WTC 7 Question - why blow it up?

No someone suggested that to bring the building down is stupid because it might scatter contents to “all corners if the earth”. Did this happen? Did someone find something? Anything?

Not that I know of. That suggests that there wasn't anything to lose in the offices. gee if there wasn't then that completely destroys your arguement.



And? Waiting for it to fall on its own is better?

No, it is no better or worse, do you have a reading comprehension problem. It also does not risk the lives of the supposed demolition people.



I’m sorry I didn’t know CIA agents have staff immune to building collapse. Do they also have security clearance to happen upon the info of all the other agencies in the building?

I already explained that they would go in at a later date once the building had been shored up enough to make it safe to do so.
why would agents even go to the offices of the other agencies? If there was something in a corridor then they would hand it back to the proper agency. Having them find it would be a lot better than having you find it on the street.

I do note that you believe that there are experts in building demolition that are immune to building collapse.

This doesn’t explain away anything I outlined. Just because the fire goes out does that mean the building is safe to enter? It could be on the verge of collapse for a year
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Any building that is still standing can be made safe temporarily by adding supports.

And again we’re not exactly talking about people who play by the rules or make the best decisions. For instance why was the emergency bunker built so close to the WTC towers a known terrorist target?

Yes having the office there was a mistake. It was roundly critized when it was installed. That was Guliani. Guliani has no jurisdiction to order the destruction of a building while it is on fire. No explosive expert or engineer would attempt this and many would laugh in the face of anyone who suggested it.


How do you prove that to the insurance companies? Did they make a complete inspection of the building while it was still on fire to determine this was necessary? Good luck trying to collect on that one. It took them 5 years as it is.

Well you have a point I suppose. If two complete fools stood in line and one said "drop the building today" and the next said "Ok, I'll go in and do it" and they could not show that it was neccessary for the safety of the area then I suppose the insurance co. might have a problem with it. Wel, at least Silverstein is off the hook then right? after all it was his co. that was to make the insurance claim so one would expect that he would have a problem with anything that would jepordize that claim. (yeah, yeah, I know all he said was "you really really have to keep this hush hush and not let it out that we did this. Ooooh , I don't know why I let you guys convince me of this whole scheme."
 
Are you dense? Did you read what I wrote? What if WTC7 wasn't part of the original plan and wasn't meant to be damaged by the towers. Why would they have shred anything before hand?

Because this was the day of the big event. All incriminating docuements would be disposed of prior to 9/11/01. You really, really do not want these things left around any longer than neccessary and that would be either at midnight the day before or at daybreak that day. there would be zero reason to have any incriminating docuements around on 9/11.

If it is equipment you are worried about that can be removed as soon as it is no longer needed. For instance when WTC 1 fell all remote equipment for the demolitions would be carried out. Most of it would fit in a breifcase or backpack.
 
What do you know about sane?
*Chuckle* Hey, I'm no psychologist. But I'm also not the one proposing that a 47-story building was explosively demolished to destroy some papers. Any reasonable person would say "Uh... why not just shred them?"

Says you.
Not just me. There is simply no evidence of the extensive building work - months of work - required to gut, cut and rig up such a large building for controlled demolition.

So they knew exactly when and how it would fall?
No, of course not, and I neither said nor implied any such thing. The collapse indicators mean that the building is in danger of collapse with little or no further warning. It doesn't mean it must collapse, nor that it will do so at a given time. FDNY simply knew that the building wasn't safe to be in or around.

Are you dense? Did you read what I wrote? What if WTC7 wasn't part of the original plan and wasn't meant to be damaged by the towers. Why would they have shred anything before hand?

I apologize if I missed you making the claim that WTC7 "wasn't part of the original plan".

Of course, that makes your CD scenario even more ludicrous. If the building was never meant to be destroyed, there is no reason for it be prepared for demolition. (You know, all that stealthy gutting the inside of the building, etc.)

Do you read? Try again.

