I read that the WTC is the first bldg in history to collapse due to fire. Is that true?

Answer 1

Yes, they would be the first steel framed building to have collapsed due to fire, If you can believe that conclusion. In fact, most if not all, evidence points to a much different fate for those buildings: And the little bit of forensic evidence that remains, points to a controlled demolition.

The official government story is that 911 was orchestrated by Al Queda, which is lead by Osama bin Laden. The proof our government provided was a video with Osama confessing to the crime. The problem with the video is that the person in the video does not look like Osama bin Laden: see picture.
http://911blimp.net/vid_fakeOsamaVideo.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6oAeK1dlHs&feature=PlayList&p=5C9C5F5FB50EF496&index=9

There are many other factors that do not fit the official story. They include, secondary explosions that were seen, heard, reported, and recorded by firefighters, in and around the WTC buildings.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-4574366633014832928&q=firefighter+bombs+in+the+building
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEuDeU4IZjE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtBGKSZNWB4&feature=PlayList&p=5C9C5F5FB50EF496&index=7

Here is a video clip showing a trail of explosions just before the destruction wave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_DkzhonpGY&mode=related&search=

Molten, beyond red hot, "steel" was video recorded coming out of the South Tower just before it collapsed. Jet fuel does not burn hot enough to turn steel to liquid.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ExrVgioIXvk&search=thermite

A chemical analysis of the solidified molten iron yeilded an explosive, called Thermate. Also, see picture of WTC beam possibly cut using a demolition cutting charge (Thermate) or perhaps cut by an Iron Workers torch during rescue operations. Click on pic. to enlarge.
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/06/341238.shtml

These factors point to a controled demolition of the buildings and thus an inside job. We also have a video recording, where owner Larry Silverstein, admits to demolishing WTC7.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7750532340306101329

There is also a problem with the Pentagon attack. Listen to this retired general, He says, "The Plane does not fit the hole."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2VoUN-7RVU&eurl=

As for motive; that can be found in the true perpetrators own writings. The New Conservatives (Neo-Cons), planned the invasion of Iraq. This plan included the attack of the WTC buildings. It did this to get the support of congress and the nation, to attack Iraq: Like another Pearl Harbor. Read it from their own PENAC document. Pay special attention to the section entitled "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force" page 50 and the top of page 51, where it states we need a new Pearl Harbor attack to get the ball rolling.
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

Answer 2

I have to say that wtc is not the first building to collapse due to fire. If you look up the earth quake of 1905, many buildings collapsed due to fire.

Answer 3

No. Think about it. How many buildings have burned to the ground before the WTC was attacked? Too many to count.

Answer 4

No. Plenty of buildings have collapsed due to fire.

The WTC buildings are the first steel-framed buildings to collapse into their own footprints due to fire. (And yes, it is strange enough that conspiracy conjecturists have really come out of the woodworks, so to speak).

Answer 5

WTC was the largest, but by no means the first.

Answer 6

I think people who survived bombings of Dresden and Tokyo in WWII would argue with you.