It is sufficiently known that the Twin Towers of the WTC collapsed on September 11, 2001. It is less known that the WTC consisted of seven buildings, of which three collapsed.

Slightly aside the WTC Twin Towers stood the 47 floors high seventh building, called Seven World Trade Center. It was the third-highest, however, compared to 110 floors 47 floors seem almost puny. On the morning of the 11th several small fires broke out on the lower floors. Since the building was undamaged by the hits on the two main towers, the explanation for these fires: the airplane attacks on the Twin Towers, is very unsatisfying. Telekinesis?

The End of the WTC

About 9 o'clock on 9/11 an airplane rushes into the north tower of the WTC. Because of the following confusion one does not worry about these small fires. Perhaps this is also why nobody noticed that the fire sprinklers were not released - normally they would have deleted the fires before even a notification of emergency would have been made.

Therefore, it is burning until afternoon, while the dust of the collapsed Twin Towers wraps Manhattan in an impenetrable cloud. The fire does not spread dramatically, from the outside one cannot see much at Seven World Trade Center. A multistoried building with a steel structure does not collaps quickly, even if it burns inside, does it? In the afternoon the third-highest building of the WTC complex abruptly collapses.

Finale

Also in architectural regard the collapse of the WTC wrote history.

• within 10 hours three multistoried buildings collapse
• they were considered as safeguarded against damage by airplanes and earthquakes
• the Twin Towers of the WTC are the first buildings with steel structure which collapse completely due to airplane impacts
• Seven World Trade Center is the first building with steel structure which collapses due to an unsettled fire
• therefore, the collapses are discussed as “controlled demolition”.

“No steel building has ever been destroyed by fire.” (Fire Engineering Magazine)

The two WTC main towers were worth 3.5 billion dollars. For this price they changed hands in April 2001. Larry Silverstein, the new owner, received 2.2 billion dollars from the insurance.

“A New Pearl Harbor”

The pictures of map exercises to an airplane attack on the Pentagon of November 3, 2000, of the mdw (military district Washington) are informative. (see info box left)

It says in the strategy paper on American defense policy, published by the Project for the “New American Century” in September 2000: “This process of transformation [to the American century, the author] will probably take a long time, unless a catastrophic event happens, which serves as catalyst - like a new Pearl Harbor.”

“Loose Change” - a video on the conspiracy theory of a breakup of the WTC can be seen at Google Video. And particularly concerning the collapse of WTC 7 there are explanations of a controlled demolition. The main argument: For the building to collapse straight down, all of the load bearing supports would have had to fail at exactly the same time. No fire can cause this, only an expert controlled demolition of the carriers. At the moment of each collapse seismic peak values were measured on this day in N.Y. …

Extent of Destruction

As I wrote above, the World Trade Center complex consisted of seven buildings. Some say that on 9/11 three buildings collapsed. Others speak of more - I can not clarify that. But after I have done some investigation, the following seems most plausible:

• WTC 2 collapses at 10:05, WTC 1 at 10:29 - the end of the Twin Towers.
• The Twin Towers tear the buildings 3 and 4 with them. As Two World Trade Center collapses, also Three and Four World Trade Center sink in the rubble.
• When the first tower collapses, the buildings 5 and 6 are heavily damaged. Whether they were demolished later … or whether they also collapsed “by themself”, I do not know.
• Building 7, is the only building on this day without damage so far. But here small fires break out, which lead to the collapse within a few hours. An end as in the storybook …
• The orderer for the building of the WTC complex is the Tishman Construction Corporation. It has its seat in New York, in 666 Fifth Avenue.

The World Trade Center was constructed and built for 700 million dollars, in order to resist the impact of a Boeing 707.

Left Picture:

And this is how Manhattan is to look in the future, when the “Freedom Tower” will have closed the gap the disappeared Twin Towers of the World Trade Center have left.