How did they all pass airport security and get on the plane with knifes and box cutters? Nine of the hijackers who commandeered jetliners on Sept. 11 were selected for special security screenings that morning, including two who were singled out because of irregularities in their identification documents, U.S. officials said this week. Six were chosen for extra scrutiny by a computerized screening system, prompting a sweep of their checked baggage for explosives or unauthorized weapons, authorities said. The ninth was listed on ticket documents as traveling with one of the hijackers with questionable identification. Law enforcement and aviation officials declined to provide further details about the security screenings, including which of the hijackers were chosen and what flights they were on. Authorities also said they could not say if any of the nine were interrogated in any way before being allowed to board their flights, or if screeners noticed the box-cutting knives used in the attacks. Such knives were allowed on airplanes before Sept. 11." -Washington Post (3/02/02)
Why is Hani Hanjour the only terrorist listed to not have a passenger number or seat assignment number, if he didn't have a ticket how was he able to get on the plane, and why did the first reports on the Flight 77 hijacker names list a "Mosear Caned" instead of Hanjour?Aboard American Airlines Flight 77, which took off from Washington Dulles "Airport for Los Angeles and crashed into the Pentagon. Alhamzi, Nawaq — Passenger No. 12 Almidhar, Khalid — Passenger No. 20, Seat 12B Alhamzi, Salem — Passenger No. 13, Seat 5F Moqed, Majed — Passenger No. 19, Seat 12A Hanjour, Hani"-ABC(9/15/01)
What physical proof is there that the five alleged Arab hijackers were on board this plane? Dover Air Force Base morticians have isolated the remains they think are the five hijackers in the Pentagon attack and will keep them as evidence for the FBI, a base spokesman said Friday. Genetic information from the five does not match any DNA samples on file at the Pentagon or obtained from family members of the crash victims, he said. Unlike those victims, the institute has no DNA samples from the hijackers' relatives to compare with DNA drawn from the remains. This has prohibited them from putting names to the remains. The remains were flown to Dover from the crash scene in the days following the attack. Maj. Jon Anderson said the hijackers' remains were identified through a process of elimination." -News Journal (12/15/2001) http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/pentagon-attack.htm
Is it just a coincidence that the same medical examiners that identified the passenger's remains from Flight 77 were the same that helped identified the remains of the passengers of Flight 93, the other plane that left no trace of itself where it was said to have crashed? While identification information on military personnel is stored and centrally available, information on the 64 civilians on Flight 77 took weeks to arrive. By November 16, 2001, all but five sets of remains had been identified prior to mortuary specialists taking care of them before release to next-of-kin. “Because of the combined effort of all three services and the FBI” the process worked quickly. It was “the most comprehensive forensic investigation in U.S. history.”Personnel from the AFME [Armed Forces Medical Examiner] supported, including acting as team leader, the identification of remains from United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Somerset, PA. All but one of the passengers and crew were identified. Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory personnel were crucial in identifying victims." - Soldiers to the Rescue/Armed Forces Medical Examiner http://history.amedd.army.mil/memoirs/soldiers/responding.pdf
Regarding WTC7
Doesn't the collapse of the 47 story WTC 7 look like a controlled demolition? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3151863007058964662
Eyewitness account by Barry Jennings who reports that explosions went off in the WTC 7 both before and after the Twin Towers collapsed and how the WTC 7 lobby was blown out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbbZE7c3a8Q&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fkilltown.911review.org%2Fwtc7%2Fcollapse.html
Why was there hardly any mention of this unprecedented collapsing of this huge skyscraper in the news on or even after 9/11? "Almost lost in the chaos of the collapse of the World Trade Center is a mystery that under normal circumstances would probably have captured the attention of the city and the world. That mystery is the collapse of a nearby 47-story...Building 7 didn't get much attention in the media...within the structural engineering community, it's considered to be much more important to understand," said William F. Baker, a partner in charge of structural engineering at the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. "They say, `We know what happened at 1 and 2, but why did 7 come down?' "-New York Times (11/29/01 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E3DE143DF93AA15752C1A9679C8B63
Notice how the WTC 7 begins to fall in on itself just like a classic implosion...http://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/fema403_ch5.pdfhttp://killtown.911review.org/images/wtc7/wtc7_fault.jpghttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8488716529142700316http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D-8327374175840869809http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D853012692135141922 "When the excitement of the blast is over, a large, billowing cloud of dust is one of the most identifiable characteristics of a successful project." -ImplosionWorld.com http://www.implosionworld.com/dyk5.html
What are the odds that a fire could implode the east mechanical penthouse on top of the WTC 7 before it implodes the rest of the building http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4469/wtc7penthouse2rk4.gifhttp://johnii2.tripod.com/tnwtc7.jpg"5:21:03 p.m. Approximately 30 seconds later, Figure 5-21 shows the east mechanical penthouse disappearing into the building. It takes a few seconds for the east penthouse to "disappear" completely." - FEMA (05/02)
Isn't it interesting that the collapse of the WTC 7 was described as a "classic progressive collapse" which is similar to how demolition companies sometimes try to make buildings collapse that they are hired to demolish?"If it remains viable upon further analysis, the working collapse hypothesis for WTC 7 suggests that it was a classic progressive collapse..." -NIST"Controlled Demolition Incorporated’s (CDI's) international experience with products of the world’s explosives manufacturers, and the paralleled knowledge of the intentional inducement of progressive collapse, positions our groups perfectly to assess the risk of terrorists activities adjacent to existing structures. Controlled Demolition Incorporated’s in-house explosive and anti-terrorist database provides information necessary to respond to questions raised by the most discerning of clients on an absolutely confidential basis." -Controlled Demolition Inc
