EXPLORING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER 9-11
© Dr. Don G. Pickney
We will begin by exploring the various scenerios being considered regarding
the destruction of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Tower 7. First,
we will consider how the buildings imploded.
…they decide what explosives to use, where to position them in the building and how to time their
detonations. In some cases, the blasters may develop 3-D computer models of the structure so they can
test out their plan ahead of time in a virtual world.
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This feat requires such skill that only a hand full of demolition companies in the world will
attempt it. Once the blasters have figured out how to set up an implosion, it's time to prepare the
building. We‟ll find out what's involved in pre-detonation prepping and see how blasters rig the
explosives for a precisely timed demolition.
The first step in preparation, which often begins before the blasters have actually surveyed the
site, is to clear any debris out of the building. Next, construction crews, or, more accurately,
destruction crews, begin taking out all non-load-bearing walls within the building. This allows
for a break at each floor: If these walls were left intact, they would stiffen the building, stopping
its collapse. This step is vital to an accurate implosion of the building.
Destruction crews must also weaken the supporting columns with sledge hammers or giant steelcutters, only in so doing will the steel columns give way when blasted. Depending on the size of
the building this will take months. A 20 story building, for example would take up to 4 to 6
months to prepare for blasting.
Next, blasters can start loading the columns with explosives. Blasters use different explosives
for different materials, and determine the amount of explosives needed based on the thickness of
the material. Blasters cram this explosive material into narrow bore holes drilled in the concrete
columns. When the explosives are ignited, the sudden outward pressure sends a powerful shock
wave busting through the column at supersonic speed, shattering the columns into tiny chunks.
Demolishing steel columns is much more difficult, as the dense material is much stronger. For
buildings with a steel support structure, blasters must use the specialized explosive material
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, called RDX for short. RDX-based explosive compounds expand
at a very high rate of speed, up to 27,000 feet per second (8,230 meters per second). Instead of
disintegrating the entire column, the concentrated, high-velocity pressure slices right through the
steel, splitting it in half. Additionally, blasters may ignite dynamite on one side of the column to
push it over in a particular direction.
Here is a picture of the way a ready to implode building looks on the many floors necessary to
properly destroy the structure. The taller and larger the building, the more floors necessary to
prepare as shown here:
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Photo courtesy ImplosionWorld.com
Columns are fully loaded with explosives and hooked up to blasting caps and fuses. To control
the explosion sequence, blasters configure the blast caps with simple delay mechanisms, sections
of slow-burning material positioned between the fuse and the primer charge. By using a longer or
shorter length of delay material, the blasters can adjust how long it takes each explosive to go
off. The length of the fuse itself is also a factor, since it will take much longer for the charge to
move down a longer fuse than a shorter one. Using these timing devices, the blasters precisely
dictate the order of the explosions. Information must be provided by the architects and engineers
who originally built the building. To make sure they don't overload or under-load the support
structure, blasters must perform test blasts on several columns, which they wrap in a shield for
safety. The blasters try out varying degrees of explosive material, and based on the effectiveness
of each explosion, they determine the minimum explosive charge needed to demolish the
particular columns for the targeted building. This is vital because each building contains a
uniquely prepared skeleton.
It is impossible to devise a successful implosion without these vital tests. Only through careful
laboratory analysis from these tests can the demolition managers determine the exact type and
amount of explosives.
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To help the blasters work through this process, a blasting company works with an independent
demolition consulting firm. These specialized consultants use portable field seismographs to
measure ground vibrations and air-blasts during the test blasts. Additionally, the consulting staff
videotapes the blast from multiple angles so that there is a record of what actually happened.
Once the structure has been pre-weakened and all the explosives have been loaded, it's time to
make the final preparations. Once the area is clear, the blasters retreat to the detonator controls
and begin the countdown. In only seconds the building becomes rubble.
Contrary Evidence of 911 Conspiratorial use of Explosives
The distributed explosives theory could, on the surface, easily explain the gross features of the
collapses from the top-to-bottom destruction to the pulverization of the Towers' materials.
However, there are a number of more subtle features of the collapses that do not appear to be
consistent with this theory. The following collapse features suggest that the demolition of the
Towers was accomplished using technologies other than just distributed conventional explosives.
In contrast, many of the same features do appear to be consistent with the thermobarics theory,
and the final one suggests the thermite theory.
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Absence of high blast pressures in collapse onsets
Careful study of photographs and videos of both collapses shows that the perimeter walls
do not immediately blow out in the way one would expect if explosives adjacent ot the
perimeter columns were used to destroy them. Rather, the walls telescope as they
disappear into the burgeoning dust clouds, to partially reappear seconds later as
fragments outracing the dust cloud.
Rapid degradation of structure
Features of the onset of both collapses indicate that structures around and above the crash
zones lost almost all their strength. In the South Tower, the top not only tips, it bends:
The outer wall exhibits a peculiar curve extending about 15 floors above the crash zone.
Similarly, in the North Tower, the top begins to telescope straight down with no evidence
of bucking in the perimeter columns. In both cases the structure's strength seems to
disappear even before any of the explosive features appear.
Uniformity of pulverization
Photographs and reports from Ground Zero indicate that the vast majority of the
estimated 90,000 tons of concrete in each Tower was turned to fine dust, not a mixture of
dust and gravel or larger chunks. Since blast pressures from explosive charges fall off
with the square of the distance from the source, achieving such thorough pulverization
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with distributed explosives would seem to have required a huge number of individual
packages being placed throughout the building.
