The Federal Emergency Management
Agency
(FEMA) Report into the collapse of
World Trade Center Seven is a Total Joke.
World Trade Center Seven collapsed on September 11, 2001, at 5:20 p.m.
There were no known casualties due to this collapse. The performance
of WTC 7 is of significant interest because it appears the collapse
was due primarily to fire, rather than any impact damage from the
collapsing towers. On the contrary, it appears the
collapse was due primarily due to a controlled demolition.
Prior to September 11, 2001, there was little, if any, record of
fire-induced collapse of large fire-protected steel buildings.
Before September 11, no steel framed skyscraper had
ever collapsed due to fire.
On September 11, WTC 7 collapsed totally. It is suggested below
that this collapse was exclusively due to fire. No significant
evidence is offered to back up this suggestion (after all it is only a
suggestion). It should be emphasized that WTC 7 was neither hit by an
aircraft nor by significant quantities of debris from the collapse of
the twin towers. It is also widely claimed that WTC 1 and WTC 2
collapsed mainly due to fire. I emphasize, that before September 11,
no steel framed skyscraper had ever collapsed due to fire. However, on
September 11, it is claimed that three steel framed skyscrapers
collapsed mainly, or totally, due to fire.
As you can see from the above animated graphic, the
collapse of WTC 7 certainly has the appearance of a controlled
demolition. But, judge for yourself, download and watch the following
short video clips and a larger version of the animated-gif:
A Video of the collapse of WTC 7.
Another video of the collapse of WTC 7.
And another video of the collapse of WTC 7.
And yet another video of the collapse of WTC 7.
A larger (3.3 MB) version of the above animated-gif.
If you wish to save the small animated-gif, right click on the image
and select Save Image As from the menu. You
can also view some short sequences of still shots from the videos by
clicking here (620 KB). The most obvious feature that indicates a
controlled demolition, is the almost even collapse of the building.
This shows that all the supports for the structure failed at the same
time. Some coincidence eh? This video evidence is so compelling that
no other evidence is really necessary.
Notice, that all of the many videos of the collapse of World Trade
Center Seven have been taken from the north. Many cameras were "accidently"
trained on the building to capture its collapse (just like a camera
was "accidently" available to capture the first planes impact with the
North Tower). Also note that the raging fires of WTC 7 are for some
reason not visible in these videos taken from the north. Apparently,
only the southern side of WTC 7 was a blazing inferno. Yes, they
really expect you to believe that only one half of the building burnt,
and that this half burnt so furiously, that the whole building
collapsed. How is it that there are no videos of the collapse from the
southern side? How is it that there are no videos or photographs of
the raging fires (that curiously only burnt on the southern side) of
the building? Of course, the simplest answer is that there was no
raging fire and that you are being lied to.
See
Chapter 5 of the FEMA WTC Report: WTC (with comment) for the
missing section.
Figure 5-17 (below) Building damage to the southwest corner and smoke
plume from south face of WTC 7, looking from the World Financial
Plaza. Note damage to WFC 3 in the foreground.
Figure 5-17 is a very strange photograph. It has a
number of features which immediately stand out as wrong.
- Firstly, we are told that there were fires on the floors 7, 8,
10, 11, 12, 19, 27 and 28, but the photo seems to have smoke pouring
out of the windows on almost every floor.
- Secondly, the corner offices (except for the 27th and 28th
floors) show no indication of fire on the west face of the building,
but these very same corner offices appear to belch smoke from their
south face windows.
- Thirdly, the north side of WTC 7 has few (if any) visible signs
of fire at this time (for example, see Figure 5-20 below) so it
seems quite impossible that the south side should be ablaze to the
extent that the above photo would indicate.
All, in all, I think it quite clear that either this photo has been
faked, or it is actually a picture of the dust cloud from the collapse
of WTC 1. I think the second option is more probable, as it fits all
the facts and allows the "oh, it looks like we made a mistake, so
sorry" excuse. The dust cloud has been given its peculiar shape by the
breeze channeling through the gap between the Verizon building and WTC
7.
See
Chapter 5 of the FEMA WTC Report: WTC (with comment) for the
missing section.
News coverage after 1:30 p.m. showed light-colored smoke flowing out
of openings on the upper floors of the south side of the building.
Another photograph (Figure 5-18) of the skyline at 3:25 p.m., taken
from the southwest, shows a large volume of dark smoke coming from all
but the lowest levels of WTC 7, where white smoke is emanating.
Figure 5-18 WTC 7, with a large volume of dark smoke rising from it,
just visible behind WFC 1 (left). A much smaller volume of white smoke
is seen rising from the base of WTC 7. Note that the lower,
lighter-colored smoke (to right) is thought to be from the two
collapsed towers
This photo amply demonstrates the dishonesty of the
authors of this article (and of the FEMA report generally). It must
have taken them some time to find a photo as misleading as this one.
But since deception is the name of the game the effort to find such
pictures was made.
What is so deceitful about the use of this photo, you ask?
Note that the corners of various buildings in the photo line up (WFC 1
and WTC 7 line up as do the Bankers Trust building and the apartment
building in the center of the photo). These corners have been marked
by red dots in the aerial photograph of Manhattan below. Draw lines
through these dots and where they cross is where the photo was
snapped. So we see that the above photo was taken from a boat on the
Hudson and that in order to see the smoke from WTC 7 we have to look
through the thick smoke from the ruins of WTC 1 and WTC 2. Very
deceitful indeed.
