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Post by: Warlock on September 26, 2001, 08:55:00 pm
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Post by: Shrike on September 26, 2001, 09:14:00 pm
Why do I have a feeling that is a fake?  First there's the problem of simply getting the camera down to the bottom, when the people here would be at the very top of the tower.  Plus, if YOU saw a plane flying at the tower you're on, would you just keep snapping the shot of your friend?  Finally, a camera shot focused on a person should leave the plane a fair bit blurrier.  I suppose you could find out if that was the approach vector of the 1st plane, but to me it seems like a hoax done in very poor taste.
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Post by: Sandwich on September 26, 2001, 09:24:00 pm
Ummmm... I know it's supposedly very windy up top, but would that dude have been wearing a knitted hat and jacket on the 11th? What was the weather like that day?

Also, those numbers look fake. They're too sharp, and I've never seen date numbers on photos that were any color but red.

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Post by: Fantomeye on September 26, 2001, 09:32:00 pm
You're all exactly right. That picture is a 100% fake.
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Post by: Stryke 9 on September 26, 2001, 09:58:00 pm
200%
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Post by: Red5 on September 26, 2001, 09:59:00 pm
 Yea i got that email the other day at work, its a fake
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Post by: Black Ace on September 26, 2001, 11:27:00 pm
Yes, I saw this a few days back as well. A few reasons I had for proposing its invalidity:Indeed, someone has a sick sense of humor.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/mad.gif)

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Post by: jonskowitz on September 26, 2001, 11:30:00 pm
...not to mention lazy.  15 seconds of post-production work in PSP could've fixed most of the focus/blurry problems.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Post by: Setekh on September 27, 2001, 01:51:00 am
That's bad taste.
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Post by: Unidan on September 27, 2001, 06:10:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Black Ace:
Furthermore, the observation deck that DOES exist on the south tower is enclosed in glass

It does? I remember going there 4 years ago, the observation deck was outside. It was very windy, and there were lots of electric fences and barbed wire.



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Post by: DragonClaw on September 27, 2001, 06:46:00 am
Didn't the first plane hit the building at an angle as well?

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Post by: joek on September 27, 2001, 09:20:00 am
Yeah, so much stuff points out to it being fake.

But neverless... at that time of the day, were there people up on the observation deck (what time did it open)? Could something like that have been seen by the people up there?

Very scary and saddening.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)

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Post by: aldo_14 on September 27, 2001, 09:27:00 am
 
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Originally posted by joek:
Yeah, so much stuff points out to it being fake.

But neverless... at that time of the day, were there people up on the observation deck (what time did it open)? Could something like that have been seen by the people up there?

Very scary and saddening.   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)

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i remember it being mentioned on the nwes that the observation deck  wasn't open at that time (a small mercy perhaps)....

Sick joke, though.
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Post by: Top Gun on September 27, 2001, 12:08:00 pm
That's the most offensive thing I've ever seen.
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Post by: Griffon UK on September 27, 2001, 12:59:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw:
Didn't the first plane hit the building at an angle as well?


viewing that first fireman video, the first plane just flew into the building like it was an autopilot error...  totally level & at crusing speed...

the second plane was at a diagonal angle...  
either the hijackers lost control, or the pilot tryed to veer at the last minute, but the hijackers turned it back...

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Post by: Thorn on September 27, 2001, 01:57:00 pm
I'm not sure about this one.. but didnt those planes have 4 nacelles?

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Post by: Shrike on September 27, 2001, 03:30:00 pm
Nope, they were 757/767s, IIRC.  Those have one per wing.
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Post by: Anduril on September 27, 2001, 04:09:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Griffon UK:

 
either the hijackers lost control, or the pilot tryed to veer at the last minute, but the hijackers turned it back...



Come on...the pilots were dead, or put somehwere out of the way. The terrorists flew them in themselves.


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Post by: Thorn on September 27, 2001, 07:07:00 pm
you know... the railing, dude, and ariplae look like they were just pasted over a picture of the NY skyline...

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Post by: Vertigo1 on September 27, 2001, 09:39:00 pm
Guys, look at the date.

1. No camera uses such a font, nor in that fashion.

2. If you zoom in on the text, you can see that it was added DIGITALLY!  The plane was pasted in from a shot of a runway.

3. On the day of the attack, the weather was clear.  In the rear you can clearly see a haze.  There was no such haze on that day, and the plane is flying towards the wrong building to begin with, and at a wrong direction.

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Post by: Vertigo1 on September 27, 2001, 09:41:00 pm
Furthermore, there is no way such a photo could have survived the combination of the fall, the fires, and being doused with water.  Even if by chance it did, there's no way in hell it would be in such a good condition.  No freakin' way.

Plus, those planes were seen atleast 10 - 15 minutes ahead of time before impact.  That guy would've seen the plane coming and would NOT be posing like that.

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