[Z-man]

Ok, here's my input....

I watches the latest conspiracy theory video on google/yourtube/whatever. They were constantly showing clips of folks describing the hit on the pentagon - people off the street saying that the plane looked like a 'small jet airplane' a '5 to 8 passenger prop plane'....etc.

Ok, well, here this, all you conspriacy folks: I remember quite vividly driving to work on that sad day, and hearing on the newsradio I listen to every day that something that appeared to be a small plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center. I believe the reporter said it was a Cessna or an executive jet. Obviously, she was wrong in her initial assesment. In fact, a jumbo jet smashed into the side of hte WTC.

So, was this lady reporter trying to start a conspiracy theory? Was her eyesight THAT BAD? Did an executive jet really take down the World Trade Center? No, no, and no.

Here's a simply fact: we don't see airplanes smashing into buildings often. We also don't see big airplance parked next to office buildings often. It's all about a lack of perspective. We can't easily resolve the scale of a jumbo jet hitting the Pentagon or the WTC simply because we don't see that kinda thing happening all the time. Also: the fact that something so unexpected, so horrific occured helps to cloud the mind's eye.

Ever been to the NASA base in Florida? Their HUGE assembly building is very, very large. The flag on the side of the building is, I believe the size of THREE football fields. You can put four Yankee Stadiums on top of the the building next to each other. The Statue of Liberty EASILY can fit inside. That said, driving up to the building, it doesn't seem as formoding - as large. Its only when you are closer to it, and see things like other buildings and water towers, and cars around it, that you get a better perspective on its size.

Same thing applies to the people who thought they saw a small craft hit buildings on 9-11. They didn't have a previous perspective on it, they were surprised by it, and their minds couldn't rectify the images.

On September 11, 2001, two commerical jumbo jets slammed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centers. On that same day, another jumbo jet hit the Pentagon in Washington DC, and yet another jumbo jet was crashed in an field in Pennsylvania. It happened. Innocent people died - in the buildings and on the airplanes.

This was not a conspiracy - it was a terrorist attack. Deal with it.

-Z-man.