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2001-09-11 10:21:33 Skytel [003914132] B ALPHA Kris[email protected]||washington monument has been hit. -kristina
2001-09-11 10:19:18 Arch [0951878] B ALPHA Fred, "Red Alert". Capital and Washington Monument also aledgely hit. All govenment employees in Washington sent hom [sic]
2001-09-11 10:21:11 Metrocall [1019887] 1 2400
**News Update**.*****Metrocall*****.>ATTACKS: A third airplane flew into one of the WTC towers; that tower has completely collapsed. There were two deliberate plane crashes into the twin towers earlier this morning. All of lower NYC is covered in smoke & debris. The FAA has grounded all US flights after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon this morning. The West Wing of the White House was evacuated amid threats of terrorism. People were reported to be jumping out of the Twin Towers. Access to New York City, via tunnels and bridges, has been suspended. An explosion has occured on Capitol Hill & the State Dept. is on fire. Trading on Wall Street is delayed....*******************.(c)2001 DATACAST
originally posted by: onehuman
a reply to: Skywatcher2011
As much as that looks like a discharge that can be seen in some of the tower videos, forget the proper term,
...So, what was going on? Did something not go according to plan?
Was the plane that went down in Penn. suppose to hit the monument?
Did an explosive go off accidently or too early? I really have no idea. How many of you were aware of this?
originally posted by: onehuman
a reply to: Skywatcher2011
All I know is when I climbed it years ago the only windows were at the top. Otherwise it is solid. I' have been wondering today if this was the beginning of its problems that they had to keep shutting it down lately. I know they blame it on the earthquake, but that could have just pushed the already damaged Monument along.
As much as that looks like a discharge that can be seen in some of the tower videos, forget the proper term, how did they correct the hole so fast. People too distracted to notice?
Head scratcher it is
Unfortunately, nearly three years ago, a major earthquake (by east coast standards), followed almost immediately by a hurricane, significantly damaged the 130 year old structure closing its interior to public tours. Over the past three years I've watched and documented the process to first inspect (note the ant-like people repelling down the face of the monument).....then repair of the structure.