Footage that kills the conspiracy theories: Unseen 9/11 footage shows WTC Buildi

ng 7 consumed by fire
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
UPDATED: 13:59 GMT, 2 November 2011
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Its dramatic collapse several hours after the Twin Towers fell triggered a decad
e of conspiracy theories.
Those who believed that the September 11 attacks on America were not carried out
by Al Qaeda terrorists pointed to the fall of World Trade Center Building 7 as
proof of their wild claims.
But a newly released video appears to finally prove once and for all that Buildi
ng 7 was brought down by the intense heat of the blazing World Trade Center - an
d not explosives, as conspiracy theorists claim.
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Burning: This side view of
n the building even though
ter complex
Burning: This side view of
n the building even though
ter complex

Building 7 as it burns shows the extent of the fire i

it is across the street from the main World Trade Cen
Building 7 as it burns shows the extent of the fire i
it is across the street from the main World Trade Cen

Buckling: The windows in the upper right corner show how the building's exterior
frame could no longer withstand the high temperatures
Buckling: The windows in the upper right corner show how the building's exterior
frame could no longer withstand the high temperatures
The video shows up-close shots of the lower floors of World Trade Center Buildin
g 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 overheate
d.
The buckling led to floors falling in on one another, causing the building to co
llapse.
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 Commiss
ion investigation.
The video was made by a local news reporter and was released through a Freedom o
f Information Act request.
Shot from the north side of the building on Barclay Street, and between the buil
dings in the background, the video shows the mass of raging fires taking place o
n the grounds of the World Trade Center.
The complex: Building 7, highlighted in blue, is shown burning in the video
The complex: Building 7, highlighted in blue, is shown burning in the video
Evacuated: There were no casualties in the building as everyone had left
Evacuated: There were no casualties in the building as everyone had left
THERE ARE STILL MORE OUT THERE... A HOST OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES STILL SURVIVE
The main split in conspiracy theories comes from the divide over the role of the
U.S. government in the attacks, with some feeling that authorities 'let it happ

en on purpose', while others think that they played a more diabolical role and '
made it happen on purpose'.
Some of the theories argue:
-That no planes were used in the attacks, saying that the aluminium of the plane
s would not be able to penetrate the steel that made up the Twin Towers; instead
, the New York buildings were subject of an internal, controlled demolition
-The Pentagon was shot with a missile by U.S. government officials
-That the U.S. purposefully avoided shooting down the planes and causing confusi
on to prevent military planes from scrambling in time
-.... while others are on the opposite end, some say that United flight 93, the
one that crashed in a Pennsylvania field, was shot down by U.S. army jets
-That Israeli agents were involved, as FBI agents found five of them filming the
New York attacks from the roof of an apartment building and celebrating afterwa
rds
Though Building 7 was separate from the main World Trade Center complex, there w
ere two pedestrian bridges connecting Building 7 to the main complex across the
street, linking the buildings by the third floor.
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 b
ars of the exterior buckling.
It is unclear when exactly during the day the video is shot, but considering the
fact that the building is still standing it must be well before it's collapse w
hich happened at 5.21pm. That said, the news reporter is the only person we see
on the street, so the mass confusion and evacuation that took place earlier in t
he morning in the midst of the attacks had settled at that point.
At points, the news reporter seems clearly aghast, saying 'It's a surreal enviro
nment' and 'It's almost impossible to describe'.
Official investigators say that after the South Tower fell at 9.59am and the Nor
th Tower at 10.28am, the pieces of the rubble did irreparable damage to Building
7, causing it to burn by floor by floor, getting progressively weaker along the
way.
The investigation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency said that the colla
pse was caused by a combination of the damage from the debris - and not the impa
ct of the debris itself- and lacking water in the fire sprinklers throughout the
building.
The largest tenant of the 47-story building was the bank Salomon Smith Barney, b
ut there were also offices of the CIA, the Department of Defence, utility compan
y ConEd, and the Internal Revenue Service.
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In
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the shadows: Building 7,

Tower that is about half
the shadows: Building 7,
Tower that is about half

the reddish building pictured to

it's height, was considered part
the reddish building pictured to
it's height, was considered part

the left of the Nor

of the WTC site
the left of the Nor
of the WTC site

Office space: Building 7 housed offices of the CIA, Department of Defence, utili
ty company ConEd, and bank Salomon Smith Barney which was the largest tenant

Office space: Building 7 housed offices of the CIA, Department of Defence, utili
ty company ConEd, and bank Salomon Smith Barney which was the largest tenant
Because of the time span of the events, everyone was able to evacuate the buildi
ng and there were no casualties within Building 7.
Government analysts part of the 9/11 Commission said that all three of the build
ings that fell in New York that day were due to 'total progressive collapse,' wh
ich means that when a building has extreme damage in one area, the entire struct
ure of the building is weakened as a result.
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Unless the damage is limited to one area, it will have a domino effect, moving o
n to lower floors in the building until it entirely collapses.
Conspiracy theorists take issue with that account, believing instead that the go
vernment was involved in the placement of explosive devices throughout the New Y
ork buildings, and even go so far to say that the incident at the Pentagon was c
aused by a missile rather than a plane.