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In reply to the discussion: Solving the Mystery of Building 7 [View all]Ace Acme
(1,464 posts)38. Why do you need tons of explosives?
If NIST's collapse theory is correct, all you need is enough thermite to cut the girder seat at column 79.
Shredding papers was not a viable option. The office workers would have noticed that all the files were gone.
The rubble WAS disposed of. NIST claimed there were no samples of steel from WTC7.
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The shear studs were designed to take the lateral loads, so the girder seat didn't need to be.
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#37
Yes, Chandler is a major source of "freefall = controlled demolition" idiocy
William Seger
Dec 2011
#29
Nobody says the perps blew out 8 floors while the building was already falling.
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#35
Anyone who LISTENS to the videos and concludes that it's a controlled demolition
William Seger
Dec 2011
#10
I accept the eyewitness accounts of massive structural damage and multiple large fires
hack89
Dec 2011
#31
Dr. Griffin has pointed out that the FDNY accounts are mutually exclusive and all over the map.
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#48
Dr. Griffin's alleged lunacy can not make contradictory statements consistent.
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#50
I am going to believe my informed eyes, and understand that what looks like smoke
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#43
I watched the video years ago, and I watched it now, and everything I said was correct.
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#52