Can you prove that "the Arabs didn't go through airport security on 9/11"?
The process of getting aboard a commercial flight involves a hell of lot more than simply showing up on an airport video.
The flights that hit the twin towers (AA11 and UA175) originated at Boston Logan airport. Prior to 9/11, there were no surveillance cameras at Boston Logan airport.
FYI: 1991-2000: Airport Later Used by Ten Hijackers Has Poor Security Record and Lacks Surveillance Cameras
Data compiled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that over this period Bostonâs Logan Airport has one of the worst records for security among major US airports. Flight 11 and Flight 175 depart from Logan on 9/11. While it is only Americaâs eighteenth busiest airport, it has the fifth highest number of security violations. FAA agents testing its passenger screening are able to get 234 guns and inert hand grenades and bombs past its checkpoint guards or through its X-ray machines. Though it is possible that the high number of violations is because the FAA tests more frequently at Logan than elsewhere, an official later quoted by the Boston Globe says lax security is the only explanation, as all checkpoints at every major airport are meant to be tested monthly. In contrast, Newark Airport, from where Flight 93 departs on 9/11, has an above average security record. Washingtonâs Dulles Airport, from where Flight 77 takes off, is below average, though not as bad as Logan. Officials familiar with security at Logan will, after 9/11, point to various flaws. For example, the State Police office had no video surveillance of the airportâs security checkpoints, boarding gates, ramp areas, or perimeter entrances. [Boston Globe, 9/26/2001]
Security cameras had been put into use at most US airports in the mid-1980s. When Virginia Buckingham takes over as executive director of Massachusetts Port Authority in 1999, she is surprised at the lack of cameras at Logan, and orders them that year. Yet by 9/11, they still will not have been installed. [Boston Herald, 9/29/2001; Boston Globe, 9/30/2001] In spite of Loganâs poor security record, after 9/11 the Boston Globe will report, âAviation specialists have said it is unlikely that more rigorous attention to existing rules would have thwarted the 10 hijackers who boarded two jets at Logan on Sept. 11.â
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"WTC7 fell just like a classic controlled demolition."
When you say something is "like" or "just like", you are using a simile. A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
WTC7 was struck in 5 places by debris when the North Tower collapsed. The most damaging occurred across 18 floors near the SW corner. As Captain Chris Boyle, Engine 94, described it "on the north and east side of 7 it didnât look like there was any damage at all, but then you looked on the south side of 7 there had to be a hole 20 stories tall in the building, with fire on several floors. Debris was falling down on the building and it didnât look good. It was a huge hole. I would say it was probably about a third of it, right in the middle of it. And so after Visconti came down and said nobody goes in 7, we said all right, weâll head back to the command post."
Fire chief Daniel Nigro said further assessment of the damage indicated that it was severe: "The biggest decision we had to make was to clear the area and create a collapse zone around the severely damaged building. A number of fire officers and companies assessed the damage to the building. The appraisals indicated that the building's integrity was in serious doubt."
Deputy Chief Peter Hayden, Division 1, added, "...also we were pretty sure that 7 World Trade Center would collapse. Early on, we saw a bulge in the southwest corner between floors 10 and 13, and we had put a transit on that and we were pretty sure she was going to collapse. You actually could see there was a visible bulge, it ran up about three floors. It came down about 5 oâclock in the afternoon, but by about 2 oâclock in the afternoon we realized this thing was going to collapse."
Firehouse magazine interviewer: Was there heavy fire in there right away?
Hayden: "No, not right away, and thatâs probably why it stood for so long because it took a while for that fire to develop. It was a heavy body of fire in there and then we didnât make any attempt to fight it. That was just one of those wars we were just going to lose. We were concerned about the collapse of a 47-story building there. We were worried about additional collapse there of what was remaining standing of the towers and the Marriott, so we started pulling the people back after a couple of hours of surface removal and searches along the surface of the debris. We started to pull guys back because we were concerned for their safety."
WTC7 was severely damaged by falling debris, it was set on fire, the fires burned unchecked for nearly 7 hours, and it collapsed. New York's professional firefighters saw the collapse coming. I"ll put my money on them rather than the fallacious claims of a bunch of conspiracy theorists.
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