Vaporization of people
Over 1000 victims were never identified despite over a year of efforts to identify victims
from even the smallest fragments using DNA. Explosive charges would be unlikely to so
thoroughly degrade the remains of so many people.
Persistence of core structures
In both collapses, a large section of the core structure extending up over 600 feet remains
standing for a few seconds and then collapses. The persistent remnant of the North Tower
is very narrow and delicate. It is difficult to imagine how such structures could have
survived the blast pressures generated by demolition waves of explosive charges, only to
themselves collapse a few seconds later.
Rapid oxidation and intergranular melting of steel pieces
The limited metallurgical examination of some of the few pieces of structural steel that
escaped the blast furnaces shows very peculiar features, such as rapid oxidation turning
inch-thick steel into paper-thin scrolled pieces, cavitation giving steel the appearance of
Swiss cheese, and intragranular melting. These suggest a more exotic process of
destruction than mere explosives.
Technical Challenges of Thermobarics
The use of thermobarics to destroy the Twin Towers would have presented some irreversible
technical challenges. One would be to assure that ignitions of the aerosols on each floor not
proceed downward faster than the descending rubble cloud. If the planners allowed five seconds
for the mixing of aerosol on each floor, they would have to start the dispersals about 30 stories
below the zones of destruction. Two potential problems would be:
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Aerosols on lower floors being prematurely ignited by stray sparks
Combustion propagating from floors to floors below them
Such a feat could not be accomplished without careful prior testing using building destruction
trials in order to learn and experience the manner in which thermobaric explosives react to other
sequential prior actions. The ability to control a planned skyscraper implosion using this
technique is impossible without these prior controlled experiments. Here is why:
Thermobaric explosives apply the principles underlying accidental unconfined vapor
cloud explosions (UVCE), which include those from dispersions of flammable dusts and
droplets. In previous times they were most often encountered in flour mills and their
storage containers, and later in coal mines, but now most commonly in discharged oil
tankers and refineries, the most recent being at Buncefield in the UK where the blast
wave woke people 150 kilometres (93 mi) from its centre.
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The building of a typical thermobaric weapon consists of a container packed with a fuel
substance, in the center of which is a small conventional-explosive "scatter charge". Fuels
are chosen on the basis of the exothermicity of their oxidation, ranging from powdered
metals such as aluminium or magnesium, or organic materials, possibly with a selfcontained partial oxidant. The most recent development involves the use of hydrogen and
nanofuels.
A thermobaric bomb's effective yield requires a most extreme appropriate combination of
a number of factors; among these are how well the fuel is dispersed, how rapidly it mixes
with the surrounding atmosphere and the initiation of the igniter and its position relative
to the container of fuel. In some cases separate charges are used to disperse and ignite the
fuel. In other designs stronger cases allow the fuel to be contained long enough for the
fuel to heat to well above its auto-ignition temperature, so that, even its cooling during
expansion from the container, results in rapid ignition once the mixture is within
conventional flammability limits.
It is important to note that conventional upper and lower limits of flammability apply to
such weapons. Close in, blast from the dispersal charge, compressing and heating the
surrounding atmosphere, will have some influence on the lower limit. The upper limit has
been demonstrated strongly to influence the ignition of fogs above pools of oil. This
weakness may be eliminated by designs where the fuel is preheated well above its
ignition temperature, so that its cooling during its dispersion still results in a minimal
ignition delay on mixing.
In confinement, a series of reflective shock waves are generated, which maintain the
fireball and can extend its duration to between 10 and 50 msec as exothermic
recombination reactions occur. Further damage can result as the gases cool and pressure
drops sharply, leading to a partial vacuum, powerful enough to cause physical damage to
people and structures. This effect has given rise to the misnomer "vacuum bomb". Pistontype afterburning is also believed to occur in such structures, as flame-fronts accelerate
through it.
The XM1060 40-mm grenade, for example, is a small-arms thermobaric device, which
was delivered to U.S. forces in April 2003. Since the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, the US
Marine Corps has introduced a thermobaric 'Novel Explosive' (SMAW-NE) round for the
Mk 153 SMAW rocket launcher. One team of Marines reported that they had destroyed a
large one-story masonry type building with one round from 100 yards (91 m).
The 48-pound (22 kg) AGM-114N Hellfire Metal Augmented Charge introduced in 2003
in Iraq contains a thermobaric explosive fill, using fluoridated aluminium layered
between the charge casing and a PBXN-112 explosive mixture. When the PBXN-112
detonates, the aluminium mixture is dispersed and rapidly burns. The resultant sustained
high pressure is extremely effective against people and structures.
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Thermobaric and fuel-air explosives have been used in guerrilla warfare since the 1983
Beirut barracks bombing in Lebanon which used a gas-enhanced explosive mechanism,
probably propane, butane or acetylene. The explosive used by the bombers in the 1993
World Trade Center bombing incorporated the FAE principle, using three tanks of bottled
hydrogen gas to enhance the blast. Jemaah Islamiyah bombers used a shock-dispersed
solid fuel charge, based on the thermobaric principle, to attack the Sari nightclub in the
2002 Bali bombings.
These buildings, however, were primarily made of concrete. The WTC towers were
totally structured of steel, with only concrete floors and decoration.
