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Witnesses to explosions
Summary
Over 100 witnesses have testified that they heard and saw explosions at the World Trade Center immediately prior to and during the collapses. Such witnesses include John O'Neill, head of WTC security, who said he helped "dig out" survivors on the 27th floor before the collapse. Why did anyone have to be "dug out" over 50 stories below the plane impact?
Louie Cacchioli, Paul Isaac Jr., Dennis Tardio, Sue Keane, John Sudnik, Daniel Rivera, Stephen Gregory, Karin Deshore, Thomas Fitzpatrick, and Christopher Fenyo are among many firefighters and paramedics who say they heard and/or saw bombs exploding.
Teresa Veliz, who worked in the North Tower, said there were "explosions going off everywhere" as she escaped the building just before the collapse. Ross Milanytch watched from a nearby office building and saw "small explosions on each floor."
John Bussey, Wall Street Journal reporter, and Steve Evans, BBC reporter, both reported explosions.
Mike Pecoraro, WTC engineer working below ground level, heard a loud explosion, and found an entire machine shop turned to rubble. Heading upwards, he found a parking garage destroyed. Continuing upwards, he found the lobby in piles of rubble, all before the collapse. His account is confirmed by William Rodriguez, who also worked in the basement, who speaks of massive explosions in the WTC sub-basement.
The stories go on and on.
Louie Cacchioli, Paul Isaac Jr., Dennis Tardio, Sue Keane, John Sudnik, Daniel Rivera, Stephen Gregory, Karin Deshore, Thomas Fitzpatrick, and Christopher Fenyo are among many firefighters and paramedics who say they heard and/or saw bombs exploding.
Teresa Veliz, who worked in the North Tower, said there were "explosions going off everywhere" as she escaped the building just before the collapse. Ross Milanytch watched from a nearby office building and saw "small explosions on each floor."
John Bussey, Wall Street Journal reporter, and Steve Evans, BBC reporter, both reported explosions.
Mike Pecoraro, WTC engineer working below ground level, heard a loud explosion, and found an entire machine shop turned to rubble. Heading upwards, he found a parking garage destroyed. Continuing upwards, he found the lobby in piles of rubble, all before the collapse. His account is confirmed by William Rodriguez, who also worked in the basement, who speaks of massive explosions in the WTC sub-basement.
The stories go on and on.
Source: Marrs, p. 39-50, and see 911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/oralhistories/explosions.html
Analysis
I keep trying to stay balanced here, thinking that, OK, sure, it sounded like bombs, the freaking building was falling down, it would probably sound like bombs. How many of these people know what a bomb sounds like anyway?
But no. There are so many stories with specific details that match so well with what controlled demolitions do. Let's get serious here. There were bombs. Carefully placed explosives brought down the towers.
But no. There are so many stories with specific details that match so well with what controlled demolitions do. Let's get serious here. There were bombs. Carefully placed explosives brought down the towers.
Bottom line, me, I give it:
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Quotes
"We think there were bombs set in the building."-- Louie Cacchioli, firefighter
"Many other firemen know there were bombs in the buildings, but they are afraid for their jobs to admit it because the higher-ups forbid discussion of this fact...There were definitely bombs in those buildings."
-- Paul Isaac, Jr., firefighter
"I looked up...to see what seemed like perfectly synchronized explosions coming from each floor...One after the other. From top to bottom, with a fraction of a second between, the floors flew to pieces."
-- John Bussey, Wall Street Journal
"This flash just kept popping all the way around the building and that building had started to explode. The popping sound and with each popping sound it was initially an orange and then a red flash came out of the building, and then it would just go all around the building on both sides as far as I could see."
-- Fire Captain Karin Deshore
"There was nothing there but rubble. We're talking about a 50-ton hydraulic press -- gone!"
-- Mike Pecoraro, WTC engineer, referring to a basement machine shop
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