WTC Basement Blast And Injured Burn Victim Blows 'Official 9/11 Story' Sky High

[align=left]WTC Basement Blast And Injured Burn Victim Blows 'Official 9/11 Story' Sky High
Eye Witness Testimony Is Conclusive That North Tower Collapsed From Controlled Demolition
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[align=left]Greg Szymanski | June 24 2005
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What happened to William Rodriguez the morning of 9/11 is a miracle. What happened to his story after-the-fact is a tragedy.

But with miracles and tragedies comes truth. And truth is exactly what Rodriguez brings to the whole mystery surrounding 9/11.

Declared a hero for saving numerous lives at Ground Zero, he was the janitor on duty the morning of 9/11 who heard and felt explosions rock the basement sub-levels of the north tower just seconds before the jetliner struck the top floors.

He not only claims he felt explosions coming from below the first sub-level while working in the basement, he says the walls were cracking around him and he pulled a man to safety by the name of Felipe David, who was severely burned from the basement explosions.

All these events occurred only seconds before and during the jetliner strike above. And through it all, he now asks a simple question everybody should be asking? How could a jetliner hit 90 floors above and burn a manâ??s arms and face to a crisp in the basement below within seconds of impact?

Rodriguez claims this was impossible and clearly demonstrates a controlled demolition brought down the WTC, saying "Letâ??s see them (the government) try to wiggle out of this one."

Well, they havenâ??t wiggled out of it because the government continues to act like Rodriguez doesnâ??t exist, basically ignoring his statements and the fact he rescued a man burnt and bleeding from the basement explosions.

His eye witness account, ignored by the media and the government, points the finger squarely on an official cover-up at the highest levels since the government contends the WTC fell only from burning jet fuel. And after listening to Rodriguez, itâ??s easy to see why the Bush administration wants him kept quiet.

Bush wants him quiet because Rodriguezâ??s account is â??proof positiveâ?? the WTC was brought down by a controlled demolition, not burning jet fuel. And Bush knows if heâ??s caught lying about this or caught in a cover-up, itâ??s just a matter of time before the whole house of cards comes tumbling down.

In fact, Rodriguezâ??s story is so damaging â?? so damning â?? it literally blows the lid off the government story, literally exposing the whole 9/11 investigation as a sham and a cover-up of the worst kind.

And it appears the cover-up also extends to the media.

NBC news knew about his story several years ago, even spending a full day at his house taping his comments. But when push came to shove, his story was never aired. Why?

His eyewitness account, backed up by at least 14 people at the scene with him, isnâ??t speculation or conjecture. It isnâ??t a story that takes a network out on a journalistic limb. Itâ??s a story that can be backed up, a story that can be verified with hospital records and testimony from many others.

Itâ??s a story about 14 people who felt and heard the same explosion and even saw Rodriguez, moments after the airplane hit, take David to safety, after he was burnt so bad from the basement explosion flesh was hanging from his face and both arms

So why didnâ??t NBC or any other major news outlets cover the story? They didnâ??t run it because it shot the government story to hell and back. They didnâ??t run it because "the powers at be" wouldnâ??t allow it.

Since 9/11, Rodriguez has stuck to his guns, never wavering from what he said from day one. Left homeless at times, warned to keep quiet and subtly harassed, he nevertheless has continued trying to tell get his message out in the face of a country not willing to listen.

Here is his story:

The Miracle

Itâ??s a miracle Rodriguez, 44, who worked at the WTC for 20 years, is even alive. Usually arriving to work at 8:30am, the morning of 9/11 he reported 30 minutes late. If heâ??d arrived on time, it would have put him at the top floors just about the same time the jetliner hit the north tower.

"It was a miracle. If I arrived on time, like always, Iâ??d probably be dead. I would have been up at the top floors like every morning," said Rodriguez about the quirk of fate that saved his life.

But since he was late, Rodriguez found himself checking into work in an office on sub-level 1 when the north tower was hit, seemingly out of harms way. However, the sound and concussion of a massive explosion in the sub-levels right below his feet changed that.

"When I heard the sound of the explosion, the floor beneath my feet vibrated, the walls started cracking and it everything started shaking," said Rodriguez, who was huddled together with at least 14 other people in the office.

