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World Trade Center 'surfer' struggles to comprehend his survival 20 years later
Yahoo News! ^ | Mon, September 6, 2021 | Tori Richards

Posted on 09/07/2021 11:19:35 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: fwdude

It happened. I remember it very clearly. Watched the entire thing, from the time the second plane flew into tower. Ghastly. Also on phone with Freeper Ken5050 as he ran down (I believe) Broadway to meet his daughter who worked on a lower floor and got out.

Ken5050 seems to have disappeared from FR. Might have died. I know he was moving to Tampa a year or so after 911. and then nothing.


61 posted on 09/07/2021 12:49:42 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Veto!

We FReeps really need to network better. I know I’m terrible at it.


62 posted on 09/07/2021 12:51:02 PM PDT by fwdude (If you don’t think you are in a battle w/ the culture for your children then you are already losing.)
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To: AppyPappy

No, it’s a very well known fake.


63 posted on 09/07/2021 12:51:02 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: fwdude

Ken5050 was really gregarious. We talked about recipes, religion, politics. He had a house in Chappaqua, right across the street from Hillary’s. His wife went out to lunch with her in govt limousine, said she was really nice in person. He also knew new minister in my Episcopal church whose parents were friends of his. Gee I miss him.

You and I can freemail whenever. And anyone else you would like to chat with.


64 posted on 09/07/2021 1:11:47 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Avalon Memories
Do you have any idea how powerful the WTC was?

The buildings WERE SPECIFICALLY BUILT to withstand just that - an accidental plane crash.

A plane hit the Empire State Building during WWII. Know what happened to the plane? It crumbled to the ground. It did cause loss of life and exterior damage but the structure of the building remained intact. And the Empire State Building was far less powerfully built than the WTC.

I've seen pictures of planes hit by birds at high speeds. The nose of the plane was indented.

65 posted on 09/07/2021 1:15:10 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: SlipperySlope99
Ha haaaaaa!!!! Love it!

I especially love how his "friend" waited until the last second so the plane could get perfectly in the frame.

"Hang on a second, bro. There's a plane coming into view. Just give meeeee.....onnnnne.....seccccconnnnd.....and, okay!, quick!, smile!"

66 posted on 09/07/2021 1:18:02 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: discostu
The planes blew out multiple floors of both towers, WAY more explosive force than the truck.

You don't know that. You and I and the rest of the world only saw the initial footage of when it happened but now 20 years later there's tons of evidence to the contrary.

No way planes alone brought down the WTC.

It's OK to 2nd guess it, because this government is completely corrupt.

67 posted on 09/07/2021 1:18:06 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
If the Towers can withstand a bomb directly at its base,

It wasn't "directly" at its base, it was in the underground parking facility, away from the WTC's poured concrete foundations.........The intent of the bomber was to destroy the foundation at that location and cause it to topple over and fortunately it didn't happen.

And FWIW, the OKC bombing destruction was to the front of the building due to the vehicle being parked directly in front..It didn't bring the building down.


68 posted on 09/07/2021 1:23:42 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Now how did they direct the energy from a fertilizer bomb to do that?


69 posted on 09/07/2021 1:33:38 PM PDT by mcshot (What was once thought impossible is now here. The possibilities are frightening.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
20 years later there's tons of evidence to the contrary.

No there isn't, there's 20 years of conspiracy bullshit that has been debunked at every level.

What has been proven is that there are 20 years of conspiracy kooks such as yourself who are too ignorant to accept the truth..........

You might want to refer to my post #59 if you think there were government "spooks" walking around the two towers disguised as sanitation or maintenance workers planting timed explosives behind sealed walls or stair wells...........LOL!

70 posted on 09/07/2021 1:37:34 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Yeah actually we DO know that.

Yes planes did bring down the WTC.

It’s OK to 2nd guess. It’s not OK to be a moron.

If you don’t think planes took down the WTC you’re a moron. And if you spread that moron to others you’re evil.


71 posted on 09/07/2021 1:39:36 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: mcshot
Now how did they direct the energy from a fertilizer bomb to do that?

If you are questioning the OKC bombing, when you set off a bomb, which direction does the blast go? It goes off in every direction, does it not?

72 posted on 09/07/2021 1:45:34 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
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To: Leep

This is amazing. I didn’t know.

So when he ‘surfed’ did he slide down on his butt?

I’m a visual person.


73 posted on 09/07/2021 1:48:46 PM PDT by hoe_cake
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To: discostu

Proud moron here!! Better to be a moron than to trust the “experts”


74 posted on 09/07/2021 2:11:18 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
No way planes alone brought down the WTC.

Yes. They. Did.

Any other explanation requires that people spent weeks if not months removing interior finishes, exposing the structure and placing shaped charges and detonators without any one of thousands of workers and visitors noticing.

Just how did they do it?

75 posted on 09/07/2021 2:17:58 PM PDT by OSHA
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Yup, stupid people are always proud of how stupid they are. You’re problem is you trust every random jackass. Better to trust the people who know the different between their ass and a hole in the wall.

So now we all know you’re completely useless. Goodbye, enjoy being the dumbest person in every room you occupy.


76 posted on 09/07/2021 2:24:45 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: hoe_cake

He assumed the fetal position in a corner.
I think he broke a leg?


77 posted on 09/07/2021 2:28:19 PM PDT by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!interested in how to land..)
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To: hoe_cake
I don’t understand the ‘surfing’ reference. Like he ‘rode down concrete’.

I have heard surfing used as a term for when someone survives an avalanche by riding down on top of it. I think that's the analogy they are drawing.

78 posted on 09/07/2021 2:29:34 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: hoe_cake

Picture the piece of concrete he was sitting on as a surfboard, and when the floors started to give way, he rode that piece of concrete “surfboard” to the bottom. Allegedly.


79 posted on 09/07/2021 2:59:03 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: nickcarraway
There were surely many,many people who perished due at least partially to an unlucky moment just as there were at least some who survived due to a moment of good luck.
80 posted on 09/07/2021 3:20:05 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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