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Blue's Clues
Jun 14, 2001

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fuckingtest had this to say about Robocop:
Show em this:




Then KICK THEM HARD...

Excellent!

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Blue's Clues
Jun 14, 2001

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Genghis The Gerbil had this to say about Robocop:
Which direction did the planes approach from?

Compare that with the time of day and angle of shadows, and think we have a winner (or loser, as the case may be)...

Planes came out of the North, which is what this shows. This being the case, his shadow is going the correct direction, but that early in the morning (and in September) the shadow would be cast much longer. His shadow approximates what one might see around 11:00 AM. At the time of the attack(s), the shadow would pass further down the railing.

"A" for effort.

Blue's Clues
Jun 14, 2001

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FLrebel had this to say about Robocop:
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 observation deck. 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.

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