7 FACTS ABOUT BUILDING 7

7 FACTS ABOUT BUILDING 7

Building 7 was a 47-story skyscraper and was part of the World Trade Center complex. Built in 1984, it would have been the tallest high-rise in 33 states in the United States. It collapsed at 5:20 pm on September 11, 2001. It was not hit by an airplane and suffered minimal damage compared to other buildings much closer to the Twin Towers.

7 FACTS ABOUT BUILDING 7

1) If fire caused Building 7 to collapse, it would be the first ever fire-induced collapse of a steel-frame high-rise.

2) Building 7’s collapse was not mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report.

3) According to a Zogby poll in 2006, 43% of Americans did not know about Building 7.

4) It took the federal government seven years to conduct an investigation and issue a report for Building 7.

5) 1,400+ architects and engineers have signed a petition calling for a new investigation that would include a full inquiry into the possible use of explosives for the collapse of Building 7.

6) Numerous witnesses say the possibility of demolishing Building 7 was widely discussed by emergency personnel at the scene and advocated by the building’s owner.

7) Building 7 housed several intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and the NYC Office of Emergency Management’s Emergency Operations Center, more commonly known as “Giuliani’s Bunker”.
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7 PROBLEMS WITH BUILDING 7

http://www.7problemswithbuilding7.info/index.html

1) No Plane Struck Building 7
http://www.7problemswithbuilding7.info/noplanestrikeatb.html

2) Sounds of Explosions
http://www.7problemswithbuilding7.info/explosionsatbuil.html

3) Freefall — But Significance Understated
http://www.7problemswithbuilding7.info/freefallatbuildi.html

4) Mainstream Coverage Mostly Absent — But Not Entirely
http://www.7problemswithbuilding7.info/mainstreamcovera.html

5) No Mention of the Collapse of WTC 7 in The 9/11 Commission Report
http://www.7problemswithbuilding7.info/nomentionofbuild.html

6) FEMA-Report Appendix on Swiss-Cheese Looking Steel Sample
http://www.7problemswithbuilding7.info/femaappedixconsw.html

7) NIST Did Not Mention Swiss-Cheese Looking Steel Sample
http://www.7problemswithbuilding7.info/nistdidnotmentio.html

Victims:
http://www.7problemswithbuilding7.info/victimsatwtc7sia.html
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On 9/11 a THIRD Skyscraper Plunged to Earth: The Sudden Implosion of WTC Building 7 (11 Facts)
http://www.wtc7.net/articles/kimball/thirdskyscraper.html

FACT 1: WTC Building 7 was one of the largest buildings in downtown Manhattan. It was 47 stories tall, about half the height of the Towers, and took up an entire city block. It was 300 feet from the closest Twin Tower (the North Tower, WTC 1), and was a steel-framed, concrete structure.4

FACT 2: WTC Building 7 – on its 23rd floor – housed an Emergency Command Center for the City of New York that Mayor Rudolph Giuliani had built in the mid-1990’s. On the morning of September 11th, Mayor Giuliani did not go “to his Command Center – with its clear view of the Twin Towers – but to a makeshift, street-level headquarters at 75 Barkley Street.” WTC 7 also held the offices of numerous government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the CIA, the Secret Service, the IRS, and the Security and Exchange Commission.5 Late 2001 was the time of “the height of the investigation into Enron, so the majority of Enron’s SEC filings were likely destroyed when World Trade Center 7 came down.”6

FACT 3: WTC Building 7 was not hit by airplane or significant debris on September 11th. It had been evacuated after the planes hit the towers. By the afternoon of September 11th, there were a few small fires of unknown origin evident in the building, and these small fires could be seen in only a few of the hundreds and hundreds of windows in the building.7

FACT 4: On September 11, 2001, at 5:20PM, EDT, World Trade Center Building 7 suddenly and rapidly collapsed. Beginning with the penthouse, all 47 stories of it imploded into its own footprint in less than seven seconds. Three different videos of Building 7’s vertical collapse – two from CBS video broadcasts, and one from an NBC news camera – can be seen online at http://wtc7.net/videos.html.

FACT 5: On September 16th, NASA flew an airplane over the World Trade Center site, recorded infrared radiation coming from the ground, and created a thermal map. The U.S. Geological Survey analyzed this data, and determined the actual temperature of the rubble. This map shows that five days after the collapse of Building 7, the surface temperature of a section of its rubble was 1,341º F. This high a temperature is indicative of the use of explosives. “WTC 7’s rubble pile continued to smolder for months.”

