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Originally posted by Microprose Veteran@Jun 30 2005, 02:03 PM
Larry Silverstein, leaseholder, WTC, remarks they "decided to pull WTC 7..." If you look it up, you will find that "to pull" is demolition slang for demolishing a building. Anyway, watch the WTC owner tell his story (which he later denied). The official story still holds that WTC 7, like the two highest towers, collapsed due to fires.
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That's a
real stretch. From
Wikipedia:
It must be noted that the demolition of a building requires extensive planning and placement of a large number of explosive charges, a process that takes several days. Furthermore, Silverstein's comments are subject to interpretation. Opponents of the above interpretation state that Silverstein's "pull it" comment refers to pulling fire teams off of 7 WTC, to prevent further loss of life. Lastly, New York City fire department personnel did not have the proper qualifications for such demolition, nor did they have reasonable access given the significant damage and ongoing large fires in the structure to conduct such a controlled demolition.
Conspiracy theorists apparently continue to believe, however, that a 47-story building can be demolished at the drop of a hat by a group of people with no experience in that area and no tools for doing the job. Is there even any evidence that "pull" is slang for "demolish," or did someone simply decide that it should be in order to support his theory?