Though Chopper 5 had been cleansed, another serious blunder was discovered in those news archives. At around 5:00 p.m. on 9/11, BBC anchor Phillip Hayton announced the “Salomon Brothers building collapsing”. Hayton explained “this was not as a result of a new attack, but because the building had been weakened during this morning’s attacks”. Solomon Brothers is another name for the infamous World Trade Center building 7. Indeed, WTC7 did completely collapse, straight down, in free-fall time, exactly in the manner of a controlled demolition. But get this: WTC7 collapsed at 5:20 p.m., 20 minutes after the BBC announced it.
Hayton throws the conversation to BBC reporter Jane Standley in New York, and as she delivers her story, WTC7 is clearly seen standing behind her. A graphic across the bottom of the screen reads “The 47 storey Salomon Brothers Building close to the World Trade Centre has also collapsed”.
Back on the left side of the pond, FOX-5 Washington D.C. also made a psychic prediction of the WTC7 “collapse”. Just before the demolition, anchor Tracey Neal announces “ . . . we are getting word from New York right now that another building has collapsed. I understand that this is a 47 story building.” They switch to a live picture of the World Trade Center area, ground zero is fuming furiously, but WTC7 is standing straight and tall. “Is that smoke coming from this third collapse?” wonders Neale.
Neale is expressing hope that the building had been evacuated, when suddenly WTC7 begins dropping straight down, so her co-anchor says, “Take a look at that right hand side of the screen”. Neale concurs, “It’s going down right now”.
Scrambling for a way to cover such an obvious screw up, the co-anchor ad-libs, “We are seeing video today that only Hollywood could have produced at another time”.
The premature announcements of this unprecedented collapse are no less suspicious than if someone had announced the assassination of President Kennedy 20 minutes before it happened. Were the BBC and FOX fed the official script a little too early, or did the demolition of WTC7 go off a little too late? When news of the early report of WTC7 broke in February of 2007, the entire news archive was deleted from archive.org, flushed down the memory hole.
Back on the left side of the pond, FOX-5 Washington D.C. also made a psychic prediction of the WTC7 “collapse”. Just before the demolition, anchor Tracey Neal announces “ . . . we are getting word from New York right now that another building has collapsed. I understand that this is a 47 story building.” They switch to a live picture of the World Trade Center area, ground zero is fuming furiously, but WTC7 is standing straight and tall. “Is that smoke coming from this third collapse?” wonders Neale.
Neale is expressing hope that the building had been evacuated, when suddenly WTC7 begins dropping straight down, so her co-anchor says, “Take a look at that right hand side of the screen”. Neale concurs, “It’s going down right now”.
Scrambling for a way to cover such an obvious screw up, the co-anchor ad-libs, “We are seeing video today that only Hollywood could have produced at another time”.
The premature announcements of this unprecedented collapse are no less suspicious than if someone had announced the assassination of President Kennedy 20 minutes before it happened. Were the BBC and FOX fed the official script a little too early, or did the demolition of WTC7 go off a little too late? When news of the early report of WTC7 broke in February of 2007, the entire news archive was deleted from archive.org, flushed down the memory hole.
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Unfortunatley, Mr Baker did not do his research before writing this blog. His so called 'facts' are inaccurate and incorrect.
Mr. Baker, I would suggest you think twice about writing such inaccurate information and slandering the journalists you mention in your blog. I suggest you write factual information or delete this entire page of your blog.
My name is Shawn Yancy and I am a News Anchor for FOX 5. But, I work at the FOX 5 in Washington DC, not in New York City. For the record, I am not the anchor pictured in your blog. And neither one of the anchors you're showing were even on the air at the time the buildings collapsed. If you'd like to talk to me about what I was doing then or what we were reporting on our air at WTTG-TV, please feel free to contact me.
As a journalist, we strive to report factual and accurate information to help keep our viewers informed. What is the intent of your blog? Hopefully your readers can read between the lines and find the REAL truth.
Shawn Yancy
News Anchor/WTTG-TV
Washington, DC
Excuse me? Ms. Yancy, did you not watch the video segment embedded in the blog? Did you not read what I wrote?
I clearly state that the segment comes from FOX 5 Washington D.C.
The anchors pictured were on the air at around 5:20 p.m. when WTC7 was demolished. I never said nor implied they were on the air in the morning when the twin towers were blown up.
I believe the woman anchor depicted in the video is you Shawn Yancy, on your second day at work. I don't know the name of the male anchor, perhaps you can tell us.
In fact the female anchor at FOX 5 Washington DC in the above video is Tracey Neale, not Shawn Yancy. I was wrong. Ms. Neale's name has been substituted for Ms. Yancy's. Other than that, the article is unchanged.
It was an honest mistake. The pictures of Shawn Yancy on the MyFOX5 site bear a good resemblance to Tracey Neale in the video - for example both have straightened hair parted on the right.
Yancy is now an anchor at FOX 5 Washington, and was a reporter there on 9/11, her second day at the job.
The incorrect version was only posted for a few days, and I apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused.
Hi Ms. Yancy,
I would certainly be interested in hearing your version of the real truth. Obviously I am not privy to the same sort of information as you since I am not an employee of FOX 5 in Washington DC. But I do find it peculiar that both the BBC and FOX 5 would report the collapse of WTC 7 before it actually happened. I'm not sure what to make of it so any insight you have would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan
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