WTC7 Collapse 11/09/2001

[Aractus]

I made a short video here that shows the full collapse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkKgLKyhqHk

9/11 Truther's like to claim that the building collapses at "freefall" speeds or that it collapses uniformly, or that it falls into its own footprint, or that the collapse takes 6.6 seconds, well you get the picture, they make a lot of shonky claims. And hopefully seeing the full length video will encourage Rayaan and others to stop claiming that it collapses in 6.6 seconds - it doesn't, counting from the start of the West penthouse collapse it takes 9 seconds, and that's nowhere close to free fall speed.

The interesting thing is the fact that nobody disputes that for a couple of seconds it is in free fall. Mostly due to the fact that the guts of the building are pre-collapsed ahead of the exterior via the penthouses. The second video I use shows the top 18 floors of the 47 storey building. Although my clock isn't precisely timed for it, the collapse takes exactly 5.4 seconds for the first 18 floors in the video. For about two seconds the building is in free fall. 2 seconds! If it was really in free fall - like a controlled demolition - this stage would take 3.9 seconds. Furthermore, it takes 9 seconds to fully collapse - from the beginning of the West Penthouse collapse (10 actually allowing for the floors beneath to give way) - and 18 seconds from the beginning of the East Penthouse collapse.

Also it looks nothing like a controlled demolition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaBQ3AkRetI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP1HJoG-1Pg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4eMgVv9jQI

Do any of those fall as cleanly as WTC7 does for the first ~23 floors? I thought not.

[Captain Colostomy]

I jumped in here expecting a horse shit claim of a conspiracy on Nov 9!

[Doubting Thomas]

WTC7 is just yet another red herring or desperate attempt to connect a conspiracy to the events of 9/11. As I've said before, if 9/11 really were a conspiracy, bringing down the twin towers would have been dramatic enough. No need to demolish another building several hours later.

[Minimalist]

Wait? You expect to dissuade Truthers with facts?

You are an optimist.

[bladevalant546]

It was the evil reptillians, I mean do yall not even listen to David Icke? Is also claims he is the son of god!

[Doubting Thomas]

[Aractus]

WTC7 is just yet another red herring or desperate attempt to connect a conspiracy to the events of 9/11. As I've said before, if 9/11 really were a conspiracy, bringing down the twin towers would have been dramatic enough. No need to demolish another building several hours later.

Yep, plus where are all the explosions if it was demolished? And if there were no explosions, surely the only conceivable way it could have been demolished in a controlled way would be with a shitload of thermite to burn through the steel girders - so where is the molten steel then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdCsbZf1_Ng