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Originally posted by Griff
What were you saying about knowing again?
Originally posted by JIMC5499
I believe that my statement was "unless an aircraft was on alert status".
Problem is that there were no aircraft in an alert status, that could have responded in time on 9-11.
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Originally posted by Griff
It was NORAD that F-ed up this one. Not the fighters on alert.
Originally posted by nick7261
With all the millions spent by the 9/11 Commission, how is it they couldn't figure out who it was at the FAA who called NORAD to give them incorrect information?
Originally posted by ferretman2
Unless you were actually there.............like me...........you have no idea what a 110 story building sounds like when it is coming down.
There were no explosions..........
Edmund McNally phoned his wife Liz twice following the [WTC 2] aircraft impact. Mr McNally said in his second phone call "Liz, this was a terrorist attack. I can hear explosions below me.'' [NY Times]
Lou Cacchioli, Firefighter in WTC 1: At that point, Cacchioli found one of the only functioning elevators, one only going as high as the 24th floor ... "Tommy Hetzel was with me and everybody else also gets out of the elevator when it stops on the 24th floor," said Cacchioli, "There was a huge amount of smoke. Tommy and I had to go back down the elevator for tools and no sooner did the elevators close behind us, we heard this huge explosion that sounded like a bomb. It was such a loud noise, it knocked off the lights and stalled the elevator.
Originally posted by ferretman2
Unless you were actually there.............like me...........you have no idea what a 110 story building sounds like when it is coming down.
There were no explosions..........
Originally, on September 12, 2001, People Magazine ran a few short paragraphs about the 20-year veteran New York fireman hearing what sounded like bombs exploding in the north tower. Short and sweet, that was it. A few short words about bombs exploding, but words that were repeated over and over again in story after story by writers and broadcasters who never even bothered to talk to him in the first place. Furthermore, Cacchioli was upset that People Magazine misquoted him, saying "there were bombs" in the building when all he said was he heard "what sounded like bombs" without having definitive proof bombs were actually detonated.
That sounds like they were on alert to me. They were in the sky
Originally posted by Swampfox46_1999
In his words, the sounds of the south tower collapsing sounded like explosions to those in the north tower.....
Nope, we stopped keeping jets airborne 24/7 back in the early 90s. We still do however keep jets on strip alert.
Originally posted by ottobock
And lets not forget William Hernandez. The man who was the last one out and heard and saw many explosions at the bottom of the towers and even saw a co-worker injur4d from one of the explosions at the bottom.
www.911keymaster.com...
Sorry if this already has been posted but this guy has much credibility.
Originally posted by behindthescenes
Originally posted by ottobock
And lets not forget William Hernandez. The man who was the last one out and heard and saw many explosions at the bottom of the towers and even saw a co-worker injur4d from one of the explosions at the bottom.
www.911keymaster.com...
Sorry if this already has been posted but this guy has much credibility.
Excuse me if I am suspicious of Mr. Hernandez's motives here. If you were unemployed and, as he even admits, homeless for a time following 9/11, how far would you go to make a buck? Seems like he's riding the 9/11 Conspiracy hog for all its worth to eke a living....
Does that mean he's lying? Not necessarily. But it should make everyone critical of his overall claims and his motives.
[edit on 6-2-2007 by behindthescenes]
I think it's sad and bigoted to question Hernandez' motives because he was unemployed (no kidding, he worked at WTC didn't he?) and homeless.
Who do you think has more reason$$$ to make up a false story, Hernandez, or Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld?
Originally posted by Marlborough Red
Well I for one dont think that disproves anything....
There is not really a gradual rumble more an instant cachophany of noise, he only has a chance to shout; "Oh God Oh Go......" real fast!
MR