Rodriguez said Anthony Saltamachia, supervisor for the American Maintenance Co., was one of the people in the room who stands ready to verify his story.

"Seconds after the first massive explosion below in the basement still rattled the floor, I hear another explosion from way above," said Rodriguez. "Although I was unaware at the time, this was the airplane hitting the tower, it occurred moments after the first explosion."

But before Rodriguez had time to think, co-worker Felipe David stormed into the basement office with severe burns on his face and arms, screaming for help and yelling "explosion! explosion! explosion!"

David had been in front of a nearby freight elevator on sub-level 1 about 400 feet from the office when fire burst out of the elevator shaft, causing his injuries.

"He was burned terribly," said Rodriguez. "The skin was hanging off his hands and arms. His injuries couldnâ??t have come from the airplane above, but only from a massive explosion below. I donâ??t care what the government says, what scientists say. I saw a man burned terribly from a fire that was caused from an explosion below.

"I know there were explosives placed below the trade center. I helped a man to safety who is living proof, living proof the government story is a lie and a cover-up.

"I have tried to tell my story to everybody, but nobody wants to listen. It is very strange what is going on here in supposedly the most democratic country in the world. In my home country of Puerto Rico and all the other Latin American countries, I have been allowed to tell my story uncensored. But here, I canâ??t even say a word."

After Rodriguez escorted David to safety outside the WTC, he returned to lead the others in the basement to safety as well. While there, he also helped two other men trapped and drowning in the basement elevator shaft, another result he says of the explosives placed below the tower.

In fact, after leading these men to safety, he even made another trip back into the north tower, against police orders, in order to rescue people from the top floors.

"I never could make it to the top, but I got up to the 33rd floor after getting some of my equipment and a face mask out of the janitorâ??s closet," said Rodriguez, adding he heard a series of small explosions going off between the 20th and 30th floors, unrelated to the airplane strike, while making his way through the stairwell to the top floors.

"Also, when I was on the 33rd floor, I heard strange sounds coming form the 34th floor, loud noises like someone moving and thumping heavy equipment and furniture. I knew this floor was empty and stripped due to construction work so I avoided it and continued to make my way up the stairs."

Rodriguez said he finally reached the 39th floor before being turned back by fire fighters and then, reluctantly, started his dissent back down and his own flight to safety while, at the same time, hearing explosions coming from the South Tower.

The Tragedy

The concerted effort by the media and the government to silence Rodriguez is the tragedy behind this American heroâ??s story. And there is no question, Rodriguez is a "silent hero" for saving so many lives and for having the courage to continue telling his story against tremendous odds.

In an effort to open a fair and honest investigation as to why the WTC collapsed, Rodriguez has been ignored by government officials, the 9/11 Commission and the National Institute of Safety and Technology (NIST).

NIST, an independent investigative group funded by the government, put the finishing touches this week on its 2 year $35 million 9/11 investigation. This week Rodriguez made his final plea to have his story heard while testifying at the final public hearing held in New York.

" I disagree 100%with the government story," said Rodriguez. "I met with the 9/11 Commission behind closed doors and they essentially discounted everything I said regarding the use of explosives to bring down the north tower.

"And I contacted NIST previously four times without a response. Finally, this week I asked them before they came up with their conclusion that jet fuel brought down the towers, if they ever considered my statements or the statements of any of the other survivors who heard the explosions. They just stared at me with blank faces and didnâ??t have any answers.

"Also, The FBI never followed up on my claims or on the other part of my story when I told them before 9/11, I encountered one of the hijackers casing the north tower."

Besides the explosions, Rodriguez also has provided testimony to the 9/11 Commission that he stumbled across one of the supposed 19 Arab hijackers inside the WTC several months before 9/11

"I had just finished cleaning the bathroom and this guy asks me, 'Excuse me, how many public bathrooms are in this area?'" Rodriguez told the 9/11 Commission. "Coming from the school of the 1993 [Trade Center] bombing, I found it very strange. I didn't forget about it"

Rodriguez, claims he saw United Airlines Flight 175 hijacker Mohand Alshehri in June 2001, telling an FBI agent about the incident a month after the attacks. Never hearing back from the bureau, he later learned agents never followed up on the story.

"I'm very certain, I'll give it 90%" that Alshehri was casing the towers before the attacks," said Rodriguez.

