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To: Alex MG who wrote (253167)	6/17/2014 4:00:50 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541957

Footage that kills the conspiracy theories: Unseen 9/11 footage shows WTC Building 7 consumed by fire dailymail.co.uk In the video, viewers can see the glowing flames on what appears to be the sixth floor of the building, and as the camera zooms in, you can even see the metal bars of the exterior buckling. At the end of the video the reporter seems to also sense the building may give way. He says "that's it, let's go let's go", and he and the cameraman start running away The video shows up-close shots of the lower floors of World Trade Center Building 7, located just across the street from the Twin Towers, and focuses in on the exterior metal beams of Building 7 as they begin to buckle as they are overheated. The buckling led to floors falling in on one another, causing the building to collapse. Though the entirety of the collapse is not shown in the video, it does show how there is legitimacy to the explanation provided by the government's 9/11 Commission investigation. The video was made by a local news reporter and was released through a Freedom of Information Act request.

To: Alex MG who wrote (253167)	6/17/2014 4:13:47 PM
From: Alex MG	Respond to of 541957

geez, mystery solved As the North Tower collapsed on September 11, 2001, heavy debris hit 7 World Trade Center, damaging the south face of the building [37] and starting fires that continued to burn throughout the afternoon. [7] The collapse also caused damage to the southwest corner between Floors 7 and 17 and on the south face between Floor 44 and the roof; other possible structural damage included a large vertical gash near the center of the south face between Floors 24 and 41. [7] The building was equipped with a sprinkler system, but had many single-point vulnerabilities for failure: the sprinkler system required manual initiation of the electrical fire pumps, rather than being a fully automatic system; the floor-level controls had a single connection to the sprinkler water riser; and the sprinkler system required some power for the fire pump to deliver water. Also, water pressure was low, with little or no water to feed sprinklers. [38] [39] After the North Tower collapsed, some firefighters entered 7 World Trade Center to search the building. They attempted to extinguish small pockets of fire, but low water pressure hindered their efforts. [40] Over the course of the day, fires burned out of control on several floors of 7 World Trade Center; the flames visible on the east side of the building. [41] [42] During the afternoon, fire was also seen on floors 6–10, 13–14, 19–22, and 29–30. [37] In particular, the fires on floors 7 through 9 and 11 through 13 continued to burn out of control during the afternoon. [8] At approximately 2:00 pm, firefighters noticed a bulge in the southwest corner of 7 World Trade Center between the 10th and 13th floors, a sign that the building was unstable and might collapse. [43] During the afternoon, firefighters also heard creaking sounds coming from the building. [44] Around 3:30 pm, FDNY Chief Daniel A. Nigro decided to halt rescue operations, surface removal, and searches along the surface of the debris near 7 World Trade Center and evacuate the area due to concerns for the safety of personnel. [45] At 5:20:33 pm EDT (according to FEMA), the building started to collapse, with the crumble of the east mechanical penthouse, and at 5:21:10 pm EDT, according to FEMA, and 5:20:52 pm EDT according to NIST, it collapsed completely. [6] [7] [46] There were no casualties associated with the collapse.