Heightened Security Alert Had Just Been Lifted (at WTC)

[mom cat]

Good series of posts is happening now at:
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com

Heightened Security Alert Had Just Been Lifted


By Curtis L. Taylor and Sean Gardiner
STAFF WRITERS

September 12, 2001

The World Trade Center was destroyed just days after a heightened security alert was lifted at the landmark 110-story towers, security personnel said yesterday.

Daria Coard, 37, a guard at Tower One, said the security detail had been working 12-hour shifts for the past two weeks because of numerous phone threats. But on Thursday, bomb-sniffing dogs were abruptly removed.

"Today was the first day there was not the extra security," Coard said. "We were protecting below. We had the ground covered. We didn't figure they would do it with planes. There is no way anyone could have stopped that."

Security guard Hermina Jones said officials had recently taken steps to secure the towers against aerial attacks by installing bulletproof windows and fireproof doors in the 22nd-floor computer command center.

"When the fire started, the room was sealed," said Jones, who was in the command center when explosions rocked the building. "Flames were shooting off the walls....We started putting wet towels under the doors. The Fire Department unsealed the door and grabbed us by the hand and said, 'Run!' "

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/wtc/ny-nyaler122362178sep12,0,7280472,print.story

[FloridaPat]

1. Also, the weekend before, the electricity was turned off from the

50th floor and above. Not sure it if was both towers, but definately one. There is a programmer who was going to go to work that weekend but coulnd't because the electricity was off. No electricity - no cameras working.

Boy those people sure got lucky didn't they???

[NewEmanuelGoldstein]

2. Investigate 9/11

Investigate 9/11 - we deserve the truth.

[Eloriel]

3. This needs a

:kick: