911-The Story of WTC7

The Story of WTC7

I. Here We Are

Figure 1. Satellite Photo (mouse over for building names) (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 2. Satellite Photo (mouse over for building names) (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 3. Map with street names and one-way notations. This map appears to reflect the situation after 9/11/01 as it shows Vesey Street closed off. (9/?/02?) Source: Google maps

II. Once Upon a Time...

Once upon a time, there was a building called WTC7, and then it went away. And, it didn't even spill onto adjacent streets.

Figure 4. WTC7 before (pre 9/11/01) Source:	Figure 5. WTC7 before and after (pre 9/11/01) Source:

Figure 6. WTC7 before. Can you imagine that building dropping straight down without even spilling into the street? (pre 9/11/01) Source:

Figure 7. 217a.jpg (9/?/01) Source:

Figure 8. 217b.jpg (9/?/01) Source:

And, it went away without spilling anything into the streets surrrounding it.


Hudson Department Store
21 stories, 439-feet.

Figure 9. The bus is pooched out on the top. (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 10. 905x600 The top of the bus does not look as pooched out on the top. (9/11/01) Source:

Figure 9. The bus is pooched out on the top. (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 10. 905x600 The top of the bus does not look as pooched out on the top. (9/11/01) Source:

Figure 11. Note the tree (9/12-13?/01) Source:	Figure 12. Note the trees (9/12-13?/01) Source:

Figure 13. WTC7 left a bigger pile than either WTC1 or WTC2. Note how small the people are relative to the "pile." (9/12-13?/01) Source:

Figure 14. Looking West over the site of where WTC7 stood. The water shooting out of the Verizon building does not cause steam. The appearance of "steam" is where there is no watering of the pile. (10/?/01) Source:

Figure 15. Error zone for WTC2 (mouse over to remove error zone) (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 16. Map with street names (9/?/01) Source:	Figure 17. Map with street names and one-way notations. This map appears to reflect the situation after 9/11/01 as it shows Vesey Street closed off. (9/?/02?) Source: Google maps

Figure 18. Looking over the WTC7 pile from a window of the Verizon building. Note the dirt. This looks more like a Dagwood Sandwich than a "building collapse." (9/?/01) Source:

Figure 19. Looking eastward at the WTC7 pile from Barclay Street. The US Postal Building is in the background. Where did all this dirt come from? (9/?/01) Source:	Figure 20. Another view of the WTC7 pile from Barclay Street. That's not a small amount of dirt! The dirt piles are taller than the people wading through the dirt piles. What are they doing? (9/20?/01) date on picture Source:

Figure 21. A view looking westward from Vesey Street. The Verizon building is in the background. Where did all the dirt come from? (9/?/01) Source:

Figure 22. A view of the WTC7 dirt pile from Barclay Street. (9/20/01) date on picture Source:

III. Lathering Up

WTC2

Figure 23. A wtc-20_1_small.jpg (9/11/01) Source:

WTC2	WTC2
Figure 24. WTC2 blowing "smoke rings" while WTC1 spits out "sillystring." (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 25. WTC2 blowing smoke rings. (9/11/01) Source:

WTC2	WTC2
Figure 25. WTC2 blowing smoke rings. (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 25. WTC2 blowing smoke rings. (9/11/01) Source:

WTC1	WTC1
Figure 26. Immediately after WTC2 was destroyed, WTC1 was lathered up. With the distraction of WTC2 going poof, perhaps they were hoping folks wouldn't notice? (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 27. WTC1 is blowing "smoke rings" (10/?/01) Source:

WTC7	WTC7
Figure 28. WTC7 Lathering up (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 29. WTC7 Lathering up (9/11/01) Source:

Figure 30. WTC7 Lathering up. It's fairly clear that this "lather" is pouring out of about every window on the south side of WTC7. (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 31. WTC7 Lathering up. These firefighters recognize there is something peculiar with this event. (9/11/01) Source:

Figure 32. WTC7 Lathering up (9/11/01) Source: more	Figure 33. WTC7 Lathering up (9/11/01) Source:

Figure 34. Why is WTC1 lathering up? And why is WTC7 also lathering up? This is Church and Reade, looking southward. It appears that WTC2 was just destroyed as the street is not yet coated with powder. Later photos of this area show a fine whitish dust coating the street. (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 35. WTC7 Lathering up, along with WTC1. WTC1 is still standing, so "debris from the collapse of WTC1" cannot explain why there is "smoke" pouring out of WTC7. The two people on the far corner appear to be stopping traffic, which is consistent with what would be seen immediately after the destruction of WTC2. (9/11/01) Source: more

Figure 36. WTC7 Lathering up (9/11/01) Source:	Figure 37. WTC7 Lathering up (9/11/01) Source: more

Figure 38. WTC7 Lathering up (9/11/01) Source: