Does any one know the original source for this image?

767 Debris 

It looks like a newspaper graphic of some sort.

It's not from the Popular Mechanics article "debunking" 9/11 conspiracies, I checked that.

The reason I ask is because if you look here, the same tire is being used as evidence of debris from the south and north tower hits. The background is the same. The tire has just been moved over and one picture is probably from before the WTC collapse and the other after, because of the dust.

I don't think it is the fault of the nineeleven2001.t35.com site, as they promote alternative 9/11 theories. I'm sure they got these pictures and the graphic from some "official" source. I'm curious what official source made such a silly mistake.

Note-- this mirrored and rebutted FEMA report says: "Part of the landing gear from this aircraft was found at the corner of West and Rector Streets, some five blocks south of the WTC complex (Figure 2-18)" and gives a picture of the same tire as in the pictures in the above links.

This tire thus was south of the world trade center and was not from the second hit. In fact, this wheel was almost certainly planted, probably just quickly pushed off the back of a truck as people were busily watching the WTC crashes and fires.

For this wheel/tire assembly to land on the street, we have to imagine this scenario:
1) the plane crashes through the outer WTC wall made of heavy steel beams-- the plane should start to break up as it crashes here.
2) the plane hits the thick steel beams supporting one side of the WTC core and the plane breaks up. The landing gear assembly could break away from the plane at this point.
3) the landing gear wheel has to break away from the rest of the strong landing gear, then travel through the core, containing stairwells and elevators, then get past the steel beams on other side of the core.
4) the landing gear wheel then has to break through the strong steel beams of the outer far wall of the WTC, and have enough momentum to travel several hundred feet in the air.

I say, NO WAY.

But why plant a 767 wheel if a 767 really hit the WTC?

I think the 767 wheel was planted specifically because the WTC wasn't hit with a 767.