Regarding the mediaâ??s apathetic approach to his story, Rodriguez said immediately after 9/11 some newspapers picked it up but his words were never taken seriously and quickly forgotten.

"During the 9/11 hearings, NBC brought a crew out to my house and spent a day taping my story but they never did air a word of it," said Rodriguez. "Since then, some reporters and commentators have subtly warned me to keep quiet, told me my life could be in jeopardy and warned me that I really didnâ??t understand who I was dealing with.

"I have been receiving this type of subtle harassment for years, but I keep telling everybody I canâ??t be intimidated because I am on a mission. Whenever someone asks why I keep talking or warns me that I could be killed, I just tell them I have nothing to lose.

"I tell them I lost 200 friends and I am their voice now. I tell them I will do everything in my power to find out the truth since I am living on borrowed time since I probably should be dead anyway."

Besides trying to tell his explosive story, Rodriguez has been active raising money for 9/11victims, being involved with charity groups that have raised more than $122 million. He says he has used over $60,000 of his own money, originally earmarked to buy a new house, in order to get at the truth behind 9/11.

Also seeking justice at the highest level, Rodriguez is the lead plaintiff in a federal RICO lawsuit filed against President Bush and others, alleging conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes in the deaths of more than 3,000 at the WTC.

The case, filed last November in a Philadelphia federal district court, recently was moved to New York in a change of venue after a governmentâ??s motion to dismiss was overruled, allowing legal discovery to continue.

"Even if the case goes no farther, I feel we have scored a victory by winning this first battle," said Rodriguez. "At least the judge seems willing to listen which is a victory of sorts. However, I sincerely hope we can eventually take the case all the way to trial and reveal the truth to the American people about 9/11."

For more informative articles, go to www.arcticbeacon.com where kind donations are also accepted to keep the truth flowing in the wake of media apathy.

All i can say is...WOW. I really dont know. Jesus Christ what were you on to find this story? Right now im sitting and thinking like one of the naysayers...i dont know how to refute such a story.

Where are they now? Where are you guys? Which one is going to have the balls to try and say that this guy is full of shit? Which one will try to say "that's not anything important" and proceed to call me and pisshead here assholes?

Man I'm really angry. Everything i used to believe in is crumbling around me. What the fuck man? i thought the DEA said that marijuana causes depression but fuck, the government is depressing me enough. I dont think its possible.

Fuck. Im going to go smoke a blunt and reflect on what i just read. I'm man enough to say im so hurt i want to just rage or cry.

Fuck this.

This is a report by a single individual, and is uncorroborated by any other credible news sources, apparently. I do no find this to be credible. Among the incorrect information included here, is this paragraph:

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In an effort to open a fair and honest investigation as to why the WTC collapsed, Rodriguez has been ignored by government officials, the 9/11 Commission and the National Institute of Safety and Technology (NIST).

NIST, an independent investigative group funded by the government, put the finishing touches this week on its 2 year $35 million 9/11 investigation. This week Rodriguez made his final plea to have his story heard while testifying at the final public hearing held in New York.

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NIST is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and is not an investigative branch of anything. It is the bureau responsible for maintaining measurement standards, and is formerly known as the Bureau of Weights and Measures. They have only the most peripheral involvement in with the investigation of 9/11. If the writers got something so basic wrong, the accuracy of the rest of the article is cast in serious doubt.

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Originally Posted by Beeblebrox.420

This is a report by a single individual, and is uncorroborated by any other credible news sources, apparently. I do no find this to be credible. Among the incorrect information included here, is this paragraph:

NIST is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and is not an investigative branch of anything. It is the bureau responsible for maintaining measurement standards, and is formerly known as the Bureau of Weights and Measures. They have only the most peripheral involvement in with the investigation of 9/11. If the writers got something so basic wrong, the accuracy of the rest of the article is cast in serious doubt.

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Well...looks like beeble was the first. Gimme a sec...

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NIST is the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and is not an investigative branch of anything.

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At news media and public briefings in New York City on Thursday, June 23, NIST investigators released their draft recommendations from a three-year building and fire safety investigation of the collapses of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.


