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Originally posted by dereks
No sign of explosives being used
Sometimes, though, a building is surrounded by structures that must be preserved. In this case, the blasters proceed with a true implosion, demolishing the building so that it collapses straight down into its own footprint (the total area at the base of the building). This feat requires such skill that only a handful of demolition companies in the world will attempt it.
Blasters approach each project a little differently, but the basic idea is to think of the building as a collection of separate towers. The blasters set the explosives so that each "tower" falls toward the center of the building, in roughly the same way that they would set the explosives to topple a single structure to the side. When the explosives are detonated in the right order, the toppling towers crash against each other, and all of the rubble collects at the center of the building. Another option is to detonate the columns at the center of the building before the other columns so that the building's sides fall inward.*
No time to wire the building up with explosives
zero evidence in the rubble that explosives were used
now why do you think explosives were used?
I am really curious as to what are in the missing frames?
Moreover, they show that the collapse took only about 6.5 seconds from start to finish.
-- wtc7.net
I've looked at all the videos. WTC 7 collpased in 6.5 seconds, period!
-- Jason Bermas
It was observed that the building collapsed in just 6.5 seconds
-- Journal of 9/11 studies
WTC7, in its entirety, fell to the earth in 6.5 seconds
-- physics911
Building 7 collapsed entirely in 6.5 second
-- 911review.com
World Trade Centre 7 fell in 6.5 seconds (including the collapse of the penthouse on top of the building
-- 911physics
World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7) was a forty-seven story steel framed building, which collapsed vertically in 6.5 seconds
-- pupaganda.org
Originally posted by TrickoftheShade
reply to post by ANOK
If the (debatable) fact that the vast majority of debris ended up within the footprint is evidence of a controlled demolition, then would you concur that the reverse must also be true? In other words, if the majority of debris had ended up outside the footprint that would have to be taken as evidence for no CD?
The main challenge in bringing a building down is controlling which way it falls. Ideally, a blasting crew will be able to tumble the building over on one side, into a parking lot or other open area. This sort of blast is the easiest to execute, and it is generally the safest way to go. Tipping a building over is something like felling a tree. To topple the building to the north, the blasters detonate explosives on the north side of the building first, in the same way you would chop into a tree from the north side if you wanted it to fall in that direction. Blasters may also secure steel cables to support columns in the building, so that they are pulled a certain way as they crumble.
Sometimes, though, a building is surrounded by structures that must be preserved. In this case, the blasters proceed with a true implosion, demolishing the building so that it collapses straight down into its own footprint (the total area at the base of the building). This feat requires such skill that only a handful of demolition companies in the world will attempt it.
Blasters approach each project a little differently, but the basic idea is to think of the building as a collection of separate towers. The blasters set the explosives so that each "tower" falls toward the center of the building, in roughly the same way that they would set the explosives to topple a single structure to the side. When the explosives are detonated in the right order, the toppling towers crash against each other, and all of the rubble collects at the center of the building. Another option is to detonate the columns at the center of the building before the other columns so that the building's sides fall inward.
Originally posted by TrickoftheShade
The one thing I took from the video is that a major piece of evidence for CD has disappeared.
Originally posted by ANOK
It doesn't change the FACT that WTC 7 landed in its own footprint.
Originally posted by dereks
Why do truthers keep repeating this obvious lie?
If it collapsed in its own footprint then how did the collapse of WTC 7 manage to damage other buildings? Unless "its own footprint" means something special to truthers...
Originally posted by ANOK
Not at all.
Originally posted by ANOK
Time of the collapse is really irrelevant.
Why do 'debunkers' keep calling 'truthers' liars when they fail to understand them? You can't prove it's a lie, so why make the accusation?
Originally posted by Six Sigma
I turned up my speakers 100%. Did Richard Gage wire this building with his own "Hush-A-Bombs?"
Where are the booms?
Compare the OP video to this one: (Again)
Originally posted by Alfie1
reply to post by thecritta
If you think your WTC 7 clip looks and sounds like the " Landmark Implosion " I just don't know what to say to you.
In your clip a couple of guys are chatting in the background and only suddenly see WTC 7 collapsing when it almost half-way down.
Originally posted by ANOK
Originally posted by TrickoftheShade
The one thing I took from the video is that a major piece of evidence for CD has disappeared.
Time of the collapse is really irrelevant.
No matter how long it took it still managed to avoid all the resistance from its own undamaged structure, that should have slowed the collapse and stopped it before was complete.
It doesn't change the FACT that WTC 7 landed in its own footprint.
Originally posted by ANOK
Why do 'debunkers' keep calling 'truthers' liars when they fail to understand them? You can't prove it's a lie, so why make the accusation?
Originally posted by ANOK
'In its own footprint' is not a literal statement.
Originally posted by ANOK
It doesn't mean if a desk or chair or piece of steel lands outside the footprint it contradicts the claim.
Originally posted by ANOK
'In its own footprint' means the majority of the mass of the building lands within its own foundation, i.e. it doesn't fall to one side like a tree.
Originally posted by ANOK
If you see a collapsed building, and the outer walls are ON TOP of the debris pile, then it has to be a controlled implosion demolition. There is simply no other way that can happen.
Originally posted by ANOK
Just think about it, instead of trying to find ways to discredit it.
Please stop arguing semantics and go actually learn something...