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WTC 7 collapses
No one died because evacuation of the building had already commenced when 1 World Trade Center was hit by a plane.
Below, we investigate various conspiracy theory claims related to the collapse of Building 7.
The media knew WTC 7 would collapse
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Controlled demolitions
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Thermite found in the dust from the World Trade Center
The claim stems from a video clip by the World Trade Center 2 shortly before the building collapses. Glowing material can be seen coming out of the building. This was quickly seen by conspiracy theorists led by physicist Steven Jones as a result of ignited thermite. It was claimed that the material was melted iron/steel.
Larry Silverstein ordered the controlled demolition
The claim is based on an interview with the American businessman Larry Silverstein in the documentary “America rebuilds, A year at ground zero”. The documentary was shown the first time on PBS on September 11 2002.
The smoke from the World Trade Center 7 came from the World Trade Center 5
The Danish conspiracy theorist and retired chemistry professor Niels Harrit claims that the smoke from the World Trade Center 7 really came from the World Trade Center 5, proving that the former building was not on fire, and could thus not collapse due to that.
Highrises on fire have never collapsed
The claim posits that it is suspicious that the World Trade Center 1, 2 and 7 collapsed, since it would be the first time that steel-framed highrises collapsed due to fire. It is thus argued that a conspiracy consisting of the american government was behind the attack and not, as previously established, Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, and the 19 terrorists.
Signs of explosives in FEMA report
The claim refers to a report by FEMA. The scope of the terror attack resulted in FEMA being tasked to conduct a number of investigations of the events on September 11, 2001. The results of these investigations were published in a report in May 2002. It is claimed that the FEMA report’s steel analyses show sulfidation, oxidation, and intergranular melting, which are signs of explosives.
World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 fell in their own footprints
Niels Harrit, a Danish retired chemistry professor, hints in his lecture about the terror attack on September 11, 2001, that the buildings ought to have toppled like certain buildings have done after their foundations had been damaged due to e.g. earthquakes or mudslides. His argument for an alternative explanation is that, since the World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7’s foundations were not damaged, it must be evidence that the official account is false.
The World Trade Center 7 was not significantly damaged
The claim is used to support another claim, namely that the World Trade Center 7 collapsed due to a controlled demolition.
Sudden collapse
The collapses of the World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 are claimed to have happened instantaneously and quite surprisingly. This is considered evidence that the buildings were destroyed by explosives.
Tons of melted metal at Ground Zero
The claim posits that melted metal/iron is equivalent to the World Trade Center 1, 2 and 7 being destroyed by nanothermite which should have melted tons of metal and helped cause the building collapses.
Freefall and symmetrical collapse
The claim suggests that freefall speed and symmetry should be signs of controlled demolition, as well as the buildings should have been able to withstand the collapse of some floors due to fire. Since each building collapsed completely, it must mean that they were all destroyed by controlled demolition.
Witnesses saw explosions and flashes of light
The claim is based on interviews with people on the streets near the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. These people have heard explosions of some kind. The Truth Movement uses this claim to support the conspiracy theory that the World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 were destroyed with nanothermite and explosives.
NIST left out FEMA’s conclusion of melted steel
The FEMA report is claimed to mention melted steel, which according to the Truth Movement is regarded as evidence that the so-called nanothermite was used to instantaneously melt supporting steel elements in the World Trade Center 7 as part of a controlled demolition.
Symmetrical dust clouds are signs of controlled demolitions
Unnatural symmetrical formation of dust clouds of building parts is seen as evidence that the World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 did not collapse as described in the official reports, but were destroyed by controlled demolitions triggered by remote control.
Larry Silverstein committed insurance fraud
Larry Silverstein leased and insured against terror attacks from planes in the weeks before 9/11. Thus, he ordered that the World Trade Center 7 should be blown up so that he could make money from insurance fraud. The insurance sum is claimed to be $5.4 billion.
Heavy rain points to nano-thermite
The claim, made by e.g. Niels Harrit, is used to support a central claim, namely that huge quantities of explosives and top secret military-developed nanothermite were placed in the World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 prior to September 11, 2001. Allegedly, the nanothermite melted the metal in the buildings leaving lakes of melted metal on Ground Zero where the buildings collapsed. The claim suggests that the amounts of melted metal were so large that even heavy rain could not cool them down. It is suggested that something caused this heat to last and that this could only be nanothermite.
Ferrous spheres can only be due to thermite reaction
The claim is used to support the claim that huge quantities of explosives and top secret military-developed nanothermite were placed in the World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 prior to September 11, 2001. When the nanothermite (and explosives) were ignited, the three buildings then collapsed.
Donald Rumsfeld denies the existence of WTC 7
The claim is intended to support a central claim, namely that the World Trade Center 7 was destroyed by a controlled demolition.
It is possible to smuggle explosives through security
An article in The Washington Post describes how, in 2009, American security agents from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) succeeded in smuggling materials for small bombs through security in ten important government buildings. The agents then put together the small bombs and walked around with them, unhindered. The article is used by the Truth Movement to support the claim that, leading up to September 11, 2001, huge quantities of explosives and top secret military-developed nanothermite were placed in the World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7. It is argued that, since agents in secret can smuggle materials for explosives into federal buildings, there is nothing that prevents the World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 from being destroyed by controlled demolitions.
There were two planes, but three buildings that collapsed
The claim is used to support the claim that the Twin Towers did not collapse due to the damage caused by the planes, and the subsequent planes, and furthermore, that the collapse of the towers showed clear signs of controlled demolitions, where demolition experts have placed explosives strategically in the buildings’ structure. At a certain time, the explosives are detonated, destroying the buildings, with as little damage to the surrounding buildings as possible.