently they add a compound to it that gives it odor so security sniffers can detect it.
So therefore, the explosives (whatever type it may be), must have been constructed without the additional odor compound added in order to fool the sniffers.
That is just speculation but reveals how there are more twists to this than a mere forum discussion can reveal.
[[Citation needed|date=April 2013]] [/wiki]
Fitz
DMDNB, or also DMNB, chemically 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane, is a volatile organic compound used as a detection taggant for explosives, mostly in the United States where it is virtually the only such taggant in use. Dogs are very sensitive to it and can detect as little as 0.5 parts per billion in the air, as can specialised ion mobility spectrometers. Its presence allows more reliable explosive detection.
The explosive composition according to claim 5, wherein the taggent agent is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN), 2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane (DMDNB), para-Mononitrotoluene (p-MNT), and ortho-Mononitrotoluene (o-MNT).
Originally posted by FlySolo
Besides, what bomb sniffing dogs? The place was shut down for a whole week running "alarm" tests.
Originally posted by Fitzgibbon
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Originally posted by Fitzgibbon
Originally posted by muzzleflash
reply to post by hellobruce
The bomb sniffer dog argument is sort of absurd.
First of all, with most explosives, apparently they add a compound to it that gives it odor so security sniffers can detect it.
So therefore, the explosives (whatever type it may be), must have been constructed without the additional odor compound added in order to fool the sniffers.
That is just speculation but reveals how there are more twists to this than a mere forum discussion can reveal.
[[Citation needed|date=April 2013]] [/wiki]
Fitz
Go look it up. It is ambiguous and vague yes, but actually this type of information is generally classified secret by the US Govt for obvious reasons.
Just snoop around and you will find out what I am referring to (mostly in relation to plastic explosives I assume?).
I don't even know the name of the odor compound....
Your assertion; Google it yourself! Burden of proof's on you to be able to back it up, not on others to disprove anything that you may well have made up.
Fitz
"Denying ignorance since 2006"
Originally posted by seentoomuch
Did I just imagine all this in the blur of the horror?
Originally posted by wmd_2008
reply to post by zerozero00
Look at the roof of the building at 1:01 then look at it at 2:35 NOW can you see whats different and how that effects both the collapse and the time it started
Originally posted by seentoomuch
One incoming stream of info confused him. They were telling him that the fire department was calling in experts to take down building 7 with explosives, that it was unstable and had to come down immediately to keep it from falling incorrectly into other buildings. He had a fit about that saying there was no way they could do that quickly and safely and that he just didn't get it at all. He talked about it for quite awhile. Do any of y'all recall this? Did I just imagine all this in the blur of the horror?
Originally posted by wmd_2008
reply to post by muzzleflash
How about getting back to fires and building construction so did you know the type of construction used for the buildings in the op picture and do you think that would have an effect on the outcome!
Or are buildings just buildings to you as well
Originally posted by Realtruth
Originally posted by seentoomuch
One incoming stream of info confused him. They were telling him that the fire department was calling in experts to take down building 7 with explosives, that it was unstable and had to come down immediately to keep it from falling incorrectly into other buildings. He had a fit about that saying there was no way they could do that quickly and safely and that he just didn't get it at all. He talked about it for quite awhile. Do any of y'all recall this? Did I just imagine all this in the blur of the horror?
Must have imagined it because the fire department does not call in experts to take a skyscraper down. The fire department was up to it's eyeballs in trying to put out fires and keep people safe.
Also I would wager there isn't a sane expert around that would go into a building that was on fire, and plant explosives to take it down quickly.
Demolition experts take months planning the implosion of a skyscraper, so an immediate response take down team is definitely not from the reality we live.