Right, again, sorry I missed the part where you proposed WTC 7 wasn't meant to be destroyed in the original plan. It was just stealthily gutted and prepared for demolition because... well, just because.

The all-powerful conspirators decided to destroy a 110-story skyscraper next to their building, but - silly conspirators! - forgot to consider that this might have unfortunate effects on their building.

Nothing huh?

Correct. Nothing you're saying makes any sense any more. I'm genuinely sorry to see that. Good luck.
 
It always makes me laugh when truthers like mjd, Zensmack or MaGZ push for LIHOP and pretend they are not MIHOP, but still think WTC7 was a controlled demolition...

I mean, "They" had to be involved in the attacks if they wanted to demolish WTC7 inconspicuously. "They" had to know the precise date the attacks would occur and how the planes would hit the towers, and "They" had to know of any problems that would occur that might have delayed the attacks (unless you believe demolition charges can be set in a few hours in a burning building.).

The 9/11 Al qaeda plot and the WTC7 demolition plots are too precise and complicated to be simultaneously be going on without any of the two parties explicitly knowing of one an other.

Little known fact: all buildings in New York City built before 1990 are lined with explosives, ready to be blown up at the briefest notice. It was one of Mayor Koch's little pet projects to try to modernize the city, to allow new construction without the cost of private sector demolitions. Unfortunately, it was ultimately cut when Dinkins came into office and tried to balance the budget, but the cost of removing the explosives entirely was ultimately too expensive, so they ended up having to keep the dynamite in and the system ended up bouncing around between various levels of government until it got to the federal government in 1999, who brought it into a comprehensive organization in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that combined several city's explosive systems (Chicago and Los Angeles also have explosive systems, for instance, although they use a different kind of explosive) into one agency. When George W. Bush became president, Cheney and some other high level executives drafted a plan whereby any terrorist attack in an area with a dynamite system would be followed up by blowing up a second building that was already evacuated so as to make the attack even more severe, thus making it even easier for the government to take advantage of the situation. Presumably, World Trade Center 7 was used in this manner.

Or something like that. :)

[ETA: I wrote this without realizing this thread was six pages long, and has gone into discussing other issues, but still.]
 
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I think it is speculation not a particular claim.

However, take that same logic and try to hit the Pentagon. Makes it a rather remarkable hit don't you think?



Hey, Swingie, when you were peddling this snake oil on SLC, I posted a link to Giulio Bernacchia's paper. Remember? Yup, he destroyed your fantasy totally. Unfortunately for you and your fellow liars, the paper is still available on 911myths.com, in the section "Investigations, more."
 
Little known fact: all buildings in New York City built before 1990 are lined with explosives, ready to be blown up at the briefest notice. It was one of Mayor Koch's little pet projects to try to modernize the city, to allow new construction without the cost of private sector demolitions. Unfortunately, it was ultimately cut when Dinkins came into office and tried to balance the budget, but the cost of removing the explosives entirely was ultimately too expensive, so they ended up having to keep the dynamite in and the system ended up bouncing around between various levels of government until it got to the federal government in 1999, who brought it into a comprehensive organization in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that combined several city's explosive systems (Chicago and Los Angeles also have explosive systems, for instance, although they use a different kind of explosive) into one agency. When George W. Bush became president, Cheney and some other high level executives drafted a plan whereby any terrorist attack in an area with a dynamite system would be followed up by blowing up a second building that was already evacuated so as to make the attack even more severe, thus making it even easier for the government to take advantage of the situation. Presumably, World Trade Center 7 was used in this manner.

Or something like that. :)

[ETA: I wrote this without realizing this thread was six pages long, and has gone into discussing other issues, but still.]


Believe it or not, when I was new to the debunking game, a psycho on a libertarian discussion forum was making this exact claim, that Manhattan skyscrapers were wired with explosives, and he was serious. Imagine living inside that head! All the brightly-colored bats and the loud buzzing...
 
