Who Knew What, and When, About 911?


Okay, let's have a little quiz about September 11th, in the familiar multiple-guess format. A question may have more than one right answer.

Question 1: Why did hundreds of NYC Firemen march into the towers?
(a) Because they were stupid.
(b) Because they had never heard of a skyscraper “burning down.”
(c) Because no one told them that the towers were about to collapse.

Yes, you are correct, (a) is wrong. The firemen were not stupid. The correct answers are (b) and (c). The firemen thought the towers would stay put, like every other flaming skyscraper they'd ever seen, and of course, no one told them the towers were about to collapse. Strange, because people in Building 7, next door, knew that Towers One and Two were about to collapse.

Question 2: Which New York politician admitted on TV that he or she knew the towers would fall before they did?
(a) Hillary Clinton
(b) Eliot Spitzer
(c) Rudy Giuliani

Okay, this was a little harder, because the networks haven't given you a lot of information about this. To get the correct answer, click on the video below. I bet you can recognize the voice.


Part Two of Our Lesson

Question 3: How many buildings at the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three

If you answered (a), you have been living under a rock. If you answered (b), you are an average American citizen who watches network TV. If you answered (c), you are correct. In addition to Buildings One and Two, Building Seven also collapsed. Building Seven is where Guiliani was when Buildings One and Two collapsed, as he recounted in the video above.

Question 4: In what ways did the collapse of Building Seven resemble the collapses of Buildings One and Two?
(a) Building Seven was also hit by an airliner.
(b) Building Seven was also under lease to Larry Silverstein.
(c) Building Seven also collapsed in seconds.

If you answered only (c), you are partly correct — Building Seven did collapse in seconds; however, it is also noteworthy that Larry Silverstein, was leasing not only the main Two Towers, but also Building Seven. Thus, the correct answer is (b) and (c). If you said (a), you need to reboot your brain, because although Building Seven fell like a sack of bricks, it was not hit by any airliner. To observe the obvious controlled demolition of Building Seven, click the video below.