While adaptable for the creation of bombs as described above, the very nature of
thermobarics makes it impossible to control in sequential style, highly controlled
explosions necessary to successfully implode a large steel structure. The dynamics of
using such to “disguise an accidental implosion,” such as purposeful destruction of the
WTC buildings, would be so astronomically impossible as to make any scientific
conclusion credible.
Notice from this actual picture of final demolition of the ruins, the thickness and strength
of the structure of the WTC Towers:
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On the following page, note an actual photo of the WTC ruins, and notice the thickness
and strength of the steel structure:
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A WTC Building 7 Conspiracy… the Problem
© Dr. Don G. Pickney
To supply power to the 10048 zip code, which was the WTC site, Con Edison built an electrical substation
located below 7 WTC in 1967. The major tenants, at 7 WTC, however, were Salomon Smith Barney,
American Express Bank International, ITT Hartford Insurance Group and Standard Chartered Bank.
Anybody who suspects Building 7 was destroyed by explosives would have to
come to the conclusion that explosives were also used in the twin towers. To
understand why, let‟s begin by considering the theory that somebody made the
decision to blow up Building 7 after they saw the towers collapse.
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This theory would require a large crew of several people get together and very
quickly agree to a serious crime. At least some of them must have experience with
demolitions in order to figure out a masterful plan to use explosives.
Then they would have to purchase the explosives, and other supplies, have them
delivered, and install them throughout a 47-story building, a process which
normally requires weeks or months. All this would have to be accomplished
within the span of a few hours. However, it was virtually impossible to drive a car
into lower Manhattan after the planes hit, which means that it was virtually
impossible for somebody to ask for a shipment of explosives to be delivered to the
building by that afternoon. The only way they could acquire the explosives would
be if there was a store within walking distance of Building 7 that sold packages of
explosives for demolitions. Or, if a truck full of demolition explosives had been
caught in the traffic jam near Building 7, they could break into the truck and steal
the explosives.
As you can see, it is extremely unreasonable that a group of people could have
purchased (or stolen) enough explosives and supplies to bring down Building 7. If
you respond that they could have used the diesel fuel that was already inside the
building to manufacture their own bombs, that is even less likely. Making bombs
with diesel fuel is not easy. More importantly, they could not use “bombs” for an
implosion, rather, they needed lots of small packages of explosives that could be
controlled precisely.
So let‟s dismiss the possibility that somebody decided on September 11th to blow
up Building 7. This leads us to the conclusion that they made this decision before
September 11th. They purchased the explosives, somehow wired them throughout
each floor of the building while people were still working inside, and then waited
for the attack.
This leads us to a reasonable conclusion that these people must have known that
the attack was coming, although they may not have known which day. But how
could they know the attack was coming? The only two groups of people who truly
could have known were the people involved in planning this attack, and any
people who were spying on them. This leads us to the possibility that some
agency, such as the CIA, or FBI discovered that this attack was coming but kept
quiet about it rather than try to stop it. The CIA, however, is not political, and
while the agency might easily agree to a conspiracy outside the United States,
what would be their motivation to cooperate with some sinister political agenda?
The same may be said for the FBI. But, let‟s say, for sake of argument they did
agree.
This now leads us to the conclusion that whoever destroyed Building 7 was either
part of the group that was planning the attack, or they had acquired information
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that the attack was coming and decided to take advantage of it. In either case they
installed explosives in Building 7 in preparation for the attack. They then waited
for the attack to occur. Their plan was to destroy the building and claim that a fire
caused by the Twin Towers destruction was the reason it fell down.
The question I have for you is: what would happen if the airplanes hit the towers
but the towers did not fall down? Imagine the following scenario: The airplanes
crash into towers; tremendous fires burn in the towers; after a few hours the fires
are extinguished by the firemen, as the NYFD thought reasonable upon their
arrival, and the towers remain standing; and then suddenly, in 7 seconds, Building
7 collapses into a small pile of rubble?
Wouldn‟t it be suspicious if Building 7 crumbles from a fire if the towers survived
much more severe fires? Remember, until 911, never in history had a fire caused a
steel building to crumble. Therefore, if somebody blew up Building 7 with
explosives and then claimed that a fire caused the collapse, the firemen would
respond that historically, fires do not cause steel buildings to collapse.
To better understand this issue, imagining yourself back in time to any year prior
to 2001. Next imagine that a fire breaks out in Building 7, or some other steel
building. Finally, imagine that after a few hours of the small fires burning, the
entire building suddenly implodes and crumbles into a small pile of rubble. If
such an event had occurred prior to 2001, it would have been the very first time a
small or large fire caused a steel-framed building to crumble. Such an unusual
event would attract the attention of the entire world. Scientists and engineers
would descend on the scene to analyze the steel beams to see how the fire did
what no fire had done before in the history of the world. Universities would want
information on the collapse so that they could use it in their engineering classes as
an example of lousy engineering. Newspapers and television stations around the
world would report it as the most bizarre fire anybody has ever seen. I also
suspect that there would be thousands of lawsuits. Newspapers would be full of
reports.
The point I am making is that it would not be safe to destroy Building 7 unless the
towers collapse first. After the towers collapse, the collapse of Building 7 would
appear to be just another weird event of that day‟s bizarre disasters. Therefore,
whoever destroyed Building 7 would want to guarantee that the towers collapse
first. This requires that they put explosives into the towers, and guarantee for
themselves success in their conspiracy.
