Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The Pull-It Bullsh-It
MYTH |
Larry Silverstein did not admit that WTC 7 was brought down in a controlled demolition. On the PBS special “America Rebuilds,” he said, “I remember getting a call from the Fire Department commander, telling me they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, you know, ‘We’ve had such a terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is just pull it.’ And they made that decision to pull and then we watched the building collapse.” Conspiracists{1} have removed the important context so that it suits their hypothesis, morphing the quote into simply, “I remember getting a call from the Fire Department commander, telling me the smartest thing to do is just pull it. And they made that decision to pull and then we watched the building collapse.”
This stupid little canard can be refuted via the logical technique of reductio ad absurdum. If the conspiracist interpretation is true, then the following absurd statements are also true:
(1) Silverstein uses demolition jargon when speaking with someone who does not know demolition jargon.
(2) Silverstein wanted to demolish a building to prevent further loss of life.
(3) Silverstein calmly and casually admitted to massive insurance fraud on national television.
(4) Cables attached to WTC 7 and adjacent buildings brought down WTC 7.
(5) FDNY Chief Daniel Nigro’s admission{2} to making the evacuation decision and the use of “pull” as “evacuate” by another member of NY’s bravest are meaningless.
{1} For example, the professional logician Jeff Killtown’s 80th of out 270 smoking guns is: “9/11 - WTC landlord Larry Silverstein says he gets a call from a fire chief about the WTC 7 and he recommends to him to 'pull it' and after they 'decided to pull,' they all watched the 7 collapse. (PBS video)”
{2} Chief Nigro said, “I ordered the evacuation of an area sufficient around to protect our members.”
Labels: Controlled Demolition, Killtown, Larry Silverstein, WTC, WTC 7
