Re: 911:: Fw: This picture is WOW!

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/27/01 6:28:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

gryeyes@... writes:

> And, on another image-related note: Ken's posts that should have had photo

> attachments arrived in MY e-mail in-basket without the images. All I

> got was the text reference to the file names. <pout>

>

I didn't receive any attachments with those posts either.

Best,

Marcia

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/27/01 5:57:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

burrs@... writes:

> I apologize guys! I had no idea the picture was a hoax and now everybody

> is telling me! I didn't do it on purpose!

>

Don't feel bad.....millions of people have been taken in by that hoax. I

would have been, too, except for the fact that the first time I saw the

picture was on a site that explained it was not a real picture. :-) Whoever

rigged that picture is not a very nice person. Not funny......not at all.

Best,

Marcia

[Guest guest]

I don't know if it's real- there are no shadows on the plane which makes it

seem 'unusual'. If this photo pans out to be real, I'll share it; but

otherwise I'm holding off.

~Ken

> > I had to share this one....

> > >

> > > This is just an astonishing picture.

> > >

> > > This was from a camera found in the wreckage of the WTC, developed by

>the

> > > FBI for evidence and released on the net today....the guy still has no

> > > name

> > > and is missing ...

> > >

> > >

> > > (See attached file: missing(1).jpg)

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > <<missing(1).jpg>>

> >

>(See attached file: missing(1).jpg)

[Guest guest]

I apologize guys! I had no idea the picture was a hoax and now everybody

is telling me! I didn't do it on purpose!

[Guest guest]

At 07:22 09/27/2001 -0400, our list-owner, Ken, wrote:

>I don't know if it's real- there are no shadows on the plane which makes it

>seem 'unusual'. If this photo pans out to be real, I'll share it; but

>otherwise I'm holding off.

Don't bother, Ken: http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/crash.htm debunks the

photo hoax.

And, on another image-related note: Ken's posts that should have had photo

attachments arrived in MY e-mail in-basket without the images. All I

got was the text reference to the file names. <pout>

Happy to be here, proud to serve.

Olmstead

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~on the Central California coastline~

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In a message dated 9/27/2001 3:47:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

burrs@... writes:

> > > I had to share this one....

> > >

> > > This is just an astonishing picture.

> > >

> > > This was from a camera found in the wreckage of the WTC, developed by

> the

> > > FBI for evidence and released on the net today....the guy still has no

> > > name

> > >

This photo is a hoax. Here's the details from the Urban Legends web site

(always a good place to chk for veracity of rumors, viruses, potential hoaxes

etc etc) -rdl

Claim:   A photograph captured an unlucky tourist posing on the observation

deck of a World Trade Center tower seconds before a hijacked airliner smashed

into the building.

Status:   False.

Origins:   A grim sense of humor and digital photo manipulation skills can

produce some interesting results these days: Aside from all the digital

imperfections in this image (such as shadows not matching reflections), a

number of logistical errors make the picture suspect beyond credibility:

September 11 was warm and sunny, not the type of day on which a tourist would

have been decked out in a winter coat and hat.

The airliner in this picture is approaching from the north and would

therefore have been the one which hit the north tower of the World Trade

Center (WTC1), but WTC1 did not have an outdoor <A

HREF= " http://topoftheworld.citysearch.com/ " >observation deck</A>. WTC2 (the

south tower) included an indoor observation deck on the 107th floor and an

outdoor deck above the 110th floor, but WTC1 housed only Windows on the

World, an indoor restaurant with a magnificent view of the city but no

outdoor deck.

The operating hours in September for the WTC2 observatories were 9:30 A.M. to

9:30 P.M., meaning they opened too late for a tourist to have been present on

one before the first plane hit at 8:49 A.M.

The aircraft shown is a Boeing 757 bearing American Airline markings, but

Flight 11, the only American flight to crash into the World Trade Center, was

a 767. Last updated:   21 September 2001

   

The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/rumors/crash.htm

[Guest guest]

This was similar to the F16 flyby hoax picture that circulated after the

1999 A & M ut game after bonfire fell. The shadows fell differently on the

pilot as compared to the other planes in the background AND even different

from Field. And let's not overlook that the Field part of the

picture was an EXACT COPY of the picture posted on the Aggie football web

site......

annette hallmark

tamu utilities

[Guest guest]

>In 911console@y...,

> " Bill Dunn " <ecps92@t...> wrote:

> Sorry folks, but if this WAS possibly true it would be THEFT as the camera

> still does belong to the owner.

>

> Also check out http://www.snopes.com and it will show everything wrong with

> the HOAX of a Photo.

Not to mention tampering with evidence!

The snopes link to their discussion on the picture is:

www.snopes.com/rumors/crash.htm

For those who didn't see the photo earlier, it's there, too!

EJ

Fayetteville (NC) Communications