So now let‟s look at where we are with this scenario: A group of people, if not the
planners, have discovered that the attack is going to occur, so they feel motivated
to put explosives in both towers and Building 7, and then they patiently wait for
the attack. This brings us to a dilemma. Putting explosives into Building 7 and
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both towers requires a lot of time, effort, and money. Furthermore, they would be
risking severe criminal charges.
The number of people willing to be involved and remain alive for their lifetime
holding the secret of the planting of explosives, with a willingness to carry on
their consciences the human devastation, etc. is not reasonably plausible. What if
somebody catches them installing the explosives? What if they get caught after
they blow up the buildings? Would anybody be willing to go to all this trouble
and take such a risk when they have no logical guarantee that the attacks will even
take place? What if the hijackers are caught before they get on the plane? Or what
if the hijackers decide that they are not competent as pilots and switch to a
simpler attack, such as leaving a truck bomb in front of a government building?
Or what if the hijackers decide to switch from hitting the World Trade Center to
hitting another target? Or what if the hijackers turn out to be so incompetent as
pilots that they crash on the way to the World Trade Center, or they miss the
towers and hit some other buildings? It is also possible that the hijackers would
abandon the suicide mission simply because they decided they did not want to die
yet. Certainly there have been people who were angry enough to join a suicide
plot, but after a few months their anger diminished and they decided they would
rather remain alive.
An even more likely problem is that the hijackers get control of the aircraft,
change course towards Manhattan, and then the FAA realizes that something is
seriously wrong. The FAA contacts the military, and the military sends up
planes to investigate. The military would eventually realize that the plane is
heading towards Manhattan office buildings at an altitude so low that it will hit
one of the buildings. Even if they do not shoot the first plane down, they would be
likely to shoot the second plane down after they see the first one hit a building.
This would require the enlistment of both the FAA on various levels, as well as
the military to join in the conspiracy by looking the other way. Think of the
number of different egos, manipulators, and criminal conspirators, necessary to
stay in perfect step with each other for such a feat. So now let‟s review where this
scenario has taken us.
If a group of people want to destroy Building 7, they must force the towers to
collapse first, but they cannot collapse the towers unless the towers are hit by
airplanes. Therefore, this plot to destroy Building 7 depends on a reliance upon
some terrorists learning to fly commercial aircraft, getting control of those
aircraft, and then flying into specific buildings without interference by the FAA or
US military. This leads us to the conclusion that if somebody wants to destroy
Building 7 they must also involve the FAA and military. This, of course, requires
at least a number of people in the military and FAA, each one currently in the
right position and place of responsibility, to join this conspiracy. A group of
people are putting explosives into Building 7 and both towers, and various levels
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of high ranking military and FAA personnel are involved. How many would want
bribes, and how much would you have to pay, and how would you cover payment
of the money to so many scores of people? What if even one of those involved
when they saw the potential devastation of so many lives, would decide to unveil
the plot, or perhaps after the fact, be unable to keep it a secret?
It also has the CIA and/or FBI observing the hijackers over a long period of time.
As you can see, (the problem with all conspiracies exists) a lot of people would
have to be involved in this conspiracy simply to destroy Building 7. And this is
just beginning. Whoever wants to blow up Building 7 and the towers must also be
able to stop investigations. They must have the rubble destroyed immediately.
Unlike the Nixon-Watergate break-in, or a hit on a dictator or terrorist by a small
elite group, convinced they are doing their patriotic duty for their country, this
would require the enlistment of a most horrendous group of conspirators in both
the planning and execution of such a scheme. Even the Watergate break-in, as
small as it was, unraveled quickly and the culprits were caught and prosecuted.
Literally hundreds of people from many government and civilian agencies
(working together as a unit), including civilian or military experts in demolition,
and resource personnel would need to be enlisted for such an undertaking. By the
time we have taken this scenario all the way to completion, we end up with a huge
number of people in the conspiracy.
Any open minded person, following the above scenario, would agree that if Building 7
was destroyed with explosives, then this entire 9-11 attack was a scam of such
unbelievable historical proportions, pulled off with an unheard of level of human
perfection, with not one conspirator abandoning ship, before or after the event, and defies
any reasonable evidential comprehension.
An Amazing Story
SURVIVING THE 81ST FLOOR OF WORLD TRADE TOWER TWO
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, began like any other day for Bethel Assembly of God deacon and
Sunday School superintendent, Stanley Praimnath of Elmont, Long Island. He got up early, took
a shower, prayed, got ready and headed for work. The drive was uneventful. The train ride was
the same. Yet, this day he would see the hand of God spare his life.
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“For some particular reason, I gave the Lord a little extra of myself that morning [during
prayer],” Stanley said. “I said, „Lord, cover me and all my loved ones under your precious
blood.‟ I found myself quoting a favorite scripture, Psalms 91. And even though I said that and
believed it, I said it over and over and over.”
When Stanley arrived at World Trade Center Tower Two, he took the elevator up to his office on
the 81st floor. “I work for the Fuji Bank Limited,” he said. “I‟m Assistant Vice President in the
Loans Operations Department. The company is located on the 79th through 82nd floors.”
Stanley greeted Delise, a young lady who had arrived before him. After talking briefly, he
headed over to his desk and picked up his phone to retrieve his messages.
