Tony with all due respect you're an engineer, correct? You're not an expert on emergency procedures after unprecedented terrorist attacks, right?Your points here are somewhat contradictory. The confusion and chaos makes it unlikely for the guy to find the passport to begin with. It was important for the detective to at least take the guy's name and ask exactly where he found the passport. The guy's name would be relevant for credibility and the location would be relevant for evidentiary reasons.
Don't forget that at the time they did not know the buildings were going to collapse, so that kind of frenzy was not there.
No, I am highly skeptical, no different than the ABC news anchor who said a hijacker passport was found near the WTC and felt compelled to add "if you can believe that".Tony with all due respect you're an engineer, correct? You're not an expert on emergency procedures after unprecedented terrorist attacks, right?
You're also not a legal expert.
All this speculation and effort in order to deny the validity of this kind of material seems like a personal quest rather than professional opinion. And in that regard I don't think your opinion is any more valid than mine or Mick's. Both of us seem to find it reasonable that this item could be found and handed in, especially since there's not a shred of evidence that something nefarious was going on with the guy who found it. Seems like you're being kind of mean-spirited about it.
No, I am highly skeptical, no different than the ABC news anchor who said a hijacker passport was found near the WTC and felt compelled to add "if you can believe that".
There certainly were nefarious things going on with Bernie Kerik and he was intimately connected with Rudy Giuliani, whose department of design and construction felt it was "prudent" to get rid of 99.5% of the steel from the twin towers and all of it from WTC 7 before it could be analyzed and tested.
See the following website . . . I don't know exactly where they got their information . . according to them the fire was minimal because most of the debris was buried several feet under the loose soil . . . http://killtown.911review.org/flight93/claim.htmlAny evidence to support your many contentions? Are you sure there was no fire?
Again this is Flight 93 where the crash debris was found deep under the soil of Pa . . . http://killtown.911review.org/flight93/claim.htmlGeorge Simmons and his wife Diane were killed on one of the flights but several items of theirs were returned:
Is it suspicious that so much ID from that couple was found? No, of course not. His day planner was only slightly charred. Is that suspicious? No, of course not.External Quote:We got his wedding band back. We got his business card with his name on it. We got his day planner, and it was only charred along the outside rim, but it's completely readable, each page. And his address book-it was charred on the outside as well. It was like a leather binder, and every page was readable
.... They found Diane's Visa credit card and her checkbook.
From flight 93Apparently some items were in remarkably good condition. This is not speculation, it's a matter of historical record.External Quote:seventy other pieces of jewelry.., along with a bewildering variety of scrunchies, hats, belts, bras, dresses, T-shirts, unmatched shoes, and other items that somehow escaped the heat, some virtually unmarred
The only facts given out can't even be agreed upon! That's why people are so skeptical. Shall we get back to the 'fact' that the passport was soaked in jet fuel? Or do we just cherry pick which 'facts' to believe from the official narrative? That's as bad as speculating in my opinion.Tony, you're beyond skeptical. You have zero evidence that this passport couldn't have been found and handed in just the way it was described. Everything you're doing has to do with the baggage you're imposing on the event, and nothing to do with the facts of the item.
You're right, the passport doesn't change that airplanes hit the tower yada yada yada. But it does matter if someone planted it there. That proves beyond a doubt there was prior knowledge of an attack. It doesn't equate to nano termite bringing the towers down, or space weapons, or whatever. But it does mean someone knew about the attacks and possibly even assisted in some way, which is a major implication if true.The discovery of the passport doesn't change the fact that the airline hit the tower, nor that all those people were killed. It's just a small side story. There's no evidence to directly suggest otherwise.
I have not engaged in this discussion so this may sound like a stupid question . . . were any other passports recovered in NYC after 911 of anyone else in the two aircraft or of any of the occupants or visitors in the Towers??
George Simmons and his wife Diane were killed on one of the flights but several items of theirs were returned:
Is it suspicious that so much ID from that couple was found? No, of course not. His day planner was only slightly charred. Is that suspicious? No, of course not.External Quote:We got his wedding band back. We got his business card with his name on it. We got his day planner, and it was only charred along the outside rim, but it's completely readable, each page. And his address book-it was charred on the outside as well. It was like a leather binder, and every page was readable
.... They found Diane's Visa credit card and her checkbook.
