by Enver Masud
[Watch, read author's rebuttal of The
9/11 Commission Report.]
When did Fort Meyer Fire Department (FMFD) Foam Unit 161, and Metropolitan
Washington Airport Authority (MWAA) Foam Unit 331, arrive at the Pentagon on
September 11, 2001, and why does it matter?
National Airport's aircraft rescue firefighters (ARFF) foam units "knocked
down the bulk of the fire in the first seven minutes after their arrival,"
said Captain Michael Defina, who was
the shift commander that day at Reagon National Airport (National Fire Protection Association Journal,
November 1, 2001 - original removed, but available elsewhere).
Captain Defina, who had been at the site of a motor vehicle accident, arrived
at the Pentagon "two to three minutes" after he "saw a smoke
plume arise" from the Pentagon.
FMFD Unit 161 at the Pentagon before Flight 77 strike?
"Captain Defina drove onto the heliport and directed Foam Unit 331 to set up
there, where Fort Myer Rescue Engine 161 had established a hydrant water
supply. The only other firefighting apparatus he saw on the west side was
Arlington County's Engine and Truck 105 on the far north end. Their crews
went into the building to conduct search and rescue."
Click to see a Boeing 757 superimposed, details of destruction
From the photo and diagram above, it appears that the crew of Engine 161 are
seen entering the Pentagon's heliport side entrance (shown in the diagram at
bottom center). Engine 161 is just left of the entrance. The gap in the
Pentagon wall after the collapse of its roof would be on the right - just off the photo.
After the right wing hit, wouldn't the plane veer right?
Reported path of Flight 77
"While Foam Unit 331 hit the fire with foam from its roof and bumper
turrets, Rescue Engine 335's four-person crew used hand lines in an attempt
to control the fires".
MWAA Unit 331 at the Pentagon
Why does this matter?
Let's contruct a timeline of events at the Pentagon, and see if it tells us
anything.
9:29 - Flight 77 is at 7000 feet, 38 miles west of the Pentagon (9/11
Commission Report, p9).
9:32 - Bombs
cited in Barbara Honegger's two-hour, under-oath, videotaped
interview/testimony of key Pentagon eyewitness April Gallop.
9:xx - Captain Defina arrives at Pentagon
"two to three minutes" after seeing a plume of smoke.
9:xx - Captain Defina's Engine 331 "knocked down the bulk of the fire in the
first seven minutes after their arrival".
9:xx - Firefighter Alan Wallace hears "the Boeing 757's
screaming engines" and yells "Runnnnn!" to "firefighter Mark Skipper."
9:37:46 - Flight 77 traveling at 530 mph hits the Pentagon (9/11
Commission Report, p10).
9:38 - FMFD Foam Unit 161 is on fire at the Pentagon (Arlington County After-Action Report, Annex pages A-4 and A-5).
9:40 - FAA grounds all flights at U.S. airports (FOX Facts, May 3, 2006).
9:41 - ACFD fire Truck 105 arrives at the Pentagon (Arlington County
After-Action Report, Appendix 1).
9:41 - ACFD Battalion Chief Cornwell arrives and assumes Incident
Command (Arlington County After-Action Report, Appendix 1).
9:41 - Command established (9/11 Commission Report, p314).
9:48 - ACFD Assistant Chief Schwartz arrives and assumes Incident
Command (Arlington County After-Action Report, Appendix 1).
9:55 - Incident commander orders evacuation of impacted areas (9/11
Commission Report, p315).
9:57 - A partial collapse occurs (9/11 Commission Report, p314).
10:15 - Incident commander orders full evacuation (9/11 Commission
Report, p315).
Was the "plume of smoke" that Captain Defina saw from the crash of Flight
77, or from the bombs
reported inside the Pentagon at 9:32?
The debris seen in the photo of Foam Unit 161 above, and the "slab deflected upward," are consistent with
an explosion inside the Pentagon.
At the Dept. of Defense News Briefing on September 12, 2001, when asked about the
"small pieces of the plane virtually all over, out over the highway, tiny
pieces", Arlington County Fire Chief Ed Plaugher responded, "I'd rather not
comment on that." Neither Flight 77 nor Boeing 757 were mentioned during the
news briefing.
Questions about what hit the Pentagon on September 11, continued to be
raised at the Dept. of Defense News Briefing on September 15, 2001. Neither Flight 77
nor Boeing 757 were mentioned during the news briefing.
Arrival time for Foam Units 161 and 331 are not included in the Arlington County After-Action Report timeline (Appendix 1). Foam
Units 161 and 331 are not mentioned in The 9/11 Commission Report.
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Pilots for 9/11 Truth
"The
Pentagon Building Performance Report," ASCE, January 2003
Enver Masud, "What Really Happened
on September 11 at the Pentagon," The Wisdom Fund, March 7, 2005
VIDEO: "Pentagon
Witness: Cameraman Bob Pugh," YouTube, May 21, 2008
VIDEO: "Pentagon:
Morning of September 11, 2001," YouTube, January 2, 2009
