Bill D, I'm still missing information that I can understand. In that latest link you posted, there is a long series of comments that various people posted in response to the linked article. Their questions are also mine.

Here is one person:

"Still doesn't shed any more light. If Reuters "picked up from a local news story" that, then why not explain which local news story was referenced and how that got from "the fire service feared that Tower 7 might collapse."?

"Why did the story go out without confirmation?"


And here is another person's take on it:

"More seriously, you write that Reuters wrongly reported a "local news story" and withdrew the report as soon as it became clear that the WTC 7 had not collapsed. Now, this piece of information surely leads to more questions than it answers?

"1) At precisely what time did Reuters pick up that story?

"2) What was the original source of the "local news story", and at what time precisely did that local news outlet become aware of the report of the collapse?

"3) At precisely what time did the BBC pick up the Reuters story?

"4) At precisely what time did Reuters withdraw the story?

"5) At precisely what time did the BBC become aware that the Reuters story was false (though of course it turned out to be true!)?

"6) At precisely what time did the BBC inform its listeners/viewers that the televised report of WTC 7's collapse (before it had collapsed, with the building still standing and clearly visible in the background) was wrong? "