FACT 6: Fire Engineering magazine is the 125-year-old paper-of-record of the fire engineering community. Bill Manning, editor-in-chief, wrote an Editor’s Opinion in the January, 2002 edition. His editorial, $elling Out the Investigation, pointed out that destruction of evidence – the hurried removal of rubble which should be examined by investigators – is illegal. He also issued a “call to action”. To quote excerpts:
“For more than three months, structural steel from the World Trade Center has been and continues to be cut up and sold for scrap. Crucial evidence that could answer many questions … is on the slow boat to China …”
“I have combed through our national standard for fire investigation, NFPA 921, but nowhere in it does one find an exemption allowing the destruction of evidence for buildings over 10 stories tall.”
“Fire Engineering has good reason to believe that the ‘official investigation’ blessed by FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] and run by the American Society of Civil Engineers is a half baked farce [emphasis mine] that may have already been commandeered by political forces whose primary interests, to put it mildly, lie far afield of full disclosure. Except for the marginal benefit obtained from a three-day, visual walk-through of evidence sites conducted by ASCE investigation committee members – described by one close source as a ‘tourist trip’ – no one’s checking evidence for anything.”
“The destruction and removal of evidence must stop immediately.”
“Firefighters, this is your call to action. …contact your representatives in Congress and officials in Washington and help us correct this problem immediately.”

FACT 7: In May of 2002, FEMA published their report #403 titled World Trade Center Building Performance Study. This report claims that the fires caused the building to collapse, but that the specifics of how this is supposed to have occurred “…remain unknown at this time.”

FACT 8: The collapse of WTC Building 7 shows five characteristics of a controlled demolition:
It “dropped directly into its own footprint in a smooth, vertical motion”;
It “collapsed completely in less than seven seconds”
“Dust streamed out of the upper floors of Building 7 early in its collapse”;
“WTC 7’s roof inverted toward its middle as the collapse progressed”; and
“WTC 7’s rubble was mostly confined to the block on which the building stood.”

FACT 9: “Larry Silverstein is a rather large player within the realms of 21st Century real estate, finance, and politics.” “…had taken out a long lease on the World Trade Center only six weeks before 9/11. In a PBS documentary entitled ‘America Rebuilds’, originally aired in September of 2002, Silverstein made the following statement about Building 7:
‘I remember getting a call from the, er, fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, “We’ve had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it.” And they made that decision to pull, and we watched the building collapse.’”

FACT 10: “It is inconceivable that anyone could be running around placing explosives in exactly the right places all within seven hours. In fact, implosions take a minimum of two weeks and up to two months to plan and place the charges. The fire department of New York does not even train their personnel to do controlled demolition. They are done by highly skilled experienced specialists who plan and test far ahead.”17

FACT 11: “… [George W.] Bush’s brother, Marvin Bush, and his cousin, Wirt Walker III, were principles in the company [Stratesec, formerly named Securacom] that was in charge of security for the World Trade Center, with Walker being the CEO from 1999 until January 2002.”18
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SCIENTIFIC QUOTES ABOUT WTC 7’S COLLAPSE

The fact that Building 7 was in free fall for 80-100 feet (2.25 seconds) and carried on symmetrically into its own footprint is proof of a controlled demolition.
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“The rapid fall of the towers and WTC 7 has been analyzed by several engineers and scientists . The roof of WTC 7 falls to earth in less than 6.6 seconds, while an object dropped from the roof in a vacuum would hit the ground in 6.0 seconds. Which demonstrate the free-fall speed through the air. Where is the delay that must be expected due to the Law of Conservation of Momentum , one of the foundational laws of physics?” – Dr Steven Jones
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“You can’t do science when you are deprived of the evidence, and when your hypothesis is the least valid instead of the most likely. When the most likely hypothesis in the case of Building 7 wasn’t even mentioned — this is not science. It’s trying to prove preconceived ideas.” – Dr Lynn Margulis
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“The speed at which the buildings fell should be the most obvious and least technical indication that explosives were used. Most engineers as well as non-technical people should be able to grasp this.” – William Cundiff P.E., Structural Engineer
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1) “When an object falls , the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy…
2)…During freefall, ALL of the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy….
3)…But, if any of the energy is sussed for other purposes along the way, such as crushing concrete or deforming steel, or throwing things around, there will be less energy available to be transformed into kinetic energy…
4) ….This (described in 3 above) would reduce the speed of the fall….
5) …For freefall to occur , none of the energy could have been diverted to other uses , so the energy that destroyed the structure had to have come from some other source….
6)….(Thus) the OBSERVED FACT of free fall is literally proof of (a ) demolition.” – David Chandler
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