9/11: Theories Behind What Really Happened

1. RandaDirani Comp 106 Prof. Yerks 4/20/11 9/11: Theories Behind What Really Happened

2. Bombs Made Twin Towers Collapse • Many skeptics believe that planes did not make the Twin Towers collapse but rather bombs did. • Witnesses claim they heard explosives going off in the buildings as they were attempting to escape. • Many scientists and architects believe that plane fuel can not produce enough heat to melt the buildings’ steel frames.

3. Bombs Made Twin Towers Collapse (Continued) • Theorists maintain that there is no possible way an airplane can do as much damage as it did to the Twin Towers as it did. Theorists believe that missiles or explosives were used to ensure the buildings collapsed. • If the buildings had collapsed, they would have fallen at an angle—not pancaked straight down, as only buildings destroyed by controlled demolition do.

4. Pentagon Attack Doesn’t Hold Up • Citizens were told that a Boeing 757 hit the Pentagon, however damage does not reflect that. • Damage is more closely related to damage from a missile rather than airplane.

5. Passports of Hijackers Survived Explosion • After all the destruction and fire, the passports of the hijackers remained unscathed.

6. Cell Phone Calls Made From Plane Were Faked • Scientists state that cell phones could not receive reception from the altitude the planes typically fly. • Wireless communications networks weren’t designed for ground-to-air communication. Cellular experts privately admit that they’re surprised the calls were able to be placed from the hijacked planes, and that they lasted as long as they did.

7. Suspicious Activity at the Twin Towers • Multiple employees have confirmed that a power outage had occurred in the World Trade Center towers on the weekend prior to 9/11, including security guards. • From Saturday, September 8 at 5pm until Sunday, September 9th around Noon, the south tower experienced a power outage, with no security cameras, no security locks, and many engineers coming in and out of the building.

8. Inside Traders Knew About Attack Before It Happened • Insider trading in American Airlines and United Airlines stock just prior to 9/11 suggests that the traders had foreknowledge of the plot. • Many speculate that traders were tipped off about the attacks, and profited from the tragedy. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ZVvMU4UO4&feature=player_embedded

9. Air Defense Was Not Present • North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is prepared to send out fighter jets that have permission to shoot down a hijacked plane. • However, NORAD, once notified of the off-course aircraft, failed to scramble jets from the nearest bases. • Once airborne, interceptors failed to reach their targets because they were ordered to fly at small fractions of their top speeds.

10. Air Defense Was Not Present (Continued) • Fighters that were airborne and within interception range of the deviating aircraft were not redeployed to pursue them. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRJAI4-e7Xw&feature=related