“As I‟m standing there retrieving my messages, I‟m looking out at the next building, One World
Trade, and I saw fire falling through from the roof,” Stanley said. “Now, this entire building is
surrounded by glass, and you can stand up and from there you can see all the buildings, planes
and everything flying at the same altitude.”
As Stanley saw “fire balls” coming down, his first reaction was to think of his boss who works in
that building. He decided to try to call him to see if he was okay. “I‟m dialing his number, and
getting no response. So, I say to Delise, the temp, „Go, go, go – let‟s get out.”
Delise and Stanley got on the elevator and went down to the 78th floor. Some other people were
there. The company‟s President, the CEO, the Human Resources Director and two other
gentlemen joined the group and headed down to the concourse level of Two World Trade Center.
If they had continued on and exited the building, all of their lives would have been spared. As it
was, that‟s not the way it happened.
“As soon as we reached the concourse level, the security guard stopped us and said, „Where are
you going?‟”
Stanley explained about seeing the fire in Tower One. According to Stanley, the guard said,
“Oh, that was just and accident. Two World Trade is secured. Go back to your office.”
That turned out to be fatal advice – aside from Stanley, Delise was the only one of that group to
survive.
“We were joking, and I told [Human Resources Director] Brian Thompson, „This is a good time
to think of relocating this building – its not safe anymore.‟” Stanley headed back to his office,
but before he got there, he told Delise, that with the events of the day, she should go home and
relax.
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Thompson went to the 82nd floor, the President and CEO went to the 79th floor, and Stanley got
out on the 81st floor. When Stanley got to his office, his phone was ringing. “It was someone
from Chicago calling to find out if I‟m watching the news,” he said. He told the caller
everything “was fine.”
But everything wasn‟t fine – far from it. As Stanley was talking, he looked up and saw
American Airlines Flight 11 heading straight for him.
“All I can see is the big gray plane, with red letters on the wing and on the tail, bearing down on
me, close enough that I can see the two pilots in the cockpit of the plane” said Stanley. “But this
thing is happening in slow motion. The plane appeared to be like 100 yards away, I said, „Lord,
you take control, I can‟t help myself here.‟”
As the plane approached contact, Stanley dove under his desk. “My Testament [Bible] was on
top of my desk,” explained Stanley. “I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Lord was
going to take care of me once I got there.” As he curled into a fetal position under his desk,
the plane tore into the side of the building and exploded.
Miraculously, Stanley was unhurt. However, he could see a flaming wing of the plane in the
doorway of his department. He knew he needed to get out of his office and the building fast.
But, he was trapped under debris up to his shoulders. “Lord, you take control, this is your
problem now,” he recalled praying. “I don‟t know where I got this power from, but the
Lord, He gave me so much power and strength in my body that I was able to shake
everything off. I felt like I was the strongest man alive.”
All the while, Stanley was asking the Lord to spare his life. “I‟m crying and I‟m praying,
„Lord, I have things to do…, I want to see my family, Lord, help me through.”
Stanley‟s office resembled a battle zone – walls flattened into dusty heaps, office equipment
strewn violently, flames flickering about and rubble everywhere. “Everything I‟m trying to
climb on [to get out] is collapsing and I‟m going down,” he said. “I‟m getting cuts and bruises,
but I‟m saying, „Lord, I have to go home to my loved ones, I have to make it, You have to
help me.‟”
Suddenly Stanley saw the light of a flashlight. For a moment, it stunned him. “What were the
chances of someone bringing a flashlight to this floor?,” he thought. “My first gut reaction
was, „This is my guardian angel – my Lord sent somebody to save me!”
Stanley began screaming, “I see the light, I see the light.” But after clawing his way through the
debris, he realized that he couldn‟t get out – all exits were blocked and his “guardian angel”
couldn‟t get to him – a wall was between him and the staircase. “He can‟t get to me and I can‟t
get to him, and by this time I can‟t breathe,” Stanley said. “I don‟t know if it was sulfur or what
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[burning jet fuel, perhaps], but I can smell this thing. I got down on my knees and said, “Lord,
you‟ve got to help me. You‟ve brought me this far, help me to get to the staircase.”
But then Stanley did something surprising. While praying on his knees, Stanley called out to the
man behind the wall, “There‟s one thing I got to know, do you know Jesus?” The man
replied he went to church every Sunday. Then they prayed together to enable them to
break through the wall.
“I got up, and I felt as if a power came over me,” said Stanley. “I felt goose bumps all over my
body and I‟m trembling, and I said to the wall, „You‟re going to be no match for me and my
Lord.‟” Moments later, he punched his way through the wall and, with the help of the man on
the other side, was able to squirm his way through the hole in the wall. “The guy held me and
embraced me and he gave me a kiss an he said, „From today, you‟re my brother for life.”
But the danger wasn‟t over. The man on the other side of the wall, who introduced himself as
Brian, was an older gentleman and they still had 81 floors to walk down, with the building on
fire and, unknown to them, about to collapse. “We hobbled our way down, and at every floor we
stopped to see if anybody was there, but nobody was…, but a man was on the floor, and his back
was gone, and he was covered in blood.”
Stanley asked to be allowed to carry the man out, but a security guard told him it would be better
to send somebody up. When they finally made it down to the concourse, only firefighters were
there. “They were saying, „Run! Run! Run!‟, they were telling us to run out, but they were not
concerned about themselves.” He said.
