Thread: Architects & Engineers Discuss WTC No. 7

Originally Posted by cmind

WTC 7 was demolished. I saw it on one of the news channels on 9/11. An anchorwoman said "oh look they're demolishing WTC 7 for safety reasons". The real question is how did that paperwork get so lost that the government is now denying the demolition?

Not only that, Jane Stanley, a correspondent for the BBC stated on live air that building 7 had collapsed when you can see behind her that it is still standing. Consider also that WTC 7 is (supposedly) the first skyscraper in history to have collapsed from fire alone it is incredibly disturbing for the BBC to say this. When investigative journalists asked to see the tape of that report the BBC claims they 'lost' it. Fortunately we can still watch it on YouTube.

Another gobsmacking moment is when Larry Silverstein, landlord of the world trade centre, stated during an interview, 'we've had such a terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is to pull it. And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collspse'

Now some people say that pull isn't a demolition term but it did used to be used as a demolition term about 50 years ago to pull a building over. Even if Silverstein wasn't referring to demolition it begs the question - what the bloody hell was he referring to?

Originally Posted by mcwillis

Another gobsmacking moment is when Larry Silverstein, landlord of the world trade centre, stated during an interview, 'we've had such a terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is to pull it. And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collspse'

Now some people say that pull isn't a demolition term but it did used to be used as a demolition term about 50 years ago to pull a building over. Even if Silverstein wasn't referring to demolition it begs the question - what the bloody hell was he referring to?

And if that isn't what he was talking about, he wouldn't have said "and we watched the building collapse".