Thursday, February 09, 2012

Bob Pugh is a freelance reporter who was one of the first on scene at the Pentagon on 9/11.

Odd synchronicity, that.

undicisettembre: An Interview with Bob Pugh, Pentagon Eyewitness:
"When I arrived I truly expected to see aircraft wreckage since planes were used in New York and that is what I was hearing on the fire radios. I saw no tail, no wings, no seats, no engines, no luggage, no bodies...  nothing that I could describe as part of an aircraft. The largest piece I saw was about the size of an open laptop, 1/2 meter by 1/2 meter... In the "Loose Change" interview I said I could smell the fuel burning. Again I assumed it was an aircraft that hit the building and proceeded with that assumption. The construction trailer that was burning adjacent to the impact was full of combustibles and in my early video can be heard secondary explosions, perhaps some sort of fuel stored in the trailer. Add to that the diesel exhaust from the fire trucks and the exhaust from the arriving helicopters and there was definitely an odor in the area. Again I was acting on information from others and my own senses.
The witnesses I spoke to said they saw an aircraft; some had varying descriptions of the plane. It was VERY busy there and my instinct was to capture as much of the action as I could. I swept from the attempted rescuers gathering at the heliport to the fire fighting. I had little time to ponder the causes of what I was seeing. All I knew was there had definitely been some sort of disaster there.
I am a very detailed person. I look for specifics when I shoot news video. I know the value of providing complete information. I know that it is widely accepted that the 3rd plane hit the Pentagon but from the details I personally saw I cannot attest to that fact. I am open to all views and I can argue both sides but I am unable to swear that I KNOW the crash was caused by a plane. It's a troubling position to be in but it's my position."

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