Stanley and Brain would have ran from the building, but now the concourse was surrounded with
fire. Wetting themselves under the buildings sprinkler system, they held hands and ran through
the flames to safety to Trinity Church about two blocks away. “I wanted to go to the church to
thank God,” Stanley explained. “As soon as I held onto the gate of that Church, the building
[World Trade Center Tower Two] collapsed with hundreds still trapped inside.”
Stanley and Brian made their way to safety out of the danger area. Before they parted, Stanley
gave his business card to Brian in hopes of contact at a later time, and said, “If I don‟t see you
here, I‟ll see you in heaven.”
Cut and a little bloodied, with clothes tattered and wearing a borrowed shirt, Stanley finally
made it home many hours later to his wife, Jennifer and his two girls, Stephanie (age 8) and
Caitlin (age 4). “I held my wife and my two children and we cried,” said Stanley. After
thanking God for sparing his life, Stanley told God whatever he did, it will always be for His
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glory. “I‟m a bit sore, but every waking moment, I say, „Lord, had you not been in control,
I would not have made it.”
“For some divine reason, I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the good Lord‟s might
hand turned the plane a fraction from where I was standing,” said Stanley. “Because when
it crash-landed, it was just 20 feet from me. I don‟t care who would rationalize – what people
would say now or years from now, but I know it was the handiwork of the Lord that turned
that plane. My Lord Jesus is bigger than the Trade Center and His finger can push a plane
aside!”
--Dan Van Veen
Vengeance To Comfort
Understanding the World Trade Center Disaster
© Dr. Don G. Pickney
The New York World Trade Center was the hub of all of the interconnected European banking
families, springing from the Rothschild financial dynasty, and representing the investment arms
of the most powerful, secretive, group in the world. When the WTC fell, the headquarters of a
vast empire was shaken. The scriptures reveal that God has sent His angel out after the glory and
wealth of the evil, wicked, Gentile world. The angel said, “I will shake my hand upon them and
they will become a plunder.” Zech 2:8,9
The largest occupant of the WTC was the J.P Morgan Banking dynasty (after the most recent
merger, J.P. Morgan, Bank One, Chase Manhattan banks), including their brokerage arm,
Morgan, Stanley, Dean Witter. Second on the list was Kuhn, Loeb & Co (long time Morgan
partners).
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“Described as a coldly rational man, J.P. Morgan began reorganizing railroads in 1885, gaining
control over all of the major RR companies. In 1896, he embarked on consolidations in the
electric, steel (creating U.S. Steel, the worlds first billion-dollar corporation, in 1901), and
dominated the agricultural equipment industries as well. He became the main force behind the
Trusts, controlling virtually all of the basic American industries. He then looked to the financial
and insurance industries, in which his financial dynasty achieved a major concentration of
control.”
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“The House of Morgan had its beginning in England in 1837 through George Peabody.
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Peabody was under the tutelage of Baron Nathan Meyer Rothschild. Rothschild backed Peabody
financially in return for a promise that Peabody would serve the House of Rothschild‟s most
important project, the Baron‟s interest in establishing a dominating presence in U.S. banking. A
strong anti-Rothschild sentiment had grown up in Europe and America, and the family often
found it to its advantage to establish and work with “secret” agents rather than do business
directly. This became the “M.O” of the Rothschild dynasty, and has continued to this day. J.P.
Morgan, originally a little known figure, was sent to England and France for training in the
House of Rothschild. Upon his return, fully financed by the Rothschild Banks of England and
France, he became a partner of Peabody, and upon Peabody‟s death, Morgan took complete
control of the Rothschild American interests.”
Other such agents, who returned from Europe to the U.S. to establish a dominant Rothschild
presence were Paul Warburg (his brother Max stayed in Germany to run the German Secret
Service during WWI, while Paul became the first Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank.),
Kuhn & Loeb (who with Paul Warburg owned the N.Y. Times during WWI), John D.
Rockefeller, (the only American-born of the group who traveled to England to become a part of
the House of Rothschild, returning fully financed with Bank of England funds to do the bidding
of the Rothschild interests in the U.S.), Jacob Schiff (Schiff Banking dynasty), and J.M.
Schroeder & Co.
Interestingly, all of these continue to be dominant financial powers in the U.S. and are also the
controlling stockholders of the Federal Reserve Bank, as well as wielding the control of the
Central Banks of all major industrialized nations. They, or their personal representatives were
the organizers of the secret meeting on Jeckyl Island where the Federal Reserve system was
conceived. Their purpose, to take control of the currency of this, and eventually, every nation on
earth. Today, they (not our government), issue our nation‟s currency, forcing us to pay up to 40
percent of our income from labor in return for the use of their Federal Reserve Notes.
“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is
now controlled by a system of banking. The real growth of our nation, therefore, and all of our
activities are now in the hands of a few un-elected men. We have become one of the most
controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world — no longer a Government by the
people, of free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a
Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of financially dominant men.”
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President Woodrow Wilson -
I believe these to be the “rich men” who are told, “Weep and howl for the miseries that shall
come upon you,” as spoken of in the James, Chapter Five, prophecy. These are also the
companies who were the chief occupants of the New York World Trade Center. James 5:3 says,
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“Ye have heaped treasure together…” This word means “a financial conglomeration, banking
cartel.”