Please post a view of the skyline from when the location at which the hijackers took over the plane.


No I don't think it is worth considering from the "planners" stand point. Determining the amount of damage from the debris prior to the attack is debatable, however.


Can you document the level of certification? Has the actual license been released into the public domain? I can say Joe Jihad has been trained in flying a 757 but providing empirical evidence to prove that is another matter.


HACHOOO! So much straw in the air during allergy season!

Arabs too dumb? Of course not. I question whether the hijackers had the knowledge and training to navigate a 757 to target. Controlling a rudder, yoke, and pedals are one thing, using a navigational computer under duress is a tad different. One would have thought the flight manual left behind would have helped in that regard.


Your worst nightmare, Swingie:

http://911myths.com/Another_Expert.pdf

Your evil movement is nearly dead. The good guys are winning.
 
So let me get this straight...

The new theory is that the evil doers had WTC7 CDed so as to avoid further loss of life and the chance of damage to other buildings if allowed to fall via normal collapse, BUT...They decided not to tell anyone, because if they did they wouldn't get the insurance money???

Am I right? Where did I leave that damn Occam's Razor??

TAM:)
 
Can you provide empirical evidence that the hijacker pilots were trained how to navigate a 757's at altitude via the instruments?

This has to be one of the dumbest things I have seen from a CT in weeks, and that's saying something considering the density of the comments about this place and the other boards I follow.

There is a little thing onboard a Boeing 767/757 called an a-u-t-o-p-i-l-o-t. This flies the plane where you desire to go all without touching the yoke or rudders at all. Just dial in the destination, sit back and enjoy the view. The DFR's recovered from Flight 77 and 93 show that the Hijackers made extensive use of the Autopilot, why then assume that those on Flights 11 and 175 didn't?

And as for the comment about them fearing they'd be intercepted, what a laugh? Why would they fear that? Firstly, how many hijacked aircraft have been shot down in history? Secondly, even if the USAF did decide to shot them down, why would that worry them? Flight 93 makes it quite obvious that they weren't predesposed to having to hit their targets. If they had really been of a mind too they could have flown the plane in such a way as to keep the passangers off their feet and still attempted to hit their target, instead they just crashed it right there. If they were willing to crash the plane anywhere if threatened, why would they fear being intercepted and shoot down?

You CTs really need to engage your brain before opening your mouths, what you are saying just keeps getting stupider.
 
Are you dense? Did you read what I wrote? What if WTC7 wasn't part of the original plan and wasn't meant to be damaged by the towers. Why would they have shred anything before hand?

Let me get this straight. The bad guys who plotted to destroy the towers kept documentary evidence of their plot, and stored said evidence in super secret files at WTC 7, a location only a stone's throw from the towers.

Once WTC 7 was damaged, they said "Hey, our super secret files, which we decided to store 300 feet from the two 1,100 foot towers we were blowing up, might be discovered. We'd better blow up WTC 7 as well. At least they'll have to sift through a big pile of rubble before, quite possibly, still finding our super secret files."

In a nutshell, you are saying that the perpetrators of the largest act of mass murder in our nation's history not only allowed evidence of their act to exist, but they allowed it to exist at WTC 7, a location clearly at risk given the size of the towers.

Actually, I was going to go on, but this nonsense is just too ridiculous. It takes idiocy to a whole new level. All I can say is Woooo-ow.
 
The new theory is that the evil doers had WTC7 CDed so as to avoid further loss of life and the chance of damage to other buildings if allowed to fall via normal collapse, BUT...They decided not to tell anyone, because if they did they wouldn't get the insurance money???

I'd love to have been a fly on the wall at the emergency meeting where somebody said, "OK, we've got a 47-storey building that might collapse at any moment, and by the way it's on fire. Let's send a bunch of guys carrying high explosives into an unstable building that's also a raging inferno... to avoid further loss of life."

