The AE911Truth Petition
To the Members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate of the United States of America,
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT:
On Behalf of the People of the United States of America, the undersigned Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and affiliates hereby petition for, and demand, a truly independent investigation with subpoena power in order to uncover the full truth surrounding the events of 9/11/01 – specifically the collapses of the World Trade Center Towers and Building 7. We believe there is sufficient doubt about the official story and therefore the 9/11 investigation must be re-opened and must include a full inquiry into the possible use of explosives that might have been the actual cause of the destruction of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Building 7.
Featured Petition Signers
Richard Florentino, BSCE, MSEnvE
Environmental Engineer
B.S Civil Engineering, Columbia University, 1970 MS Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, 1971
Had some doubts about the twin towers collapse soon(several months)after 911 but did not pursue the matter. Heard from others stories of 'conspiracy' but got the feeling from…
Richard Florentino, BSCE, MSEnvE
B.S Civil Engineering, Columbia University, 1970 MS Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, 1971
Staten Island, NY
Occupation: Environmental Engineer
BSCE Columbia Univ 1970; MSEnvE Univ of Illinois 1971Worked 40 years in the design, construction, start-up and operations/maintenance of large multi-million dollar wastewater treatment facilities. Especially skilled in troubleshooting.
Had some doubts about the twin towers collapse soon(several months)after 911 but did not pursue the matter. Heard from others stories of 'conspiracy' but got the feeling from relatives who lost loved ones that day that any discussion of an 'inside job' was hurtful for them. In total I 'went along' with official story - but always felt that it was strange that the 'top floors' plunged straight down so smoothly and didn't tumble off to side. The Truth in Focus conference was a welcome relief for me. To hear the analyses from others who know that physics does not take a 'day off'.
Mansoor Safi
Civil Engineer/Pm
B.S. Civil Engineering, California State University, Sacramento, 2011
The towers that went down on 9/11 very likely went down as a result of a controlled demolition, based on science and physics and evidence available so far.
Mansoor Safi
B.S. Civil Engineering, California State University, Sacramento, 2011
Fremont, CA
Occupation: Civil Engineer/Pm
almost 4 years of design experience with steel, reinforced concrete, wood, geotechnical, structural, water, designs and 1000+ design projects
The towers that went down on 9/11 very likely went down as a result of a controlled demolition, based on science and physics and evidence available so far.
Peter M. Bouvier, EIT
Retired
BSBA, John F. Kennedy University, Assoc. Systems Engineering, CalTech IRC.
The official explanation of why the towers fell disagrees with observations and violates the laws of physics.
Peter M. Bouvier, EIT
BSBA, John F. Kennedy University, Assoc. Systems Engineering, CalTech IRC.
Rochester, NH
Occupation: Retired
CA EIT License XE078505, Owner (retired) of a manufacturer of structural materials that met ASTM, ACI, ANSI and ICBO standards. Electrical, computer and software and systems engineering background.
The official explanation of why the towers fell disagrees with observations and violates the laws of physics.
Fahad A. Ballaho
Architectural Designer/Draftsman
Western Mindanao State University
Not logic for the 3rd building to collapse by itself..
Fahad A. Ballaho
Western Mindanao State University
Zamboanga, Philippines
Occupation: Architectural Designer/Draftsman
A Filipino working now in Saudi Arabia as a Architectural Designer-Draftsman.
Not logic for the 3rd building to collapse by itself..
Joseph C. Duda, NCARB
M Arch I, UCLA
When I watched the buildings burning, I was, of course, shocked. But when I saw them pancake down, I knew immediately that something was truly amiss. I know…
Joseph C. Duda, NCARB
M Arch I, UCLA
Santa Fe, NM
Joseph has been involved in the design, management, and administration of architecture and construction for over 30 years, responsible for built projects worth up to $2 billion. He is the former President and part owner of the construction management (CM) firm that directed both the $115 million Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District's ES Reconstruction Program as well as Murrieta Valley Unified School District's $180 million Capital Improvements Program, both in California, and was Principal-in-Charge for over $1 billion worth of projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. In addition, he has owned and operated several companies, including CM, architectural, and a mid-sized construction firm in Los Angeles. Joseph offers to clients a strong background in CM, construction, architectural design, strategic/long-range educational facility planning, and technical support specializing in the management of multi-million dollar, multi-project capital improvements programs directing hundreds of technical professionals. Joseph began his architectural career by obtaining a Masters degree from UCLA's Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning. After that, he had the privilege of working with the world-renowned and cutting-edge architecture firms of Morphosis, Charles Moore and the Urban Innovations Group, Eric Owen Moss, and Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall (DMJM).
