BBC Coverage of Building 7 Collapse

But the BBC predicted they, they were at, they were broadcasting

in real time, and they said that Building 7 had already fallen.

They called it the Salomon Building because it was owned by this guy Salomon.

So watch, watch this.

might have heard a few moments ago, was talking about the Salomon Brothers

building

collapsing, and indeed it has. Apparently that's only a few hundred yards

away from where the World Trade Center towers were.

And it seems that this was not a result of a new attack.

It was because the, uh, building had been weakened, uh, during,

uh, this

morning's attacks. We'll probably find out more now about

that from our

correspondent, Jane Stanley. Jane, what more can you tell us about the

Salomon Brothers building and its collapse?

Well, only really what you already know. Details are very, very sketchy.

There's almost a sense downtown in, uh, New York

behind me, down by the World Trade Centers of, uh,

just an area

completely closed off as the rescue workers try to do their

job. But this isn't the first building that,

um, has suffered as a

result. We know that part of the Marriott Hotel

next to the

World Trade Center also collapsed as a result of this huge

amount of falling debris from 110 floors

of two, the two twin towers of the World Trade

Center.

As you can see behind me, the-

So that was the BBC on, on, in real

time on television telling you that the Building 7 had already

fallen when it hadn't fallen

yet