WTC #1: "Hit" First, Fell Second

[Bill Giltner]

clipped from www.911blogger.com

Street-Level Explosion Before Collapse of WTC 1

Here's an interesting eyewitness report about a large explosion at ground level right before the collapse of the .... The witness is apparently a New Jersey musician.

Just before the fall of the North Tower, we saw a large explosion coming from the street-level area around World Trade Center 7. I remember thinking that it looked distinctly like a bomb had been detonated underneath the city, and, of course, that's exactly what I thought had occurred.