Ground Level Fireballs Disprove Official Conspiracy Theory

[kbo234]

As the two entries from the Complete 9/11 Timeline copied below show, several witnesses have recalled seeing large fireballs coming from the bases of each of the Twin Towers when they collapsed on September 11, 2001. From their descriptions, it seems the fireballs erupted at the time the collapses began, or just before.

These accounts are important evidence, strongly refuting official explanations of why the World Trade Center fell. In its final report on the collapses of the Twin Towers, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) claimed the collapses "initiated at the fire and impact floors," and "progressed from the initiating floors downward." This would mean the collapse began, in the case of the South Tower, around the 78th to 84th floors, and for the North Tower, around the 93rd to 98th floors.

Why would a collapse that started way up towards the top of each building coincide with, or be preceded by, a massive fireball erupting from the bottom? The official theory--that structural damage and fire caused the collapses--cannot explain this. Nor can it explain why, according to several witnesses, the ground started shaking just before the collapse of the South Tower, and again just before the collapse of the North Tower.

The ground level fireballs make sense, however, when we consider what Mark Loizeaux--the president of Controlled Demolition Inc.--has said: "If I were to bring the towers down, I would put explosives in the basement to get the weight of the building to help collapse the structure."

Shortly Before 9:59 a.m. September 11, 2001: Some Witnesses See Ground-Level Explosion Just Before WTC 2 Collapses
Some witnesses reportedly see a massive fireball at ground level, coming from the South Tower just before it starts to collapse. According to a report by the Mineta Transportation Institute (a research institute founded by Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta), "People inside the South Tower felt the floor vibrate as if a small earthquake were occurring.… The vibration lasted for about 30 seconds. The doors were knocked out, and a huge ball of flame created by the exploding diesel fuel from the building's own supply tank shot from the elevator shaft and out the doors of the South Tower, consuming everything in its path. Minutes later, at 9:59 a.m., the tower collapsed." [Jenkins and Edwards-Winslow, 9/2003, pp. 16] Around the same time, Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno is in a corridor leading toward the North Tower. "Suddenly the hallway began to shudder," and he sees "the giant fireball explode in the street," when the South Tower begins to collapse. [Bowhunter, 1/2003] Ronald DiFrancesco is the last person to make it out of the South Tower before it collapses. As he is heading toward the exit that leads onto Church Street, he hears a loud roar as the collapse begins. According to the Ottawa Citizen, "Mr. DiFrancesco turned to his right in the direction of Liberty Street, to see a massive fireball—compressed as the South Tower fell—roiling toward [him]." He bolts for the exit, before being knocked unconscious and blown many yards across the street. [USA Today, 12/18/2001; Ottawa Citizen, 6/4/2005; Ottawa Citizen, 6/5/2005; PBS NOVA, 9/5/2006] A number of other witnesses report feeling the ground shaking just seconds before the South Tower collapses (see Shortly Before 9:59 a.m. September 11, 2001).
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10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Reporter Sees Ground-Level Explosion When North Tower Collapses
CBS News correspondent Carol Marin witnesses what she describes as a "gigantic fireball" coming from the base of the North Tower as it starts to collapse. [USA Today, 9/11/2001; Chicago Sun-Times, 9/12/2001; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), 9/11/2002] Marin headed to the scene of the attacks and arrived on West Street after the South Tower collapsed. She then sees the second tower come down, later describing, "I was only a block or two away from the North Tower when the street trembled under my feet, a fireball of pooled jet fuel exploded out of the building's base, and it too, unbelievably, started to collapse right in front of me." [Chicago Sun-Times, 9/10/2006] (However, the explosion could not be due to "pooled jet fuel," as, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, "The jet fuel" from the planes "was mostly consumed within the first few minutes after impact." [National Institute of Standards and Technology, 6/18/2004; New York Times, 4/5/2005]) In one telling, Marin describes, "a roar seemed to come out of the earth," causing the fireball. [Gilbert et al., 2002] In another, she says, "there was a roar, an explosion, and we could see coming toward us a ball of flame, stories high." She runs, and a firefighter throws her against a building to protect her. She recalls, "The flame somehow stopped short of us." [CBS News, 2002, pp. 54] Other witnesses also describe the ground shaking before the North Tower collapse (see Shortly Before 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001). And some witnesses similarly report seeing a fireball at ground level coming from the South Tower when it collapsed (see Shortly Before 9:59 a.m. September 11, 2001).
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[telecasterisation]

What exactly is the 'official conspiracy theory'?

[Shoestring]

Just for the record, I wrote the above piece. It is posted on my two blogs:
http://shoestring911.blogspot.com/2007/12/ground-level-fireballs-dispr ove.html
and http://www.911blogger.com/node/13165

[kbo234]

[Shoestring]

[kbo234]

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[acrobat74]

The official account alleges that a bunch of Al-Qaeda conspirators conspired to perpetrate the attacks. Hence the 'conspiracy'.

The official account is also a theory for the mere reason that it hasn't been proven. Hence the 'theory'.

That is, the official account is a conspiracy theory.

[telecasterisation]

[mr nice]

[acrobat74]

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[kbo234]

[acrobat74]

[John White]

[John White]

[paulrobins]

heres another account from pbs nova's website:


"Now, Ronnie, who I told you had gone up to the 91st floor and later told me he panicked and went down, when he exited the building it was at the very time when Tower Two was starting to fall. So the moment I was watching the building from Trinity Church was exactly the moment he was coming out of the same place I did, and he was caught in an explosion. He heard the explosion, swirled around, and a fireball was rushing at him from right at the doors where he was about to leave the building.

He put his hands up in front of his face and got blown many, many yards across Liberty Street,"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wtc/above.html

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[John White]

Thanks for the reply Tele

If you want to take a break that could be a positive thing for you, and absolutely no hard feelings

Of course you dont need to take a break if you just step back a bit and change your posting habits. We can all get stuck in a rut, I've certainly been there at times

As for me being "kept in a job"... well the willing horse is always saddled, so thats my own fault there!... nevertheless, I consider this site continues to bring forth high quality fresh and relevant information, especially on the devleoping world situation (see, for example, recent threads on the butto assaniation) under the general umberalla of connection to the nexus event of 9/11

[Thermate911]

I was just mulling over some joke about Telecaster being an ofFender but it would probably just add to his/her ennui.

Back on topic, it's as if no-one has believed the key witness, William Rodriguez, who's being saying this ever since he overcame his scruples about obeying an FBI gag order.

Which brings me to ask - just how many here consider they are doing something practical towards bringing the perps to justice? And how many here just come to read and 'be entertained', as if in a theater, not realising that their entire future hangs on their doing something, however little, towards preventing the perps carrying us all on down the road to hell?

Perhaps many, even the fully informed, are still stuck in the co-intelpro-ness of hand-wringing and bemoaning their impotence?

'Oh waily, waily waily' as Pratchett would say...

The truth is within each of us. We are all equally potent, despite countless generations of priests having drilled it into us that only they can save us!
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