Humaira Shah

The second Pearl Harbor, the day of infamy, the start of the War on Terrorismall of these titles describe the unforgettable day of September 11, 2001. On this day, terrorist hijacked four planes, proceeded to destroy the World Trade Center. Or did they? Immediately following the horrible attacks, various theorists such as Richard Gage of Architect and Engineers (A&E) for 9/11 Truth argues that the event of 9/11 was a controlled demolition, such as that the U.S. planted bombs in the World Trade Center (WTC) as a trigger to start the War on Terrorism. After analyzing Gage's investigation of the explosives that commerical airplanes caused, the cause of the steel frames causing the building to collapes as though this was a set up and the fact that no jet planes were never sent in for rescue, one is provided with convincing evidences to make his theory acceptable. One issue Gage's investigation focused on was the fire that occurred after the planes crashed into the buildings. As many video images show with the initial attack there was a reasonably onset of a small fire, although later several individuals such as Battalion Chief John Sudnik reported we heard...what sounded like a loud explosion and looked up and I saw tower started coming town. (NYT, Sudnick).Gage maintain that there is no possible way that small airplane can cause such an massive explosion. Few reasons as to why the explosion was not caused by the airplanes was that they were commercial airplanes, which are constructed with a very light aluminum material, making it easier to fly (source). Additonally the airplanes did not contain enough fuel to have generated the explsovion. This is clear evidences that there has to be other reasons for the explosion of the WTC. Additionallly, the WTC were designed to resist any nature desaistor I.e hurricanes, thus if the airplanes did cause an explsion the building should have maintained it and resist collaping.

This leads to further analysis of Gage's investigation, who reasoned that its impossible for fire to cause structural steel fames to collapse, either before or after 9/11. Fire cannot get hot enough to melt steel, Gage mentioned that Steel does not begin to melt until it reaches almost 2800 degrees fahrenheit along with the fact that jet fuel which is 1700 degree is almost 1100 degree below the melting point of steel. Therefore it is apparent that the jet fuel had little or no effect on the melting of the steel frames. Thomas Eagar, says that the fires which occurred in the WTC were probably only about 1,200 or 1,300F (Eagar, 2002).Moreover, even if the fire had reached 1,300F, as Eagar supposes, that

does not mean that any of the steel would have reached that temperature. Steel is an excellent conductor of heat. Put a fire to one part of a long bar of steel and the heat will quickly diffuse to the other parts and to any other pieces of steel to which that bar is connected. For fires to have heated up some of the steel columns to anywhere close to their own temperature, they would have needed to be very big, relative to the size of the buildings and the amount of steel in them. The towers, of course, were huge and had an enormous amount of steel. A small, localized fire of 1,300F would never have heated any of the steel columns even close to that temperature, because the heat would have been quickly dispersed throughout the building. Dismiss the claim that the tower collapsed because their steel columns melted. To see how ludicrous is the claim that the short-lived fires in the towers could have induced structural collapse, we can compare them with some other fires.
Additionally, he noted several characteristics in the collapse that supported the theory of a controlled demolition. These characteristics included sudden onset, falling straight down and almost at free falling speed, the aspect of a total collapse, the sliced steel, the pulverization of concrete and other materials, the dusts clouds, the horizontal ejections, the demolition ring, the sounds produced by explosions, and the molten steel. Additionally, Gage also explians thatIn the event that a airplane were to be hijacked, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), is prepared to send out fighter jets which can weaken or shoot down an airplane. On 9/11/01, NORAD generals said they learned of the hijackings in time to rush fighter jets. Some skeptics believe NORAD commanded defense systems to Stand-down, because of their lack of presence during the attacks

Finally, Gage's theory reveals accurate ideas for the possiblity of explsoved planted in the WTC. Gate and his group have about 15 hundred

signatures from licenesed and degreed artictects and enginerrs in its petition that demands a new investigation of the event of 9/11.

believes that guns or explosives were used to ensure the buildings collapsed.

I am a firm believer in not believing everything you see and everything you hear, and there's some facts about 911 that you just can't ignored. For instance, Osama Bin Laden's family was flown out of the county the day after a no fly zone was issued, along with the fact that after the second plane hit the towers and the president George W. Bush, who at the time was in a urban elementary school at early morning, the nation was under attack sat there and continued to read to the children. (source). All these deceitful facts have risen compelling 9/11 conspiracy theories. For instance experts such as Richard Gage of Architect and Engineers (A&E) for 9/11 Truth, is arguing that the event of 9/11 was a controlled demolition by bombs. Gage's investigation provides accurate evidence for his argument. He explains that research on materials on the debris found after the attack, One fact that Gage investigation risen on was the style in which the World Trade Center collapsed. Gage proved his point by comparing video footages of a sample controlled building collapsing with that of the WTC, views could clearly see that both collapse appeared similar. Few the characteristic that WTC featured: it fell straight- down, systemically collapsed into its footprint, free-fall speed through oath of greatest resistance and sounds and flashes of explosives (source). Which are direct evidences of an explosives destruction. Additionally the fire causes gradual deformation and asymmetrical collapses along path of least resistance (sourc). Although this

usually occurs in wood buildings and never in steel frame high-rises. This is gives accurate evidence that 9/11 was a controlled demolition. Some witnesses accounted hearing explosions inside the building as they attempted to escape. Gage even maintain that a planes fuel cannot produce enough heat to melt the steel frame of the two buildings that collapsed. Further, Gage explianed that commercial airplanes frames are constructed with a very light aluminum material, in order to make it easier to fly (source). Gage maintain that there is no possible way an airplane can do as much damage as it did to the WTC. Gage believes that guns or explosives were used to ensure the buildings collapsed.

Gage also adds that the towers were in fact blown down with explosives placed in selected locations.