MikeK
Gold Member
Eyewitnesses to exceptionally startling events are notoriously unreliable. This is because witnessing an event which is exceptionally startling because of its magnitude causes the mind to replace certain unique components of the event with imagined components of a more readily comprehensible nature.I now know two New Yorkers who watched the World Trade Centers come down first hand and up close.
They moved to a new area because of what they saw.
They say what they saw was definately explosives that brought down the World Trade Center buildings.
They seen and heard the explosives as far down as 30 floors below from where the top floors coming down.
There is no question that a gigantic passenger aircraft striking a massive stone and steel structure will produce an explosive noise, which occurred as a very real component of your friends' recollection. They definitely heard an explosion but the surrounding circumstances became rearranged in their minds in a sequence which is more acceptable to their imaginations.
The raging fires that melted the steel supports and initiated the progressive collapse also caused various explosions which were audible at street level.