From flight 93Apparently some items were in remarkably good condition. This is not speculation, it's a matter of historical record.External Quote:seventy other pieces of jewelry.., along with a bewildering variety of scrunchies, hats, belts, bras, dresses, T-shirts, unmatched shoes, and other items that somehow escaped the heat, some virtually unmarred
Since I don't have access to (nor have I attempted to get it) all recovered items, I've found a few things which are reportedly not damaged:
Flight 93 victim Andrew Garcia's wallet and wedding ring were returned to his family by the FBI. '"It was practically intact," Richard's sister, Lori, said of the credentials, which were returned in their wallet. "It just looked like it wasn't damaged or hadn't gone through much of anything at all, which is so bizarre and ironic.'
This bankcard of Waleed Iskandar was found in the WTC rubble and returned to them in 2002. It survived the collapse of the towers 'in good condition'. Some consider it a sign or gift from the son to his parents on the anniversary of his death. They can't understand how it could look so undamaged except by divine intervention. I guess where they see the hand of God, (positive force) conspiracy theorists see a dark conspiracy planting evidence (negative force).
The problem with the conspiracist POV is that it sees conspiracy whether the item is damaged or not - either way it must be planted, in their minds. If it's pristine, they find it even more compelling. Yet the hijacker passport above is damaged and the card below isn't. This is not evidence of a conspiracy to plant evidence or artifacts, it's just the leftovers of a tragedy.
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Why? It was an incredibly crazy and chaotic time, just after the second impact. Debris and people falling, fires, people running everywhere. An incredibly minor thing like the guy's name is not really a priority at a time like that.
If I found a passport on the street in normal circumstances, I'd just hand it to a cop. I'd not offer my name either. What does it matter? It's not like I get to keep the passport if nobody claims it.
There was no reason at the time for the cop to get the guy's name, even if he hung around. It's basically irrelevant. The only info he could possibly have is where he found it. Now, THAT is what the cop should have asked.
Who said ANY OTHER PERSONS id was planted? Are you making distractionary claims?There was a lot of ID, credit cards and so on recovered. Yes.
As I mentioned above, to my knowledge many (most?) Americans didn't carry passports on domestic flights in 2001. I know a number of Americans who never had passports because they stayed in-country. It would help to have this corroborated by people on this forum. But I suspect this accounts for the paucity of passports.
One victim of flight 11 (IIRC) had a chunk of her hip recovered with ID still in the pocket of her pants. Horrifying stuff. Why any of this stuff would or could be planted is beyond imagination. Isn't it enough that the plane crashed into the tower and killed all these people? It's not like we need more proof of that.
The DNA of the hijackers was recovered in the pentagon and shanksville crashes IIRC. It seems they were really on the planes and really died along with everyone else.
Suicide attacks are hardly remarkable - we've seen how many years of this now in Iraq and Afghanistan? People are willing to kill themselves in order to inflict damage - this is not a huge revelation on 9/11 or since.
However i think some effort is needed to ascertain whether he actually was clearly a cop otherwise just being lucky enough to give it to a suited detective that could be anyone will just be a massive coincidence of the kind that is not acceptable
They ARE facts. As i said they are checkable and provable i am not making them up. They are proven by being in black and white and believing the official versions of simulations maths and science. If they are wrong then i make a false claim but if they are right, then i am asserting the evidence given not making it upThe above list of facts are simply things that you have asserted. You have not determined any to be true, (other than the passport having an expired visa).
Thread is going nowhere.
Question . . . has the person finding the passport been specifically identified?? Seems that would be easy to do . . . would not the individual be willing to step up . . . be identified and give complete details of the events? Have I missed something here ?The above list of facts are simply things that you have asserted. You have not determined any to be true, (other than the passport having an expired visa).
Thread is going nowhere.
How would we do that?Question . . . has the person finding the passport been specifically identified?? Seems that would be easy to do . . . would not the individual be willing to step up . . . be identified and give complete details of the events? Have I missed something here ?
Question . . . has the person finding the passport been specifically identified?? Seems that would be easy to do . . . would not the individual be willing to step up . . . be identified and give complete details of the events? Have I missed something here ?
