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View Poll Results: What happened to WTC 7?
Larry and the NYFD "pulled" it. 3 27.27%
It burned up 6 54.55%
42 or something else. 2 18.18%
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Old 05-22-2006, 02:11 PM
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In a September 2002 PBS documentary called 'America Rebuilds,' Silverstein states, in reference to World Trade Center Building 7, "I remember getting a call from the, er, fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, "We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it. And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collapse."
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The gummint explanation of the WTC collapse says it wouldn't have collapsed if not for the jet fuel and the impact jarring the foundation loose.

I guess they forgot about WTC7.
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Is it possible Silverstein said "pull out"?
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I think debris and shock waves from the collapse of two nearby gigantic skyscrapers weakened/damaged its foundation so it collapsed.
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I think debris and shock waves from the collapse of two nearby gigantic skyscrapers weakened/damaged its foundation so it collapsed.
But not the other buildings in the area.
And this was not mentioned in the gummint report on what brought the buildings down. Why not?
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Let's settle this once and for all. 2pac, you buy a trio of large steel-framed skyscraper and two airplanes. Crash the planes into two of them and see if they, and the third building, end up collapsing.
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Let's settle this once and for all. 2pac, you buy a trio of large steel-framed skyscraper and two airplanes. Crash the planes into two of them and see if they, and the third building, end up collapsing.
Sounds like a great idea for Mythbusters.
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