Well I got that from their website. Apparently they seem to think they're investigators. I wouldnt knock em just because they use more rulers than weapons. They're the onse calculating and doing measurements that back up your claims of structural integrity and give your arguements credibility. However, it looks like they've been gripped on by the dictators in washington as well.

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Originally Posted by nicholasstanko

All i can say is...WOW. I really dont know. Jesus Christ what were you on to find this story? Right now im sitting and thinking like one of the naysayers...i dont know how to refute such a story.

Where are they now? Where are you guys? Which one is going to have the balls to try and say that this guy is full of shit? Which one will try to say "that's not anything important" and proceed to call me and pisshead here assholes?

Man I'm really angry. Everything i used to believe in is crumbling around me. What the f*ck man? i thought the DEA said that marijuana causes depression but f*ck, the government is depressing me enough. I dont think its possible.

F*ck. Im going to go smoke a blunt and reflect on what i just read. I'm man enough to say im so hurt i want to just rage or cry.

F*ck this.

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Howdy nicholas,

How do you know,that if there were any explosives pre-placed,that they weren't put there by the terrorists ? If I were planning to do such a thing,and wanted to be successful,I wouldn't rely on just the airliners. I would rely more on the explosives and use the airliners for dramatic effect.

Pre-911 security at the Towers,probably was lax and easy to penetrate..just like in '93,when the terrorists did place explosives in the basement.

Have a good one....

pisshead, I'm sorry. I am a very left-wing person. Yet I have my limits, and one of those is truth. The Bush administration has clearly used the events of 9/11 to its advantage (much like Hitler and the Reichstagg fire in the 1930s), I will not argue that. Yet all you are proving is that when human beings undergo intense traumatic experiences, memory get distorted and a person may remember something that never happened.

We have to deal with the events of the day, and not let them become hate. Otherwise we don't have a hope in the world.

i've spent too much time looking into 9/11...and i have no hate. i think those who perpetrated 9/11, elements of the military industrial complex (the only group with the means motive and opportunity to pull it off, along with the put options and warnings given to administration and the controlled demolition of building 7, and a lot more), should be held accountable.

hitler attacked himself on a few occasions i'm aware of in order to blame enemies...just because people died doesn't mean it was evil freedom hating terrorists. our government hates freedom more than any terrorist.

this guy had 1 of the 5 master keys of the WTC towers...his story has remained unchanged since 9/11.

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Originally Posted by Torog

Howdy nicholas,

How do you know,that if there were any explosives pre-placed,that they weren't put there by the terrorists ? If I were planning to do such a thing,and wanted to be successful,I wouldn't rely on just the airliners. I would rely more on the explosives and use the airliners for dramatic effect.

Pre-911 security at the Towers,probably was lax and easy to penetrate..just like in '93,when the terrorists did place explosives in the basement.

Have a good one....

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Hey Torog. With all due respects...that's pretty far-fetched. Remember the attack on WTC from few years prior? There's video all over the place. A terrorist isnt going to be able to plant a bomb in the middle of new york big enough to bring dow the towers. you and i both know it's ridiculous. if the plan was to knock the towers down and then they wouldnt have tried using a method that failed previously. also in oklahoma never came CLOSE to coming down.

You're right about lax security. BUT how come a bomb was never mentioned in the official report? the 9/11 commission spent millions of taxpayer money and they never mentioned a bomb. they tried to sell you an idea that it was the planes and only the planes. why would they do that unless they were trying to cover something up?

And i can tell you're pretty smart. Just think about the idea... you're a terrorist...you have this big huge plan to fly planes into the towers...and you're going to potentially endanger that plan by placing a bomb in the building hoping noone gets wise and evacuates? there's too much at stake. jihadists arent dumb like how bush paints them. anyone who's willing to blow themselves up isnt going to risk fucking up the job using a tactic that's failed numerous times.

They have steel buildings in the middle east that get bombed too you know. if they dont fall then how would you get the idea that an american made structurally reinforced building would?

Best regards

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pisshead, I'm sorry. I am a very left-wing person. Yet I have my limits, and one of those is truth. The Bush administration has clearly used the events of 9/11 to its advantage (much like Hitler and the Reichstagg fire in the 1930s), I will not argue that. Yet all you are proving is that when human beings undergo intense traumatic experiences, memory get distorted and a person may remember something that never happened.