THE TWIN TOWERS
NOT A U.S. INSTITUTION…
Isaiah 23:1- (selected portions) “...Howl...for it is laid wast, so that there is no building left
standing, no entering in…(2) Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle [Manhattan?], thou who the
merchants that pass over the sea have furnished, (3) She is a marketplace of nations (6) Howl
ye inhabitants of the isle (7) Is this your joyous city...her own feet shall carry her off...(8) The
crowning city, whose merchants, whose brokers, are the honourable of the earth. (9) The
LORD of hosts [Jehovah Tsaba] hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring
into contempt all the honourable of the earth. (11) He stretched out his hand over the sea,
he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to
destroy the stronghold thereof…” (13) They set up the towers thereof…and He [Jehovah
Tsaba] brought it down to ruin (14) Howl, for your strength is laid waste.”
Brought To Ruin
In Ezekiel 26, this prophecy is given, (9)...And He shall set engines of war against thy walls,
and with his axes [Heb. Sharp cutting instruments, knives]…He shall break down thy towers.
(12) And they shall make a plunder of thy riches and make a prey of thy profits of trade. (14)
Thou shat be built no more… For I the Lord have spoken it… shall not the nations shake at the
sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry; when the slaughter is made in the midst of
thee...Ezekiel 27:3, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which are a merchant of the
people of many isles...The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry...and dust shall be cast
upon their heads, and they shall wallow themselves in the ashes…”
The Promise To The Church
The Day of Jehovah Tsaba! A Global Shaking of All Nations
Isaiah prophesies against a rich, wicked commercial cartel, and he speaks in the name of
Jehovah Tsaba, the LORD of hosts, which Psalmist David declares to be The King of glory, the
LORD, strong and mighty in battle. (Psalms 24)
In Isaiah 2:10-12 we read, “...the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For
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the day of the LORD of hosts [Jehovah Tsaba] shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty,
and upon everyone that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low...for the glory of his majesty,
when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.”
Later on, in Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah saw the glory of God, and declared, “...for mine eyes have
seen the King, the Lord of Hosts [Jehovah Tsaba].”
In Isaiah 14:24-27 he again prophesies, “The Lord of hosts [Jehovah Tsaba] hath sworn
saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it
stand… This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is
stretched out upon the nations. For the Lord of hosts [Jehovah Tsaba] hath purposed, and who
shall disannul it? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?”
It is in light of these scriptures that we move into a most startling scripture in Isaiah,
Chapter Twenty-Three. I must warn you, that in light of the September 11, 2001 WTC attack,
this chapter proves to be quite graphic! To understand these passages, however, requires you to
know some Hebrew word meanings.
In reference to these scriptures, the word, “Tyre,” (or Tyrus) means “economic system,”
and the word, “Tarshish” means, “the epithet of a merchant.” “Zidon” represent “industry.”
With these representations in mind, read these verses with me.
Beginning with Isaiah 23:1, “The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for it is
laid waste, so that there is no house [building left standing], no entering in… [Verse 2] Be still,
ye inhabitants of the isle [Manhattan?] , thou whom the merchants, that pass over the seas have
replenished [furnished]… [Verse 3] She is a mart [marketplace] of nations… [Verse 6] Howl ye
inhabitants of the isle. [Verse 7] Is this your joyous city...her own feet shall carry her off [A
reminder that all of those present at the World Trade Center area were required to walk north off
of the island of Manhattan. We watched in horror as they filled the wide streets and bridges with
masses of stunned faces and stared gazes, walking off the island.]
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[Verse 8] The crowning city, whose merchants...whose traffickers [brokers] are the
honourable of the earth.
[Verse 9] The LORD of hosts [Jehovah Tsaba] hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory,
and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth… [Verse 11] He stretched out his
hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the
merchant city, to destroy the stronghold thereof… [Verse 13] They set up the towers thereof and
he [Jehovah Tsaba] brought it to ruin. [Verse 14] Howl… for your strength is laid waste.”
This picture of God‟s character should not offend anyone. God is a God of love, power,
wisdom, righteousness, mercy, justice and judgment. You may have only seen Him as love or
mercy, but He is all of these things all of the time! It is His seven-fold nature. All of His ways
end in judgment. (Exodus 32:4). While God‟s mercy is always available, all of the time, if the
wicked refuse God‟s mercy, judgment is certain.
The Wealth Of The Wicked
Will Tumble...Into The Hands
Of God‟s People
This is “Good News” for the Body of Christ, and for the ministry of the Church! The
latter words of Isaiah, Chapter Twenty-Three, declares, “And her merchandise [profits of trade]
and her hire [wages from labor] shall become holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor
laid up [hoarded away, stored up]; for her merchandise [profits of trade] shall be for them that
dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.”
The Living Bible Translation renders it this way, Yet, the distant time will come when her
business will give their profits to the Lord! They will not be hoarded but used for good food and
fine clothes for the ministers of the Lord!”
The Amplified Bible states, “Her gain and her hire will be dedicated to the Lord
[eventually]. It will not be treasured or stored up. For her gain will be used for those who dwell
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in the presence of the Lord [the ministers] that they may eat sufficiently and have durable and
stately clothing [suitable for those who minister at God’s altar.]”
Finally, this “judgment,” this “shaking of the nations” is more graphically explained in
Ezekiel‟s prophetic parable of the same event. Although a part of these prophesies were local,
and thus fulfilled in part in ancient times, there are portions that point to being repeated on a
broader, world-wide scale, at a later time. Ecclesiastes 3:15 says, “That which hath been is now,
and that which is to be hath already been, and God requireth [repeats again] that which is
past.”
