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William Rodriguez's ever changing account of his experience on 9/11

What did Willy say to the Commission?

Did it occur to you yet that I'm not interested in discussing ANYTHING with you? If not, save a link to this post for future reference.
 
Taken from a transcript of NIST public meeting on February 12th, 2004. Linky: http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/wtc/upload/Public-Transcript-021204-Final1_withlinks.pdf


Also, please go to the link and tell me where he says anything about explosives or the explosion happening before the plane impact. He had his chance right there. What happened?
 
Tell me why there is only ONE seismic event for each tower HD. If the seismic data supposedly represents your explosions, where's the second event representing the impacts?

:roll:

I can only speculate that the first explosions, one of which is described by Rodriguez and Gartenberg, were sufficient to trigger the seismograph? Subsequent explosions, those described by firemen and so many others, were much smaller?
 
I can only speculate that the first explosions, one of which is described by Rodriguez and Gartenberg, were sufficient to trigger the seismograph? Subsequent explosions, those described by firemen and so many others, were much smaller?

You mean the explosions that left NO seismic signature?
 

You might have ignored the other links at Google, but sources OTHER THAN ABC also wrote about Gartenberg's call to his wife. It's a safe bet that no reference to his testimony was included in the Commission Report.
 
You mean the explosions that left NO seismic signature?

If you mean that some explosions were too small to register on the seismographs, yes.

If you mean that there were no events recorded on nearby seismographs, no.

Sometimes it's hard to tell what the Keyboard Commandos are really trying to say....
 
If you mean that some explosions were too small to register on the seismographs, yes.

If you mean that there were no events recorded on nearby seismographs, no.

Sometimes it's hard to tell what the Keyboard Commandos are really trying to say....

So now we have explosives too small to register?

Why?

Why set off explosives too small to register in yhe basement?

Are you even trying to think before posting?
 

That's rather the point, isn't it?

Also, in this paper or another (it's been a long time since I first read it) they attempted to integrate those times with ATC radar info to further refine the time mark.

The larger point is that Rodriguez' statement is corroborated by other data, making those of you crying "liar, liar, pants on fire" to be way off base.

If you seek liars, investigate those Pentagon officers who testified at the Commission. Some of the members wanted to bring perjury charges against those officers for changing the details of their stories so many times.
 
Why is there only one event on the seismic data sheet? William said there were two, and sometimes three explosions. Where are the others? This totally discredits William's explanation.
 
I can only speculate that the first explosions, one of which is described by Rodriguez and Gartenberg, were sufficient to trigger the seismograph? Subsequent explosions, those described by firemen and so many others, were much smaller?
Where was the impact of the plane if the the explosion happened before it like you claim? There should be two seismic events!
 
Why is there only one event on the seismic data sheet? William said there were two, and sometimes three explosions. Where are the others? This totally discredits William's explanation.

I say again Gam--perhaps subsequent explosions were too small to register on the seismographs. Get it?

Seismographs do not record automobile collisions or train wrecks or airplane collisions into buildings. They are designed to measure major events, see, and if any given explosion is too small, it won't meet the threshold. Is that really so difficult to understand?

The building absorbed the plane collision, as designed, and as discussed here several times at least. The structure swayed, and the force of impact was contained in the structure itself.

I thought you were an engineer?
 
That's rather the point, isn't it?.
No, YOU'RE missing the point.

Let's make this easier.

The seismic data chart listed above shows a start time of 12:46:30. 12:46:30 is at the far left of the graph and starts at 0s. At about 12-14 seconds in, the seismic event starts. That's 12:46:30 +12 or +14 seconds = 12:46:42-44.

Ross and Furlong didn't use the correct time. They used the START OF THE RECORD, not the start of the actual event.

Get it yet?
 
:lamo:lamo

You mean to tell me that you believe there was no shockwave at all that went to the ground upon impact?!?!?

:lamo:lamo
 

Actually seismic data will pick up air crashes
 
So, to recap....

We have one of our resident TRUTHERS making claims about Willy's testimony before the 9/11 Commission....

You fellows can weep and gnash your teeth as it suits you gents. I've seen and read Willy's testimony, and I understand exactly why it was taken behind closed doors at the Commission and then withheld from the final report. So do you.

We have another that does not wish to state what Willy had to say to the Commission, but believes "The failure to publish Willie Rodriguez's testimony to the 9/11 Commission is symptomatic of how the US government deals and dealt with 9/11."

Well?

WHAT DID WILLY SAY TO THE COMMISSION?
 