Dave
 
I guess I missed where ZENSMACK89 said whether WTC 7 was supposed to be blown up in the original plan or not.

In the first case, we have to believe that blowing up a 47-story building is preferable to simply shredding documents. In the second case, we have to believe that the conspirators would run their evil operations in the shadow of a 110-story skyscraper they planned to strike with a jetliner and then destroy with explosives; that they would keep incriminating records all the way through this operation; and that, failing to foresee they might have some problems, sent people into the heavily damaged, burning building with a few hundred kilograms of explosives, and successfully rigged this towrering inferno for controlled demolition in about half a day.

Either version is sheer raving lunacy.
 
Let me get this straight. The bad guys who plotted to destroy the towers kept documentary evidence of their plot, and stored said evidence in super secret files at WTC 7, a location only a stone's throw from the towers.

Once WTC 7 was damaged, they said "Hey, our super secret files, which we decided to store 300 feet from the two 1,100 foot towers we were blowing up, might be discovered. We'd better blow up WTC 7 as well. At least they'll have to sift through a big pile of rubble before, quite possibly, still finding our super secret files."

In a nutshell, you are saying that the perpetrators of the largest act of mass murder in our nation's history not only allowed evidence of their act to exist, but they allowed it to exist at WTC 7, a location clearly at risk given the size of the towers.

Actually, I was going to go on, but this nonsense is just too ridiculous. It takes idiocy to a whole new level. All I can say is Woooo-ow.

I have said before that it would appear that to some CT's the "Keystone Cops" silent films must look like docuementaries.
 
Let me get this straight. The bad guys who plotted to destroy the towers kept documentary evidence of their plot, and stored said evidence in super secret files at WTC 7, a location only a stone's throw from the towers.

Really? Who claimed that? Tell me more.

Once WTC 7 was damaged, they said "Hey, our super secret files, which we decided to store 300 feet from the two 1,100 foot towers we were blowing up, might be discovered. We'd better blow up WTC 7 as well. At least they'll have to sift through a big pile of rubble before, quite possibly, still finding our super secret files."

Wow! Do you have this on tape? This is some theory of yours. Did they say anything about also locating their emergency bunker only 300 feet away from the last time the terrorist attacked?

In a nutshell, you are saying that the perpetrators of the largest act of mass murder in our nation's history not only allowed evidence of their act to exist, but they allowed it to exist at WTC 7, a location clearly at risk given the size of the towers.

If it was so clearly at risk then why was the emergency bunker located there?

Actually, I was going to go on, but this nonsense is just too ridiculous. It takes idiocy to a whole new level. All I can say is Woooo-ow.

You make up a story and then declare it ridiculous? What's the point?
 
If you say so. It is your story.

"I Zensmack89, believe that considering the knuckleheads in power today and their now well known record of incompetence, corruption, lies, and cover-up over the last 7 years makes it very possible that given the circumstances of that day, the demolition of a 47 storey structure known as WTC 7 might have been considered an valid option for these same crooks and murderers to destroy sensitive material some of which might have been consider evidence of something they felt needed to be concealed."

You claimed the possibility WTC 7 was destroyed to eliminate incriminating materials.

Either it was planned to be destroyed ahead of time in order to get rid of the incriminating documentation, rather than simply shredding it, or it was not planned and the site was presumed to be safe - despite the planned destruction of the neighboring 110-story building - and therefore the conspirators sent in personnel with hundreds of pounds of explosives into a damaged, burning 47-story building and successfully prepared it for controlled demolition in a few hours. Or, alternatively, the demolition was not planned but the building was prepared for demolition anyway - again with nobody noticing.

Your story. I'm just pointing the insanity of any of its versions.
 
"I Zensmack89, believe that considering the knuckleheads in power today and their now well known record of incompetence, corruption, lies, and cover-up over the last 7 years makes it very possible that given the circumstances of that day, the demolition of a 47 storey structure known as WTC 7 might have been considered an valid option for these same crooks and murderers to destroy sensitive material some of which might have been consider evidence of something they felt needed to be concealed."