When I watched the buildings burning, I was, of course, shocked. But when I saw them pancake down, I knew immediately that something was truly amiss. I know from the experience of being involved in the design and construction of high-rise office buildings that the pattern of collapse was just too perfect, and that the amount of debris left at the bottom was too small for the amount of steel, concrete, glass, and furnishings that make up structures of that immensity. Also, unless the destruction is carefully planned, there is always some weakness inherent in the construction that will make the building list to one side during a natural destruction. Strange, indeed.
Ismael Vives Bonete
Civil Engineer, Associate Professor
University of Alicante
Controlled demolition. My guess is that plan A was to expect twin towers to fall in two pieces or even one piece in order to increase the shock…
Ismael Vives Bonete
University of Alicante
Elche, Spain
Occupation: Civil Engineer, Associate Professor
Civil Engineer degree & licensed, Masters in Materials Science, Masters in Theory and Application of Finite Element Method (with ANSYS). Associate Professor at University of Alicante Elche (Spain) teaching Materials of Construction since 2008. Chief engineer at a concrete plant since 2000.
Controlled demolition. My guess is that plan A was to expect twin towers to fall in two pieces or even one piece in order to increase the shock on population, that's the reason why they exploded basement columns before the lateral impact. Plan B was what they did when plan A failed.
Edward Rutland, BS, MS, M.Div., D.Min.
Construction
BS, MS, M.Div. D.Min.
As a longtime licensed General Contractor and builder I found the world trade building Collapses preposterous while watching them on live TV.
Edward Rutland, BS, MS, M.Div., D.Min.
BS, MS, M.Div. D.Min.
Sunset, LA
Occupation: Construction
I've been a general contractor building commercial buildings for 50 years.
As a longtime licensed General Contractor and builder I found the world trade building Collapses preposterous while watching them on live TV.
Dora Tarver, President
Project Management
MS
I guess the governments efforts to create a poor educational system is working. People actually think jet fueled fire can melt steel and burns for weeks. It is…
Dora Tarver, President
MS
New York, NY
Occupation: Project Management
Sr. Project Manager, founder of www.e-projectmanagers.com I was in NYC when 911 occurred and volunteered with the Red Cross to help hundreds who were devastated by our governments choice to kill its own people.
I guess the governments efforts to create a poor educational system is working. People actually think jet fueled fire can melt steel and burns for weeks. It is also amazing how the US government has become so corrupt due to greed of a few wealthy people who think they can rule the world!
Jeffrey Way, RA
B Arch
Not necessarily disputing geo-social origins of: the hi-jacked plane(s), etc. My opinion is strictly limited to the physical collapse. - - In my opinion, the collapse(s) were possibly…
Jeffrey Way, RA
B Arch
Washington, DC
Graduate of CUA School of Architecture 1984, B.S. in Architecture - - Graduate of CUA School of Architecture 1985, Bachelor of Arch. - - Licensed Architect, Wash, DC since 1989
Not necessarily disputing geo-social origins of: the hi-jacked plane(s), etc. My opinion is strictly limited to the physical collapse. - - In my opinion, the collapse(s) were possibly mechanically / explosively-assisted. By many accounts these buildings housed some very important tenants, which may keep very important information files, etc. There is the possibility that these buildings have been pre-wired to be demolished if security were ever to be breached in a major way. Anecdotaly speaking: remember the opening scenes of the original Mission Impossible?...this tape will self-destruct in 30 seconds. In my opinion the term pull it had to do with orders to destroy the properties due to un-avoidable security breaches that would ensue as a result of a myriad of persons going into previously secured areas of the buildings....thus the twin towers and the third building. This is my own opinion, I have never read this nor heard this anywhere. It is only my opinion/theory.
Debora Blake, Documentary Film
Audiovisual Communications
Degreed
As disturbing as it may be, WTC 1, 2 & 7 were quite obviously brought down in a controlled manner. The evidence of demolition is right there in…
Debora Blake, Documentary Film
Degreed
Paris, Idf, France
Occupation: Audiovisual Communications
Born in raised in Rhode Island, Debora majored in audiovisual communications and spent over a decade working in advertising, events planning and New England radio. She moved to France in 1991 and obtained French citizenship in 2001. She is best known for her documentary film on the Argentine Tango, EncanTango, which has been shown in Europe and the United States. Debora is active in the French 9/11 Truth movement. She participates in the translating and subtitling in French of the documentaries that contain the important elements that must be brought out of the shadows.
As disturbing as it may be, WTC 1, 2 & 7 were quite obviously brought down in a controlled manner. The evidence of demolition is right there in front of us. For this, we have us to thank: all the people who've embraced today's technology and have made this evidence available to the masses and all those who've sought to make that evidence understandable. Given the resistance we face in making this fact known, and thus in getting to the Truth, I'd like to leave you with two quotes I find particularly appropriate: 1. There are none so blind as those who will not see. 2. The likelihood of one individual being right increases in direct proportion to the intensity with which others are trying to prove him wrong.
