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Former Air Force Special Operations for Search and Rescue expert, Kevin McPadden traveled to ground zero completely of his own accord and spent the next four days searching through the rubble and nearby buildings for survivors.
In a speech given at this week's 9/11 truth events in New York City, McPadden describes the shocking details of what he witnessed shortly before WTC 7 imploded into its own footprint.
"While we were on the right side, there was firefighters getting ready, they were bussing them back and forth, and a couple of vets that were there - they got the vibe that something was coming down," said McPadden.
"We started asking questions, everybody started asking questions, and the next thing you know there was a Red Cross representative pacing back and forth in front of the crowd holding his hand over the radio - I couldn't hear what it was saying but it was like pulsed - whatever the speech was on there it was pulsed - and that means to me most likely it was a countdown."
"But he took his hand off at the last three seconds and he gave this heartfelt look - like just run for your life - because he didn't want to bring it on his conscience - he didn't want to go to his grave with that - and then we had a couple of seconds to put our heads together," said McPadden.
McPadden then describes the frantic attempts to escape as the building began to collapse.
In a taped interview with us after the event, McPadden made it clear that he and onlookers clearly heard "three, two, one" from the radio before the building collapsed. We will be releasing that tape over the next week. We also talked to other first responders who verified the story.
A few fairly obvious questions:
Why does Kevin McPadden, who is entering the twoofer pantheon rather late in the game, take it upon himself to search the rubble for survivors?
Why do the police and firefighters permit him to do so?
Has anyone verified his self-description? (Silly question--of course not!)
What does he mean, "they got the vibe that something was coming down"? What is the English equivalent of that sentence? We all know that WTC 7 was regarded as unstable and liable to collapse. Is he simply re-stating the common understanding or is he saying something more? If the latter, what is the source of his knowledge?
What is he talking about when he says of the radio, "it was like pulsed"? Are we supposed to know what he means?
So, the Red Cross radio is transmitting a countdown--who is doing the counting? Why is the Red Cross privy to such inside information? Why would would the Impossibly Vast Conspiracy include the Red Cross?
If the idea was prevent more casualties, why blow up the building at all?
Who are the "onlookers" who heard the countdown?
Who are the first responders who "verified" the story? (Okay, another silly question: they don't exist.)
Who else noticed those "frantic attempts to escape as the building began to collapse"?
Who joins me in dismissing this tale as yet another steaming load...?