Look how much taller the WTC 7 is and how close it is to it's neighboring buildings and remember that the collapse of the 1st and 2nd towers destroyed the WTC 3 and heavily damaged the 4, 5, and 6 buildings, but hardly damaged the WTC 7...http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/911/911-maps.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/streakingobject/07CIA.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/exhibits/911/911-maps.htmlhttp://xibo.com/gallery/wtc7.jpghttp://www.loc.gov/exhibits/911/911-maps.htmlhttp://www.wirednewyork.com/wtc/images/wtc_greenwich.jpghttp://www.sanfranciscoartmagazine.com/2001/october/wtc/wtc.htmlhttp://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-01-0429/thermal.r09.html
In this aerial view showing just how close the WTC 7 was to the surrounding buildings, was it pure luck that a fire brought down the WTC 7 without destroying or critically damaging the Verizon, Federal, and Fiterman Hall buildings and why didn't these other buildings catch on fire from the 1 and 2 towers falling on them and collapse as the WTC 7 did hours later? http://www.funnysnaps.com/bigphoto.jpghttp://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/fema403_ch5.pdfhttp://www.pbs.org/americarebuilds/engineering/engineering_buildings_13.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/americarebuilds/engineering/engineering_buildings_15.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/americarebuilds/engineering/engineering_buildings_14.html"One of the closest neighbors to the WTC site, the 30-story Verizon building, is a steel-framed brick building constructed circa 1924.The façade, floors, and framing of the south and east sides of the building sustained heavy damage, as did several exterior columns. Although the framing deflected as much as 2 ft into the building, the masonry infill restrained the columns from collapse. The steel structure was not affected. None of the damage threatened the structural integrity of the building. And although there was a substantial fire in WTC 7, there were no fires reported in this building." -Portland Cement Association http://www.cement.org/masonry/pp_fire_towers.asp
Doesn't the fact that the WTC 7 did collapse on it's own footprint and caused relatively little damage to the surrounding buildings gives strong support to the theory that it was imploded by demolition? Just look how FEMA describes the collapse:"The debris generated by the collapse of WTC 7 spread mainly westward toward the Verizon building, and to the south. The debris significantly damaged 30 West Broadway to the north, but did not appear to have structurally damaged the Irving Trust building at 101 Barclay Street to the north or the Post Office at 90 Church Street to the east. The average debris field radius was approximately 70 feet.The collapse of WTC 7 was different from that of WTC 1 and WTC 2, which showered debris in a wide radius as their frames essentially "peeled" outward. The collapse of WTC 7 had a small debris field as the facade was pulled downward, suggesting an internal failure and implosion." -FEMA: WTC Study, Chp 5 (05/02) http://www.cityofsacramento.org/fire/gfx/worldtradecenter/pages/7%20WTC%20looking%20south.htmhttp://www.cityofsacramento.org/fire/gfx/worldtradecenter/pages/WTC%207%20from%2075%20Park%20Place2.htmhttp://www.pbs.org/americarebuilds/engineering/engineering_buildings_16.html
Is it just a coincidence that one of the companies hired to clear away the WTC debris is an implosion consultant company called "Controlled Demolition, Inc."? http://wasteage.com/mag/waste_waste_industry_others/index.html"Controlled Demolition Inc. (CDI) has developed a plan that may be used to clean up the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. The plan, delivered on Sept. 22 to the city's Department of Design and Construction, outlines a site-wide master plan." -Waste Age (10/16/21)
Was Controlled Demolition Inc’s "DREXS" technology used at the WTC?"Controlled Demolition Incorporated’s implosion capabilities and DREXS (Directional Remote Explosive Severance) System facilitate the demolition or dismantling of all types of steel and concrete facilities to provide the safe, expeditious and cost-effective removal of industrial structures." -CDI http://www.controlled-demolition.com/?reqLocId=13"Using its DREXS (Directional Remote Explosive Severance) System, Controlled Demolition Incorporated segmented the spans into 300 ton sections which matched the lifting capabilities of Tidewater's equipment." -CDI http://www.controlled-demolition.com/default.asp?reqLocId=8&reqItemId=20030221163235"Our DREXS (Directional Remote Explosives Severance) systems are engineered and applied to segment steel components into pieces matching the lifting capacity of the available equipment. State of the art, proprietary underwater blasting techniques guarantee fragmentation of concrete and masonry piers to removal limits, and maximize efficiency of debris removal." - CDI-UK http://www.cdi-uk.com/bridge.htm
Was it just a coincidence that the wreckage from the WTC 7 was removed before investigators had a chance to examine it at the scene to help determine the cause of failure?Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters 13
"Jonathan Barnett, PhD: Normally when you have a structural failure, you carefully go through the debris field looking at each item -- photographing every beam as it collapsed and every column where it is in the ground and you pick them up very carefully and you look at each element. We were unable to do that in the case of tower 7.
Narrator: The wreckage from tower 7 was mingled with the debris from the other destroyed or damaged buildings. It was removed from the site, so rescue and recovery efforts could continue." - History Channel / Modern Marvels
Who were the tenets of WTC 7?"Government offices also were located throughout the complex; Secret Service agents traveling with President Bush say about 200 agents were stationed in the World Trade Center office." -Pulitzer/Wall Street Journal (09/12/01) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tenants_in_Seven_World_Trade_Center
Is it just a coincidence that there was a secret CIA site in the WTC 7? http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE0D71739F937A35752C1A9679C8B63http%3A%2F%2Farchives.cnn.com%2F2001%2FUS%2F11%2F04%2Finv.newyork.cia.office%2F