Really? Who claimed that? Tell me more.
It was your supposition Zens, you tell us.



Wow! Do you have this on tape? This is some theory of yours. Did they say anything about also locating their emergency bunker only 300 feet away from the last time the terrorist attacked?If it was so clearly at risk then why was the emergency bunker located there?[/

A dramatization of your supposition Zens.
the bunker was located in WTC 7, that was a mistake. What does this have to do with your supposition, do try to be specific.


You make up a story and then declare it ridiculous? What's the point?

You made it up and now you attempt to distance yourself from it.
 
"I Zensmack89, believe that considering the knuckleheads in power today and their now well known record of incompetence, corruption, lies, and cover-up over the last 7 years makes it very possible that given the circumstances of that day, the demolition of a 47 storey structure known as WTC 7 might have been considered an valid option for these same crooks and murderers to destroy sensitive material some of which might have been consider evidence of something they felt needed to be concealed."

You claimed the possibility WTC 7 was destroyed to eliminate incriminating materials.

Either it was planned to be destroyed ahead of time in order to get rid of the incriminating documentation, rather than simply shredding it, or it was not planned and the site was presumed to be safe - despite the planned destruction of the neighboring 110-story building - and therefore the conspirators sent in personnel with hundreds of pounds of explosives into a damaged, burning 47-story building and successfully prepared it for controlled demolition in a few hours. Or, alternatively, the demolition was not planned but the building was prepared for demolition anyway - again with nobody noticing.

Your story. I'm just pointing the insanity of any of its versions.

No your story not mine.

Failed to foresee? It's already proven they failed to foresee by placing the emergency bunker in WTC7. Where did I say they had to go in with a few hundred kilograms of explosives"? You seem to think they can go in and out of a building all day and all night that's on the verge of collapse to get out documents that need to be shred or data that needs to be secured. Did they retrieve anything in the eight hours the building stood? You also seem to think the building can fall from fire on a few floors and supposed structural damage to one side but now the building all of sudden is going to need "few hundred kilograms of explosives" in addition to this damage to get it to fall. Why is that?

I'm pointing out possible scenarios of why they took it down not exactly how. That was the OP.

Here's another twist.

Let's say for argument sake no inside job. But the terrorist like they are known to do followed up the plane attack with car bombs or explosive devices they were somehow able to get in the towers or in the street. Let's say some people even reported hearing secondary explosions and maybe even vans with explosives in them.

Now read this…

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=auaBMcR5LnA4&refer=top_world_news

"Port Authority Found Liable in 1993 WTC Bombing (Update2)
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- A New York jury said the owner of the World Trade Center was legally responsible in the 1993 terrorist bombing that killed six people and injured 1,000.

The civil trial jury today found the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 68 percent liable for the attack, in which terrorists detonated explosives in a rented van in the 400-car garage under the former twin towers. The terrorists were 32 percent liable, the jury said."

That's right. Port Authority 68% liable Terrorists 32% liable. Are you telling me there is no interest from anyone to downplay or dismiss out of hand secondary explosions? Planes make it no fault.

Now how fast did Silverstein collect on WTC1, WTC2, and WTC7, the buildings he held leases on?

Let's read....

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/05/world-trade-center-insurance-settlement.php

World Trade Center insurance settlement reached
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Almost six years later. And what were they all so concerned with…?

