The following article was written by a scientist who uses the pseudonym “Plague Puppy.” It should be read by anyone interested in what happened to the twin towers on Nine Eleven. The writing is somewhat uneven. Also, I do not fully accept all of his conclusions. However, it shatters the “pancake theory,” i.e. the official explanation of why the towers collapsed. For more information on why the pancake model is faulty look midway on this page.
Pieces of WTC-2 falling onto WTC-3
The picture above shows a remarkable amount of very dense dust trailing behind large pieces, consisting mostly of portions of the outer walls of WTC-2, just as they are about to strike WTC-3. These outer walls were made from 14" square steel box columns tied together at each floor by 52" wide steel spandrel plates, and can be seen falling in units several floors tall. The piece on the lower right shows these spandrel plates clearly and gives an idea of size.
These same dense trails can be seen in many other stills and videos, and can be seen behind all the larger pieces as they fall. Dust trails can be seen from early in the collapses when distinct pieces first emerge from the initial "mushroom cloud," and can be seen to maintain a fairly constant density for as long as they can be followed. The pieces in the picture above fell from near the top of the 110 story tower, and are viewed about level with the top of the 22-story WTC-3, yet their dust trails are very similar to these pieces of WTC-1 seen much earlier in their fall. The volume and density of these trails cannot be explained as the streaming away of dust that was somehow clinging to the columns of the outer walls at the moment of collapse, which would quickly dissipate as the pieces began to fall. What we are seeing only makes sense if there is a continuing process of dust production as the pieces fall, something that flies in the face of our understanding of what can be accomplished with existing technology.
Start of WTC-1 collapse
Notice the way the dust flows uniformly from the entire upper surfaces of the pieces, in places even tracing the outlines of individual columns. The fact that the dust streams so exactly follow the contours of the wall fragments strongly implies that the dust is being generated from the steel columns themselves. The only alternative would be for dust to have been pushed or pulled from elsewhere... But we do not see any sign of these pieces pushing dust ahead of themselves and releasing it as they fall: the leading surfaces of the pieces are quite clean where they are visible, and could not have carried the amount of material needed to create such long and dense trails. Close-up of falling pieces
Ground level close-up of the south tower collapse by Bill Biggert showing thick dust trails and a shockwave-like shell of smaller fragments and pieces of aluminum cladding being thrown out horizontally. The large piece at the bottom of the picture dramatically illustrates the disintegration process, with jets of material streaming away from each individual column. Notice too that the pieces are beginning to look eroded, particularly the thinner piece in the middle, and have started to lose their sharp edges.
