This compilation of eyewitness statements on 9/11 say they witnessed explosions occurring shortly before the Twin Towers collapsed. There are eyewitnesses who perceived explosions very early on 9/11—near the time when the planes struck the North Tower. The great majority of witnesses in my compilation deal with later events, around the time of the complete destruction (“collapse”) of the North Tower and the South Tower. In other words, I have dealt with just one category of explosions witnesses. Early witnesses will have to be dealt with in a separate compilation. The criteria used in assembling these witness statements are the same as those used in my article, “118 Witnesses: The Firefighters’ Testimony to Explosions in the Twin Towers.” These criteria concentrate on the use of certain words by the eyewitness (“explosion,” etc.). The breakdown of witnesses by profession is: Fire Department of New York: 121 Port Authority Police Dept.: 14 Reporters: 13 Miscellaneous: 8 The breakdown of witnesses according to term used is: Explosion/explode: 112 Blast: 5 Bomb (or “secondary device”): 32 Blow up/Blow out: 17 Implosion: 11 Other (suggestive of demolition): 12 FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK (FDNY) (1) Banaciski, Richard (oral histories number 9110253) In respect to the [...]