Larry Silverstein said, "they made that decision to pull, and we watched the building collapse". WTC Building 7 was a planned demolition. Why?
It's simple, really. It WASN'T a planned demolition. "Pull" doesn't mean to demolish a building, despite what those ignorant conspiracy-theorists would have you believe. When he said that, he meant "evacuate" or "pull the remaining firefighters out of the building" because it had so much structural damage.
On the video clip Silverstein said, "they made that decision to pull", and from the info that's available Silverstein got paid very well. Also he got rewarded very well for the other WTC buildings. What's interesting is in the way the buildings came down. A person that does controled demolitions of high rises would know if these buildings were pulled down with wired explosive. Since 9/11, I became interested in watching video footage on controled demolitions of high rises. The key word here is 'controled'. Just watch WTC Building 7 being pulled down.
I think it was demo'd, the damage done to that building, for sure would not have made it collapse that way. It sure casts doubt on the whole "accepted" 9/11 conspiracy.
Do you have any idea the amount of prep work that goes into a controlled demolition? The walls are stripped. Key structural girders exposed. Explosives planted and connected together with miles of wire. The WTC was not a controlled demolition. Not unless thousands of people were in on it.
i can't vouch for building 7 but you can bet your sweet ass that WTC 1 and 2 WAS NOT a controlled demolition.
A question to be asked, Was there any electrical renovations done in WTC Building 7 before 9/11? Somebody may know that. Larry Silverstein said, "they made that decision to pull, and we watched the building collapse".
The context is pulling the firefighters out because of fear of an immanent collapse. http://www.911myths.com/WTC7_Smoke.avi September 11 conspiracy theorists are the new creationists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HLDgjYuRHk
No. You don't understand. An 'electrical repair' wouldn't consist of tearing off the concrete walls to get to the girders to cover them in explosives. Nor would it consist of miles of thick detonation cord connecting said explosives. You have no idea what prep work is involved for a controlled explosion. You seem to think that you can just sprinkle the building with pixie dust and voila. Wrong. The WTC was not a controlled demolition unless thousands of people were in on the conspiracy. Period.
For what little it's worth, that was my recollection of the day (and I worked in 2 WTC back then and had many friends and acquaintances in American Express and Smith Barney in building 7). I'm sure my memory may be faulty, as it was obviously a rough day, but I thought I heard a news report saying that they were afraid building 7 was going to collapse, so they were evacuating everyone (firefighters and the like) out of it, then were going to collapse it themselves in a controlled way, rather that wait for it topple over uncontrolled. I'm not one who buys the conspiracy argument, but I could have sworn that's what was being reported. Perhaps they had intended to knock it down and it did fall over on its own, perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me, I don't know.
BBC Reported Building 7 Collapse 20 Minutes Before It Fell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7SwOT29gbc - N
i think the people who initiated all those conspiracy theories are the terrorists themselves. the problem with such theories is you dont need real hard evidence, only to spread just a little doubt in people minds, and there you have it, a full scale conspiracy.
When it comes to governments, doubt always exists. Their actions have caused us to always question them. It wouldn't be abnormal for any government to do something such as what some conspiracy theorists claim on 9/11. Our people have been sacrificed before and even continue to do so to this day. "Patriotism is loving your country all of the time and your government only when they deserve it." - Mark Twain - N
Exactly! And the more gullible minds soak it up like a sponge does water. Besides, so many people live such plain, ordinary lives that they WANT to hear something exciting and "insider-ish."
It is on evidence: History always repeats itself. Would you like me to tell you some very interesting "insider" information? - N
If they were gonna hit the WTC, why bother with building #7 and all the preliminary work that would need to be done? What's so special about building #7 that they would need to do that?
He got a shitload of insurance money. He(silverstein) setup some extra insurance just before 9/11. Silverstein and his partner, Frank Lowy, obtained 99-year leases on the rental and retail spaces of the World Trade Center shortly before the catastrophe of Sept. 11. Silverstein engaged in a lawsuit to double his insurance pay-off and may win as much as $7.1 billion from the insurance companies by arguing that the destruction of the towers was two insured events instead of one. The property was insured for $3.55 billion. Silverstein Properties Inc. asked the judge to rule on the one-loss-or-two issue in a lawsuit against 20 of the 22 insurers on the property.
