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Fire damage Controlled demolition

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Why did WTC7 collapse?

World Trade Centre disaster, 2001.

Fire damage

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Controlled demolition

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Take a look at this presentation put together by NIST on the technical details of how the building collapsed.

Supporting Evidence: NIST WTC 7 collapse (wtc.nist.gov)
Posted 215 days ago
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Very interesting. Two main points stand out for me: 'Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce' from the NIST homepage and on the 'Failure Sequence Timeline' page of the presentation: '8.2 secs' for an amazingly complete pulverisation down to about the third floor. It just seems so incredible that such a massive building which wasn't struck by anything conspicuously large could simply drop so soon after anything at all was amiss.

Posted 215 days ago
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I think it sounds a little incredible, myself.

By the way, if the government had seriously explored the use of controlled demolition practices in the collapse of the WTCs, I, and many others,wouldn't be so suspicious of them. Based on the evidence, it is the most reasonable explanation! Yet the 9/11 commission dismissed the CD (controlled demolition) hypothesis out of hand, ignoring any data that supported it.

Posted 197 days ago
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I examined the NIST report, but I think the more compelling hypothesis can be found in the link I provided.

According to NIST, an intial column(s) failed which resulted in a "vertical progression" followed by a "horizontal progression." I'm sorry, but this building wasn't made of dominoes.

NIST also exaggerates what they call "disproportionate" collapse. If you watch the footage on youtube it is entirely consistent with other recorded demolitions. It is even more "proportionate" than most.

Supporting Evidence: a little reading (www.physics911.net)
Posted 199 days ago
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Good point. The most relevant factor is the melting point of steel. An out-of-control fire like that is very inefficient and the black smoke indicated a lack of oxygen (meaning there is no way that the fir became hot enough to melt steel, especially not the inner-core of the building).

Posted 197 days ago
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From the bottom of page six: "NIST has seen no evidence that the collapse of WTC 7 was caused by bombs, missiles, or controlled demolition."

I think the NIST is by far the most qualified body to be addressing this issue.

Posted 196 days ago
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If NIST said that, it must be true.

There's only one person qualified to do my thinking for me - and that's me!

Posted 194 days ago
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NIST is a government agency, hardly impartial.

Posted 194 days ago
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Definitely controlled demolition! Check out this video from the BBC, it breaks it down.

Conspiracy Theory

Posted 199 days ago
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You are correct, but that aint a BBC video. The BBC bit ends where they get a state terror apologist to claim that if you knew how the buildings were constructed you wouldn't doubt that they fell of their own accord.

The BBC is covering this up.

Theres a BBC hit piece on WTC7 on Sun 6th where they will try and make the proof that WTC7 was brought down by explosives go away with more silly arm-waving.

Posted 142 days ago
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We've seen the footage of WTC 7 collapsing straight down, into it's own footprint, at nearly free-fall speed, so many times that it can start to look "normal" somehow.

Nevertheless, it is not normal. Buildings don't collapse straight down, into their own footprint, at nearly free-fall speed--at least, not without proper planning.

I'm surprised all the Demolition companies didn't go out of business after 9/11. Apparently all you have to do is set a steel-frame building on fire for a couple of hours and they collapse perfectly without any planning or explosives. Right?

Take a look at what happens in this failed demolition video. According to the 9/11 pancake theory, the force of the remaining upper floors of the building hitting the ground should have precipitated a massive "vertical failure" resulting in "global collapse."

an unsuccessful controlled demolition

Posted 199 days ago
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I'm sure the forensic analysis of the wreckage ascertained exactly the cause - oh wait - all the evidence was destroyed!

Posted 198 days ago
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OJ's crime scene was treated with more care. Maybe the next president will be willing to launch a real investigation...assuming Bush doesn't declare himself Dictator.

Posted 198 days ago
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Even if fire damage could bring a build down it would take ages and the structure would not just suddenly turn into powder, would be a very slow/gradual, all-over-the-place fall.

Also explain the molten steel as well...since jet fuel isn't capable of that, only "weaking the steel".

Posted 193 days ago


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