Russell Pickering, a CTer who I respect made a post about this on the LC forums and has kept the thread under control of "OMFG! CONSPIRACY!", which is good. However, as I suspected, this death appeared on Killtown, a 9/11 CTer's "9/11 coincidences and oddities page". It's a shame that this gets put under the coincidences and oddities page, because I reckon even if she had died in 2011, it would still appear. People die, its a fact, fire kills, its a fact.
I'll admit that even the authorities are calling her death suspicious, but again, this is no reason to relate it the 9/11 conspiracy theory, because there is no evidence to suggest that she was questioning the official account. She infact does not like the "truth" movement at all.
As an Ex-LC forum regular, I know that inside some of the more 'hardcore' 'truthers' they are screaming conspiracy, but thankfully Russell and hopefully the rest of the admin team will eradicate this, if it ever does reach a thread.
I'll look at one of the eye witnesses and give my views:
No need to question the 'doing something up there in a rush bit' - you've all been rushed before. The thud could be ANYTHING - a lamp knocked off a table, the dogs (2, who both died in the fire) fighting or messing around, a human dropping something. I'm speculating that perhaps it was some sort of cooking accident. I don't think you can rightfully claim that it was, for example, her boyfriend (which some are quick to blame) hitting her/knocking her out and then setting fire to the place, because an autopsy revealed:
Shortly before the fire erupted, Mr. Rojas said, there were “louder noises than usual” coming from the apartment upstairs, “like somebody running around up there, like somebody doing something up there in a rush. Then he said he heard a thud — “like somebody dropped something”— and three or four minutes later the building’s fire alarm sounded. Mr. Rojas said that within minutes his apartment filled with smoke. He then safely left the building.” Sebastian Rojas, a downstairs neighbour [1]
Burlingame died from smoke inhalation, and there was no indication of additional trauma to her body [1]
I really hope that any conspiracy theories for this just go away and let a woman who has been through so much now rest in peace.
Rest in peace, Wendy Burlingame, 5/12/06.
2 comments:
Do you believe that those of us who would vigorously pursue legit questions the circumstances of her death are in any way affecting her afterlight or her family's current life?
To BG: well yes, you are affecting "her family's current life". Here it is, 4 years later, and in the simple process of "googling" my sister's name I find all of these ridiculous claims and stories written by people who didn't know her, and are basing their ideas on silly newspaper facts- which, by the way, had a lot of things wrong. My sister Wendy was a loving and beautiful person that died because she tried to save a dalmation and jack russell after a house fire got out of control. There was no sprinkler system and no fire alarm. Just a horrible tragedy. Anything my sister said online regarding 9/11 was merely as an attempt to maintain the honor and good name of her father who died in that crash. I'm sure no one is talking about this anymore, but the internet has a way of leaving an indelible mark with random folks gossip and speculation. I can't let it go without at least a few minor corrections.
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