Engines (Using Sharp Cutting Instruments) Crash Into
The WTC Twin Towers
In Ezekiel, Chapter Twenty-Six and Twenty-Seven, the prophecy is given, [26:7] “For
thus saith the Lord God! Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus [economic system]… [Verse 9] ...and
he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes [Hebrew: sharp cutting
instruments, knives] ...and he (Jehovah Tsaba) shall break down thy towers. [Verse 12] And
they shall make a spoil of thy riches and make a prey of thy merchandise [profits of trade].
[Verse 14] Thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God. Thus
saith the Lord God to Tyrus: shall not the nations shake at the sound of thy fall, when the
wounded cry; when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? Then the princes of the sea
shall come down from their high places...and shall clothe themselves with trembling…
And they shall take up a lamentation for the, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed,
that was inhabited of seafaring men, [you will recall that the WTC housed 63 nations (of the
seas)] the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants… [Verse 18] Now
shall the nations tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be
troubled [terrorized] at thy departure… [Verse , will see God‟s glory come to them!].”
[Verse 17]
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In Ezekiel, Chapter Twenty-Seven, beginning with the first verse, the Prophet continues,
“The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying… [Verse 3] Say unto Tyrus, O thou that art
situate at the entry of the sea,
which are a merchant of the people for many isles. Thus saith the
Lord God: O Tyrus, thou has said, I am of perfect beauty [the tallest of buildings in NYC]…
[Verse 9] All the ships of the sea, with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise…
[Verse 12] All kinds of riches: with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded thy fairs… [Verse 13]
They traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen… [Verse 15] Many isles were the
merchandise of thin hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony… [Verse 16]
They occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broided work, and fine linens, and coral,
and agate… [Verse 17] They traded in thy market wheat...and honey, and oil, and balm…
[Verse 18] in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the
wines of Helbon, and white wool… [Verse 20] in precious clothes for chariots… [Verse 21] in
these were they thy merchants… [Verse 22] They occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices,
and with all precious stones, and gold… [Verse 24] these were thy merchants in all sorts of
things… [Verse 27] and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the
midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy
pilots… [Verse 30] And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly,
and dust shall be cast upon their heads, and they shall wallow themselves in the ashes…
[Verse 31] They shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. [Verse 32] And
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in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee and lament over thee saying… [Verse
33] thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and thy
merchandise… [Verse 34] thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
[Verse 35] All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be
sore afraid [the horrible international fear of terrorism took root throughout the international
community] they shall be troubled in their countenance.”
I believe that the Day of Jehovah Tsaba, as shown in Isaiah, Chapter Two, began on 9-11.
This is where we are right now in the prophetic event, the day of Jehovah Tsaba, the
great judgment being sent to comfort God‟s people with a great wealth inversion, a period in
which He said He would shake all nations, they would become a “plunder,” and the gold and
silver be supernaturally orchestrated into the hands of the righteous.
You will see much volatility. Wall Street will go up and down, but it will go down with
greater acceleration as the terror begins to take greater hold in the earth, as God‟s judgment is
allowed to be fulfilled.
“The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.” (Proverbs 13:22). “This is the
way of the wicked with God, though he heap sliver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay:
he may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the righteous will divide the silver.” (Job
27:13-17)
In May, 2000, God spoke to us about these great prophetic occurrences. I have preached
them non-stop as we have focused our faith on this great event to occur. Today, we are
beginning to see it fulfilled. With the fall of the WTC, the shaking began! We shout with a great
shout, “Let them shout for joy and be glad that favor my righteous cause. Yea! Let them say
continually, Let the Lord be magnified which has pleasure in the prosperity of his servants.”
(Psalms 35:27)
Another 9-11 WTC Destruction Scenerio
Is it possible that the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, with His
great name, Jehovah Tsaba, sent his angel to declare war on September 11, 2001? Is it possible
that the God, Who is a God of love, power, wisdom, righteousness, mercy, justice and Judgment,
as the judge of the whole earth, began his prophetic fulfillment upon the wicked rich
financial/trade cartels of the earth as described in James, chapter five? And is it possible that
humanity around the world, on 9-11 saw the hand of God, through His mighty angel, as it has
never been seen before in the Church age, literal place his hand upon the WTC building 7, bring
it to the ground, and the Twin Towers, displaying the beginning of an event which will culminate
in the greatest transfer of wealth in human history, the beginning of the greatest event ever since
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God created Adam on the earth?
Deuteronomy 4:32-35 “For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the
day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other,
whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it? (33) Has
God assayed to go and deliver him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by
signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by
great terrors… (35) Unto you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there
is none else beside him.”
Joshua 6:19-20 “All the silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron are consecrated to the
Lord… (20) … and [Jericho's] wall fell down in its place…
James 5:1-4 “COME NOW, you rich [people], weep aloud and lament over the miseries (the
woes) that are surely coming upon you. (2) Your abundant wealth has rotted and is ruined, and
your [many] garments have become moth-eaten. (3) Your gold and silver are completely rusted
through, and their rust will be testimony against you and it will devour your flesh as if it were
fire. You have heaped together treasure for the last days. (4) [But] look! [Here are] the wages
that you have withheld by fraud from the laborers who have reaped your fields, crying out [for
vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears
of the Lord of hosts (Jehovah Tsaba)”
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