Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Foreword James B. Meigs ix
Introduction xix
1 The Planes 1
The Hijackers' Flying Skills 3
Where's the Pod? 8
Flight 175's Windows 12
No Stand-Down Order 14
Military Intercepts 22
2 World Trade Center Towers 1 & 2 27
The Empire State Building Accident 29
Widespread Damage 32
Melted Steel 36
Free-Fall Times 42
Puffs of Dust 46
"Nano-Thermite" in the Towers 54
Seismic Spikes 60
3 World Trade Center Building 7 64
Fire and Debris Damage 67
Wreckage Pile 72
Silverstein's "Pull It" Quote 78
The Death of Barry Jennings 80
Minimal Wreckage to Study 85
4 The Pentagon 89
Flight 77 Debris 92
Big Plane, Small Holes 96
Intact Pentagon Windows 101
5 Flight 93 104
F-16 Pilot 106
The White Jet 110
Cell-Phone Calls 112
The Wreckage 116
Indian Lake 119
Afterword: The Conspiracy Industry 121
Appendix A Experts Consulted 138
Appendix B World Trade Center Report 142
Appendix C World Trade Center Building 7 164
Appendix D Pentagon Building Report 176
Notes 195
Index 210