“Spitzer's office said that the settlement, which was the biggest obstacle to reconstruction at the World Trade Center site, "will save additional tens of millions in legal costs and allow the Port Authority and Silverstein Properties to focus on rebuilding at Ground Zero." Prior litigation has cost Silverstein and the insurance companies hundreds of millions of dollars. “

Now what if WTC7 is on fire and severely damaged and maybe about to fall on another building which will also be costly. The building has severe damage to one side that maybe was caused by the falling towers or maybe more damage from an explosive device. Or better yet maybe the building might have been breaking some fire codes …

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EEDD103EF933A15751C1A9679C8B63
A NATION CHALLENGED: THE TRADE CENTER; City Had Been Warned of Fuel Tank at 7 World Trade Center
By JAMES GLANZ AND ERIC LIPTON
Published: December 20, 2001
New York Times

“Fire Department officials warned the city and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1998 and 1999 that a giant diesel fuel tank for the mayor's $13 million command bunker in 7 World Trade Center, a 47-story high-rise that burned and collapsed on Sept. 11, posed a hazard and was not consistent with city fire codes.”

Some people might consider taking it down before the building collapses into another building or causes an additional disaster but there’s a problem. You don’t have the time to inspect for sure if it’s going to fall to determine that. If you do purposely take it down and admit to it the insurance companies might dispute that it was necessary. If you don’t take it down it might be determined it was damaged from more then just fire and collateral damage from the plane attack on the towers in which case the Port Authority might be held liable or some broken fire codes discovered partly to blame. An added factor to all of this is an unsecured building with 10 stories of broken open windows and possible documents blowing out those windows from the Secret Service, the CIA, the SEC, etc. etc. and you can’t go in and retrieve anything quickly because it’s on fire and might collapse at any time.

What do you do? Whatever it is you better decide quick.


An added note to all of this is the Airlines and the box cutter story.

February 11, 2004: Hijackers Said to Use Short Knives, Not Box Cutters
It is reported the 9/11 Commission now believes that the hijackers used short knives instead of box cutters. The New York Observer comments, “Remember the airlines’ first reports, that the whole job was pulled off with box cutters? In fact, investigators for the commission found that box cutters were reported on only one plane [Flight 77]. In any case, box cutters were considered straight razors and were always illegal. Thus the airlines switched their story and produced a snap-open knife of less than four inches at the hearing. This weapon falls conveniently within the aviation-security guidelines pre-9/11.” [NEW YORK OBSERVER, 2/11/2004] It was publicly revealed in late 2002 that box cutters were illegal on 9/11. [ASSOCIATED PRESS, 11/11/2002]

And guns…

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26641
FAA covering up 9-11 gun,
whistleblower agent says
Claims feds, American Airlines fear lawsuits; Flight 11 victims' families want Hill probe

And bombs…

(9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Passenger Jeremy Glick Describes Hijackers, Bomb
“Glick says the hijackers claimed to have a bomb, which looked like a box with something red around it. Family members immediately call emergency 9-1-1 on another line.” - [TORONTO SUN, 9/16/2001; PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 10/28/2001; LONGMAN, 2002, PP. 143; MSNBC, 7/30/2002]

http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/911.call/index.html
Hijacked passenger called 911 on cell phone
September 11, 2001 Posted: 11:35 PM EDT (0335 GMT)
"We are being hijacked, we are being hijacked!" Cramer quoted the man from a transcript of the call. The man told dispatchers the plane "was going down. He heard some sort of explosion and saw white smoke coming from the plane and we lost contact with him," Cramer said.

All of these stories were downplayed to reduce liability of the FAA and the Airlines. Everything that is downplayed or omitted in an investigation is just added fuel to conspiracy theories.
 
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You seem to think they can go in and out of a building all day and all night that's on the verge of collapse to get out documents that need to be shred or data that needs to be secured. Did they retrieve anything in the eight hours the building stood? ?

Once again you what others have said goes sailing right over your head.

Any incriminating docuements would have been shredded hours, days or weeks before 9/11/01. There would be an extreme requirement to keep any and all alleged docuementation concerning this secure and to destroy any and all that were no longer needed. It would be of the utmost idiocy to have any such docuemantation withing a few hundred feet of the 110 storey structures that one was about to demolish anyway.
Once again I ask, what significance to this is the fact that the emergency office was located so close? Again, be specific I am getting a chill from all of your handwaving.
 

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