Friday, November 14, 2008

THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING BUILDING SEVEN


The mysterious building seven shown behind the Twin Tower. (Photo courtesy by Wikipedia)

The tragic loss of lives and property still persistent in the minds of New Yorkers, the events of September11, 2001 changed the political landscape of this great nation forever. The attack to the Twin Towers the symbols of prosperity proved that America is not secure as thought before.The report released by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that the 47-story building, which stood right next to towers 1 and 2, caught fire due to the debris that flew into it after the hijacked jets struck found that the 47-story building, which stood right next to towers 1 and 2, caught fire due to the debris that flew into it after the hijacked jets struck. The intense heat and not explosive was the cause the skyscraper to collapse the collapse of the twin tower caused extensive damage to the rest of the complex and nearby buildings"Our study found that the fires in WTC 7, which were uncontrolled but otherwise similar to fires experienced in other tall buildings, caused an extraordinary event," said lead investigator Shyam Sunder.He said debris from tower 1 sparked the blaze on at least 10 floors of the building, which burned for about seven hours while some of its sprinkler systems were non-operational due to a city water main cut.
The building seven was built in 1985. Among the tenants of that building was the emergency office of Mayor Giuliani located at 23rd floor, and to the mystery surrounding the building was the revelation that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had a secretive office in that building the office was responsible for recruiting foreign spy as reported in New York Times newspaper of Nov 4, 2001
The September attack killed nearly 3,000 people

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