I have not engaged in this discussion so this may sound like a stupid question . . . were any other passports recovered in NYC after 911 of anyone else in the two aircraft or of any of the occupants or visitors in the Towers??
http://timeline.911memorial.org/#Timeline/3/ImageEntry/605/1External Quote:
September 24, 2001
Marisa DiNardo's recovered property
This pocketbook, belonging to Cantor Fitzgerald bond trader Marisa DiNardo Schorpp, is recovered from the World Trade Center wreckage and returned to her family after 9/11. Schorpp's purse contains her wallet, various credit and identification cards, and a receipt dated September 10, 2001, from Windows on the World, the restaurant located at the top of the World Trade Center's North Tower.
On the evening of September 10, Schorpp had treated her family and friends to a dinner at Windows on the World in honor of her mother's birthday.
Collection 9/11 Memorial Museum, Gift of Ester DiNardo
Photograph by Matt Flynn
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September 24, 2001
Robert Gschaar's recovered property
This wallet belonging to Aon employee Robert Gschaar is recovered from the World Trade Center site after 9/11 and returned to his widow, Myrta Gschaar, by the NYPD. Included with the returned property, Mrs. Gschaar finds a two-dollar bill that her husband had carried since the day he proposed to her.
Collection 9/11 Memorial Museum, Gift of Myrta Gschaar in honor of my beloved husband, Robert J. Gschaar
I'm just wondering why we were previously discussing the FBI's report saying it was soaked in jet fuel, and the response from 'debunkers' was basically no, it was not, or that must be a mistake. It struck me as odd.Josh, the passport was reported to be soaked in jet fuel. It came from a plane crash so that isn't surprising. If it wasn't burned up then it wasn't burned up. That's what the facts are. There is no evidence of foul play in its discovery, you conspiracists are adding this element through your bias alone.
If you want to prove me wrong go right ahead but this categorically proves the passport physically cannot have been in the cockpit area because it would be damaged, NOT soaked in fuel.
That is solid hard proof that dicounts one place the passport could never have been, so now it can ONLY have been in the chair area. And i am still working on that.
It doesnt matter if you dont respect me, dont like me dont like how many words i used, these are basic facts.
And you must categorically disprove all simulations all scientific analysis of the impact to deny this statement.
The image of the leather handbag, the wallet, and the receipt illustrate how a flimsy piece of paper can make it through a fire. A second or so of even very intense fire will not make it through the natural insulation of leather. So something inside a bag, or a leather jacket could make it though a fireball.
I think the only answer you're going to get here is 'it just happened.'I agree Mick, which is where i am now, but, please explain how the passport gets out the bag? it cannot be ripped apart inside the building because it will catch and tear and change the momentum of the passport within, i assume, but am working on that angle, i think i will see i am right. But would be interested to hear your explanation for the fact that given that unless suqami was at the back of the plane, the passport had to be in a bag in the seat area, how does it get out ?
No- IT CANNOTThis makes no sense at all.
The passport could be in the cockpit, in a jacket pocket, it could have avoided direct impact. It could have been wetted by fuel later. Your personal incredulity has no place here.
We have already done that on page 2!So i would like to see images of the items that PASSED THROUGH the tower, was ON THE PLANE is UNDAMAGED
THAT is comparable
NO NO i said UNDAMAGEDWe have already done that on page 2!
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Now you are going in circles.
NO NO i said UNDAMAGED
External Quote:When we received it, we found it in good condition.
You fail to realise you have a item that was we guess in a trouser or a wallet and hardier than a passport yet STILL scratched up. Very good i suggest you look at the circle again cos it seems your on the wrong one, this circle led me back to a damaged item of hard plastic whereas i am talking of a paper item UNdamaged
No- IT CANNOT
Let me explain again
The passport can sure be in a jacket pocket, but the plane splits open it is smashed to pieces on impact to the perimeter wall. Now it HAS to pass between floors because if a direct impact happens it drives straight through 60 feet of floor head on which all science tests dictate it physically could not do once let alone twice PLUS the core PLUS the other perimeter wall
Ok go first of all go to the nist website then watch their impact simulations, then read ALL the analysis of impact, do the same with femas then MIT then x quan and n burnbaums work. Then, show me where a human boody can bust through a minimum of 2 walls and a perimeter wall? If it was in a jacket then what you say is this- man falls forward passport comes out and busts through all this unscathed, or, man falls forward busts through all this and falls to floor and the passport rolls out unscathed to be picked upWhere is the science that dictates this?