We have to deal with the events of the day, and not let them become hate. Otherwise we don't have a hope in the world.

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Well if you want the truth just think for yourself. Even if this guy swears that care bears captured him and forced him to drink lighter fluid how could he get a guy burnt up from the basement? the plane hit the top floors of the towers so that would mean he was so confused he raced up the stairs grabbed a guy and brought him down to the basement then brought him up again. the guy had his face and arms hanging remember?

i think that anyone in a blast that bad wouldnt get it mixed up how he got fucked up.

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Originally Posted by nicholasstanko

Well if you want the truth just think for yourself. Even if this guy swears that care bears captured him and forced him to drink lighter fluid how could he get a guy burnt up from the basement? the plane hit the top floors of the towers so that would mean he was so confused he raced up the stairs grabbed a guy and brought him down to the basement then brought him up again. the guy had his face and arms hanging remember?

i think that anyone in a blast that bad wouldnt get it mixed up how he got fucked up.

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So we have the testimony of someone who was burned half to death and was obviously in a state of delerium? Great.

There's a reason eyewitness testimony doesn't count for much in a court of law.

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Originally Posted by Stedric

So we have the testimony of someone who was burned half to death and was obviously in a state of delerium? Great.

There's a reason eyewitness testimony doesn't count for much in a court of law.

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No sted you're still not getting what i'm saying. Did you read the whole thing? Forget the guy that got blasted. The guy who rescued him did so SECONDS after the plane hit. the burn victim ran FROM the basement and there are up to 14 people who can corroborate that. No matter who's in delerium you still have a guy running from the basement saying a bomb hit. no in fact to quote he said "explosion".

Mass hysteria is a strange, powerful and abstract thing. Hundreds of tons worth of fused metal and charred corpses is not.

yeah, we only have the firefighters tapes to corroborate what he says as well, as far as the condition of the building all the way up and down...

9/11 was clearly a military industrial complex attack, not 19 tinpot freedom hating muslims who didn't know how to fly.

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Originally Posted by pisshead

yeah, we only have the firefighters tapes to corroborate what he says as well, as far as the condition of the building all the way up and down...

9/11 was clearly a military industrial complex attack, not 19 tinpot freedom hating muslims who didn't know how to fly.

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The burden of proof is on the accuser, and you still have yet to prove a single thing to me.

Keep fighting the good fight pisshead.

ok...you want the 1 sentence, 5 second proof?

i spent a good 3 or 4 months pouring over the stuff a few years ago, and new stuff about 9/11 continues to come out today...

now even former bush administration are coming forward saying they think the feds did it.

get back to me in half a year after seriously looking at it, and let me know.

i don't have to prove anything to you. it's pretty obvious after a while that 19 freedom haters couldn't have done this...the scope of it is too large.

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Originally Posted by pisshead

9/11 was clearly a military industrial complex attack, not 19 tinpot freedom hating muslims who didn't know how to fly.

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Original thought.....NOT. Look beyond Prisonplanet and your idol Alex Jones. There may be information from architects, engineers, etc. which may be valid points. Of course, it may side with the "Military Industrial Complex" which gives you the right to be a forum Jihadist and Alex Jones the right to be an corporate ass. :D

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Originally Posted by pisshead

19 freedom haters couldn't have done this

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Al-Qaeda is comprised of a lot more than just 19 members.

Please don't take offense to this, we're just two people with differing opinions.

i don't take offense to anything really. i've just spend literally hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours going over all of this, and have reached a conclusion.

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Originally Posted by pisshead

i don't take offense to anything really. i've just spend literally hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours going over all of this, and have reached a conclusion.

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You don't think maybe this conclusion was biased a little, biased by your pre-existing opinions?

Amateur video footage showing the attack showed NO signs of tamperment. I am afraid that evidence is far more probative than the testimony of frightened, confused people.

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Originally Posted by Stedric

You don't think maybe this conclusion was biased a little, biased by your pre-existing opinions?

Amateur video footage showing the attack showed NO signs of tamperment. I am afraid that evidence is far more probative than the testimony of frightened, confused people.

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no, i don't. my pre-existing opinion on the subject was that we were attacked by 19 freedom hating muslims because they hated our freedom. i believed the feds' official story.

now i believe the conspiracy theory is the feds' official story.