Under normal fire conditions, we don't
have building collapse. In fact, uh
until 911, I was unaware of any
protected steel structure that had
collapsed anywhere in the world.
The collapses of the Twin Towers and
building number seven had to have been
examples of controlled demolition
brought about by thousands of explosives
placed throughout each of the buildings.
It was an heavy duty explosion. Then it
saw secondary explosions and then
subsequent collapses. We've heard
reports of secondary explosions after
the aircraft impacted.
The explosion blew and knocked everybody
over. There was a third explosion. Many
people in the building said that they
saw they felt or heard explosions. Tell
us what's happening out there. We just
witnessed some kind of secondary
follow-up explosion on the World Trade
Center number two. The water second
building that was hit by the plane has
just completely collapsed. The entire
building has just collapsed. As if the
demolition team set off when you see the
old demolition of these old buildings,
it pulled it down on itself and it is
not there anymore. Do you know if it was
an explosion or if it was a building
collapse?
To me it sounded like to me it sounded
like an explosion. There was another
major explosion. the build the building
itself literally the top of it came down
sending smoke and debris everywhere.
There has just been a huge explosion.
There was a cascade of sparks and fire
and now this it looks almost like a
mushroom cloud explosion. This huge
billowing smoke in the second tower.
This was the second of the two towers
hit. I cannot see behind that smoke
obviously as you can't either. John,
just seconds ago there was a huge
explosion and it appears right now the
second World Trade Tower has just
collapsed. The debris and the smoke is
so thick where I am that uh again, you
cannot see the World Trade Center, even
though we're just a few blocks away. You
said it sounded like the Fourth of July.
You heard a big explosion before the
building fell. I saw it as it was
happening and it sounded as if you had a
hundred of those little Black Cat
firecrackers and you lit them all off at
once. That's what it sounded like. It
sounded like the finale of the Fourth of
July over the East River.
We got two isolated pockets of fire. We
should be able to knock it down with two
lines. Right. Know that 78th floor
has had a major explosion and what
appears to be a complete collapse
surrounding the entire area.
This is as close as we can get to the
base of the World Trade Center. You can
see the firemen assembled here, the
police officers, FBI agents, and you can
see the two towers. A huge explosion now
raining debris on all of us. We better
get out of the way. It's unreal. This is
a [\h__\h] sick movie, you know.
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