Chapter 17: Eyewitness Evidence of Explosions in the Twin Towers

This is the somewhat edited transcript of the talk I gave at the 2011 Toronto Hearings. There is considerable repetition of material presented in the “118 Witnesses” article, but I have decided to include this piece for two reasons. First, it is, I believe, a better general introduction to the topic. Second, it deals with the main criticisms of the previous article that I noted over the intervening years.

Recordings:

Excerpts (with slides) (19:49) Picture in Picture
Complete Presentation (1:08:55) Picture in Picture
Slide Set in Powerpoint and PDF formats.

Paul Lemos Statement, 1 September 2001

“All of a sudden I looked up and about twenty stories below...the fire...I saw, from the corner, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...just like twenty straight hits, just went down and then I just saw the whole building just went ‘pshew’...and as the bombs were goin’ people just started running and I sat there and watched a few of ‘em explode and then I just turned around and I just started running for my life because at that point the World Trade Center was coming right down...”