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Tuesday, June 22, 2004

A Gigantic Waste Of Time

 

At the request of one of my former students, I checked out LetsRoll911.org, a website devoted to the idea that, in their own words, “911 was an American inside terror job, perpetrated by Americans, a small, as of yet unknown group, who perpetrated this terrible tragedy America and the world, hijacked the US ARMY and started yet another Crusade against the helpless Muslims who don't even have missiles of their own, and never had any part in this gross American conspiracy.

 

Their proof?  Video reportedly showing a missile being fired from the second plane to hit the World Trade a split second before impact.  They claim that the second plane wasn’t even a real airliner that took off from Boston.  Somehow that original flight disappeared and was replaced with an airplane made to look like a passenger jet, but with an attached missile pod underneath it. 

 

Uh huh.

 

Furthermore, they also claim that there’s no way those planes could cause the towers to collapse, so there must have been a “controlled demolition,” kind of like the ones used to bring down high rise buildings or old stadiums. 

 

Uh huh.

 

Now I’m not going to waste anymore of my time going point by point through everything on their website.  Some of it is just laugh out loud ridiculous and if you can’t see that, then nothing I write here will matter.  I will address a couple of their main points.

 

I have a dvd made by CNN chronicling the events on 9-11 called "America Remembers."  The dvd shows the planes hitting the WTC from several angles, especially the second plane with the supposed missile pod.  Yes, when the plane comes near the building, there looks like there’s something dark sort of near the underside.  But after looking at it frame-by-frame, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s just the shadow from the rights-side engine.  Some of the photos on LetsRoll911.org claim to be from CNN, but the several different angles shown on the CNN dvd I have show no bulge like the photos on LetsRoll911 show.  None.  Even the very clear shots that show you the complete underside of the plane on the dvd show it to be perfectly flat.  No bulges.  Comparing still frames from the dvd and what is posted on the LetsRoll911 website (for instance the photo to the left here) show that the website photos are very different, even though they claim to be from the same source.  Sure it’s the same plane, same angles, same everything.  The dvd shows just a dark area where the shadow of the engine is.  The website shows a very noticeable, shiny bulge.  In my opinion, the website photos and “video” have been doctored to put a bulge on a plane where there isn’t one in the first place.  Trust me, if what they "show" on their website really existed, you would have noticed it a long time ago with all the media coverage and the dozens of angles you saw back in 2001.

 

Not convinced?  Here's a clearer photo of the plane about to hit the World Trade Center.  At first glance it looks almost like something under the plane.  But examine it more closely, you can tell that it's just the shadow from the right engine hitting the belly of the plane.  It's even easier to see in full-motion.

 

As for the missile being shot from the plane right before impact -- first that’s an incredibly stupid idea.  The website claims this was to ensure the destruction of the plane because it is the wrong plane.  Not that crashing into the building loaded with jet fuel wouldn’t ensure it’s destruction already (what, is it going to stick to the building like a dart?), especially if, as the website claims, the building was going to be brought down in a “controlled demolition,” further ensuring the plane was,… well, in tiny little pieces.  Nope, LetsRoll911 thinks a missile was used, too.  As proof, they have an animated loop running on their site showing the flash from the missile just before impact.  Again, looking at the dvd I have frame-by-frame (incredible waste of time, btw) from several different angles, there is no flash.  None.  Zip.  The flash on their site was added into the pictures.

 

And if you think just a little harder about what that site claims, you’ll realize just how looney their ideas are.  The second plane being a fake plane, for instance.  So what happened to the real one?  Just disappeared with all those people on it?  And this controlled demolition.  Have you ever seen one on TV?  Not only do they take days to set-up, the explosives used are in the tons and are very, very noticeable as they need to be strapped to just about every main support in the building from the basement on up.  Are they trying to say no one would notice them being installed during the weeks prior to September 11th?  Also, if this was a controlled demolition when the towers came down, how come you don’t see explosions being set off as it collapses?  I’ve seen lots of buildings being brought down with explosives.  They always involve a series of explosions to bring the building down in a predictable way.  There were no explosions, though the website claims there were.  If so, how come the dvd I have doesn’t show anything like that?  In fact, the dvd doesn't help to back-up any of their claims.  In fact it disproves them.

 

Oh, wait.  It’s because CNN is a part of all this!  The dvd I have must be faked.  They must have had the people at Industrial Light & Magic erase the pod, the missile, the explosions, and the original airliner.

 

Or maybe the jerks behind LetsRoll911 are making the whole thing up using "evidence" that anyone with photo editting software could create in just a few hours.  Which is easier for you to believe?

 

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