posted by SPreston
Can anyone imagine April and little Elisha surving this maelstrom of alleged explosive destruction?
posted by TrueAmerican
Answer: pretty hard to believe that they could be anywhere near that close to the explosion, given its magnitude, and survive! Much less walk out the
hole! Unless of course, it really wasn't an airplane.
Keep in mind, if you go by the only official photo of the initial fireball (for the moment) from the leaked video still, that the white hot high
explosive fireball appears to be back from the wall perhaps in one of the construction trailers, and most of the energy seems to be expended upward
above the Pentagon roof. Personally, I believe the initial hole in the exterior Pentagon wall, and the hole in the C-Ring Exit Hole were blown with
military rapid wall breeching kits. Perhaps that initial fireball was a Hollywood Special Effects explosion for maximum Shock & Awe value, and only
made to appear powerful.
It is quite possible that April Gallop and Elisha were protected from what initial explosive force which did penetrate through the wall to the
interior where April sat 35-45 feet away, by one or more steel reinforced concrete columns which were very numerous in the open 1st floor area.
Many columns were destroyed in the immediate area where April was officially located according to the Pentagon Renovation Team. Perhaps they absorbed
enough of the force to protect April and Elisha and several other co-workers, or perhaps many of those columns were blown later after April escaped
the building.
This photo was taken later after the initial explosion by Daryl Donley. That is the #5 light pole in the foreground, the camera is about in the
alleged official flight path, and the fireball is just about at the alleged impact area. That is not the fuel tank of the generator, as it is at the
right side of the photo. The roof has not yet collapsed.
Original Daryl Donley photo
[edit on 12/18/08 by SPreston]