The mode of fire and smoke spread was unclear; however, it may have
been propagated through interior shafts, between floors along the
south facade that may have been damaged, or other internal openings,
as well as the floor slab/exterior facade connections.
It appeared that water on site was limited due to a 20-inch broken
water main in Vesey Street. This is an outright lie.
This is Manhattan, more fire hydrants per square meter than any other
place on earth. Although WTC 7 was sprinklered, it did not
appear that there would have been a sufficient quantity of water to
control the growth and spread of the fires on multiple floors.
Crap, there was plenty of water. In addition,
the firefighters made the decision fairly early on not to attempt to
fight the fires, due in part to the damage to WTC 7 from the
collapsing towers. The people who told the
firefighters not to put out the small localized fires in WTC 7 should
be held liable and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. That the
decision was made because of damage to WTC 7 is a joke. The extent and
severity of the damage to WTC 7 was so slight that it is still unknown
to this day. If there had been major damage the authors of this
article would have provided evidence of it. Hence, the fire
progressed throughout the day fairly unimpeded by automatic or manual
suppression activities.
See
Chapter 5 of the FEMA WTC Report: WTC (with comment) for the
missing section.
Not only is it claimed that the fire burnt for 7
hours, but the hundreds of photographers who were taking photos of the
ruins of the Twin Towers, never bothered to photograph this "raging" 7
hour fire at World Trade Center Seven, which was, after all, just
across the street (Vesey St). I guess that a "raging" fire in a
47-story building, is such a commonplace occurrence in New York, that
these photographers just ignored it, even though it was only a few
hundred feet away from some of them. They just couldn't see a good
story in it.
See
Chapter 5 of the FEMA WTC Report: WTC (with comment) for the
missing section.
So we have been presented with the following absurd
story:
- Power to the Twin Towers was wired from the substation in WTC 7
through two separate systems. The first provided power throughout
each building; the second provided power only to the emergency
systems. In the event of fire, power would only be provided to the
emergency systems. This was to prevent arcing electric lines
igniting new fires and to reduce the risk of firefighters being
electrocuted. There were also six 1,200 kW emergency power
generators located in the sixth basement (B-6) level of the towers,
which provided a backup power supply. These also had normal and
emergency subsystems.
- Previous to the collapse of the South Tower, the power to the
towers was switched to the emergency subsystem to provide power for
communications equipment, elevators, emergency lighting in corridors
and stairwells, and fire pumps and safety for firefighters. At this
time power was still provided by the WTC 7 substation.
- Con Ed reported that "the feeders supplying power to WTC 7 were
de-energized at 9:59 a.m.". This was due to the South Tower collapse
which occurred at the same time.
- Unfortunately, even though the main power system for the towers
was switched off and WTC 7 had been evacuated, a design flaw allowed
generators (designed to supply backup power for the WTC complex) to
start up and resume an unnecessary and unwanted power supply.
- Unfortunately, debris from the collapse of the north tower (the
closest tower) fell across the building known as World Trade Center
Six, and then across Vesey Street, and then impacted WTC 7 which is
(at closest) 355 feet away from the north tower.
- Unfortunately, some of this debris penetrated the outer wall of
WTC 7, smashed half way through the building, demolishing a concrete
masonry wall (in the north half of the building) and then breached a
fuel oil pipe that ran across the building just to the north of the
masonry wall.
- Unfortunately, though most of the falling debris was cold, it
manages to start numerous fires in WTC 7.
- Unfortunately, even with the outbreak of numerous fires in the
building, no decision was made to turn off the generators now
supplying electricity to WTC 7. Fortunately, for the firefighters,
someone did make the decision not to fight and contain the fires
while they were still small, but to wait until the fires were large
and out of control. Otherwise, many firefighters may have been
electrocuted while fighting the fires.
- Unfortunately, the safety mechanism that should have shut down
the fuel oil pumps (which were powered by electricity) upon the
breaching of the fuel line, failed to work and fuel oil (diesel) was
pumped from the Salomon Smith Barney tanks on the ground floor onto
the 5th floor where it ignited. The pumps eventually emptied the
tanks, pumping some 12,000 gallons in all.
- Unfortunately, the sprinkler system of WTC 7 malfunctioned and
did not extinguish the fires.
- Unfortunately, the burning diesel heated trusses one and two to
the point that they lost their structural integrity.
- Unfortunately, this then (somehow) caused the whole building to
collapse, even though before September 11, no steel framed
skyscraper had ever collapsed due to fire.
You must agree, it is absurd, isn't it?
Or perhaps you would prefer Eric Hufschmid's version of events:
World Trade Center Seven crumbled to the
same, fine-grain powder, but it was never hit by any airplane.
Supposedly one or two large tanks of diesel fuel inside the building
caught on fire.
Incidently, you might wonder how the diesel tanks caught on fire. Try
to devise a sensible explanation for this, or, since not many people
care about Building 7, at least an amusing explanation.
For example, perhaps when the plane hit the South tower, a few office
workers were sprayed with fuel, caught on fire, were blown out of the
building, traveled over Building 6 and then across the road to
Building 7, broke through the windows, busted through a few walls
until their dead bodies reached the stairs, rolled down the stairs
while still on fire, broke through a few more walls to where the tanks
of diesel fuel were located, and then came to rest under the tanks
where their smoldering polyester suits and nylon undergarments cooked
the tanks until they burst open.
See
Chapter 5 of the FEMA WTC Report: WTC Seven (with comment) for the
missing section.
5.8 Conclusion:
This report (the FEMA report) is a JOKE.
The original FEMA report can be found here.
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