ABSTRACT
Seismic records from Finnish and Swedish sta- tions were analyzed for a study of two aircraft accidents in Finland and Sweden. A Hornet F-18 fighter crashed in central Finland, and analysis of recorded impact signals from 7 nearby seis- mic stations yielded in a crash location only 4 km in error. An estimated magnitude (ML) of 0.5 units gave an impact velocity of 335 m/sec (1200 km/h), which was in excellent agreement with that reported by the Finnish Air Force. A Norwegian Hercules transport plane crashed in foul weather near the summit of Mt. Kebnekaise, NW Sweden. Both seismic and infrasound signals were weak, and in our interpretation, this implied that the Hercules aircraft had a less steep impact angle against the mountain. We also examined seismic analyses of other spectacular air accidents like that of Lockerbie, UK in 1988, and terrorist air- craft attacks on September 11th, 2001 in the USA. Likewise, accidents at sea, such as the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents sea in 2000, and the freighter M/S Rocknes near Bergen in 2004, were recorded and analyzed seismically. In this study, we demonstrated that it was feasible to use seismic registrations to locate impact sites, and to define the exact time of such accidents. Also, negative evidence, i.e., lack of seismic recordings, may provide some information of such accidents and their conse-quences.
Keywords: Seismology;

www.scirp.org/journal/PaperDownload.aspx?paperID=34113
 
"He immediately thought the explosion was caused by a generator. Shortly after the first explosion a second explosion rocked the building and caused the office's false ceiling to collapse. Following these explosions Felipe David, who was severely burned, ran into the office. Rodriquez said there was a third explosion and he believed then the explosions were caused by an earthquake."

http://911myths.com/images/a/af/NYC_Box4_William_Rodriguez.pdf

Now if the linked pdf is true. William didn't state anything about "bombs"
 
:lamo:lamo

You mean to tell me that you believe there was no shockwave at all that went to the ground upon impact?!?!?

:lamo:lamo


HD doing what HD does.

What Did It Feel Like to be Inside the World Trade Center at the Time of the 9/11 Attacks?


I returned to my office and decided to call my mother. A few seconds after hanging up the phone at 9:03 a.m., I felt a violent jolt and then a falling sensation. I remember thinking that the building was coming down, and it was the end. The impact caused the building to sway heavily. It was actually designed to sway to a certain degree as the towers have to withstand high winds on a regular basis, but this was far beyond anything I'd ever felt before.
What Did It Feel Like to be Inside the World Trade Center at the Time of the 9/11 Attacks?

I begin preparing reports for another day of trading at the NYMEX,... horrific explosion. An immediate change in the air pressure. A ghostly column of air shoots like a canon into the office. The front door slams shut. Papers are whipped into the air. I’m thrown off my chair and to the ground. My boss jumps out of his office a second prior to the explosion. He had watched, in horrific disbelief, the entire event as the plane narrowly missed the empire state building and set a direct course for our building. The explosion sends the tower shaking furiously, lurching back and forth with sickening vengeance for maybe five or ten seconds. I think we may die. The building may topple over, or crumble. Finally it stops. The building is still standing. Everybody stares at each other, no idea of what happened or what to say. Speculations about an explosion, a bomb. No, it was a plane, our boss says. A commercial jet.
- Corky Adams, on the 85th floor of the north tower

Nah, no effect at all....

Ditto the Hush-A-Boom explosives.
 
Willy said to me on a conference call about 5 yrs ago that he heard thought were explosions... did not know what they were... but for sure he did not claim that he heard bombs.

It's likely that he heard electrical switch gear and or mechanical equipment explode caused by shorts when the plane severed electrical risers. That makes sense to me.
 

Then you must be one of the godless heathens spending your time 24/7 defending the OCT....

Oops.
Sorry.

Had a Bob moment there.
 
It's likely that he heard electrical switch gear and or mechanical equipment explode caused by shorts when the plane severed electrical risers. That makes sense to me.

Or that he had a brain malfunction and heard explosions going off in his head. That also makes sense when one doesn't want to accept the possibility that on 9/11 explosions could have never been caused by explosives.
 
Or that he had a brain malfunction and heard explosions going off in his head. That also makes sense when one doesn't want to accept the possibility that on 9/11 explosions could have never been caused by explosives.

I will accept the "possibility" of explosives in WTC1,2 when someone shows that ALL the evidence leads to that possibility.

After all these years, no one has done so. A lot of "what if" and maybe "possible" papers.

Can a properly executed CD take a building down? Yes.
Is that what happened to WTC 1,2, ? Most likely not.

Back to WR. imo, His testimony changed over time, He had his 15 seconds of fame within the CT crowed by playing the talk circuit. Sorry to say the evidence does not really support his testimony.
 
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