Cesar G. Bogino, PE, AeE, MSAE, BSME
AeE & MSAE -USNPGS, BSME -UNI Peru
The explanation of why the WTC buildings collapsed given by the commissions certainly ignored scientific research and general engineering and materials knowledge. I do not think that all…
Cesar G. Bogino, PE, AeE, MSAE, BSME
AeE & MSAE -USNPGS, BSME -UNI Peru
Yucaipa, CA
Obtained BSME at National University of Engineering in Peru, then joined the Peruvian Navy as an officer. Got a scholarship to study Aeronautical Engineering at the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California, where I got the in an MSAeE degree and later the Professional Engineer Degree in Aeronautics. Worked professionally in Production and Maintenance for several companies including production of Steel Propane Tanks, smelting of Cast Iron in Cupola and Induction Furnaces for production of Spin Cast Sewage Pipes, and finally Electric Arc Furnace Smelting of Steel for Reinforced Steel Bar.
The explanation of why the WTC buildings collapsed given by the commissions certainly ignored scientific research and general engineering and materials knowledge. I do not think that all the years of education and training that all Architects, Engineers, Researchers and Specialists received collectively could be ignored and purposely wiped by the biased and incomplete reports presented by the commissions. The professional community should speak and demand an honest report that will once and for all put an end to all the lies and contradictions.
Thomas A. Nagy
Writer
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Thomas A. Nagy
writer
Portland, OR
Occupation: Writer
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Petition Signatories
Andy Campanella, Concerned Citizen
Logan, UT
Occupation: Manager
Andy Campanella, Concerned Citizen
Logan, UT
Occupation: Manager
Gary Schlagenhauf, PE
Modesto, CA
Occupation: Marketing Health Products
Education: B.A. UC Davis P.E.
Gary Schlagenhauf, PE
B.A. UC Davis P.E.
Modesto, CA
Occupation: Marketing Health Products
61 years old and hope to live long enough to see U.S. citizens earn the right to the truth...I will not support another politician until they commit to getting the truth about 911. I have been self employed most of my life and have earned millions of dollars. Retired for 15 years.
Obviously insiders not terrorist managed 911. The cover up is so obvious that it keeps Americans from wanting to participate in politics.
Heather R. Millenaar
San Luis Obispo, CA
Occupation: General Manager And Artist
Education: BA California Polytechnic State Univ
Heather R. Millenaar
BA California Polytechnic State Univ
San Luis Obispo, CA
Occupation: General Manager And Artist
Rachel J. Newfire
St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Occupation: Human Services
Education: Degree in Human Services
Rachel J. Newfire
Degree in Human Services
St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Occupation: Human Services
Rachel was born in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne in 1970. She has lived and travelled throughout Australia. She completed her bachelor degree in 2002. She is at present completing her Autobiography along with an analysis of a society that subtley lives within a society that she refers to as Club Syndicate. She has strong beliefs it is this Syndicate that is also in connection with the 9/11 horror. She aims to complete her book and immediately work on gaining knowledge on this 9/11 issue to become an active voice in having something more done.
In my limited knowledge when something with so much petrol, hits a building it explode outwards and not downwards. The small amount of know there are a number of people and a large amount of money and secrecacy involving the planning of this. I believe going through the evidence and facts will allow me to locate key stakeholders. This was a very planned and motivated attack, it is just a matter of finding out who.
Kevin A. Mcmahon
Broomfield, CO
Occupation: Machinist
Kevin A. Mcmahon
Broomfield, CO
Occupation: Machinist
Jk Bennett
Westminster, CO
Occupation: Law
Education: BA Univ of CO
Jk Bennett
BA Univ of CO
Westminster, CO
Occupation: Law
It would be good for our country to understand the true cause of this devastation. We have been drenched in lies, fear mongers and totalitarianism that have turned unconcerned Americans into uninformed infants.
Even before I saw the show on KBDI on 9-20-9, the voices of 9-11-1 witnesses were compelling. Earlier this week I heard a televised bit from a witness/hero, one of the last to leave second bldg to blow who swore he felt explosions from the basement before the plane hit from above. If everyone speaks out something can be uncovered but it probably won't be the American government that will be able to do it on its own strength; it's too deeply enmeshed in the coverup. The same tactics used on UFO belief-- ridicule and eye rolling -- will prevail until the majority manage to be strong enough to distrust the distorted mainstream media.
Thomas Harman
Holland, MI
Occupation: Sales
Thomas Harman
Holland, MI
Occupation: Sales
Alan A. Smith
Denver, CO
Occupation: Morgage
Alan A. Smith
Denver, CO
Occupation: Morgage
Niece Nardini
Blue Springs, MO
Occupation: Restaurant Business
Education: Degreed
Niece Nardini
Degreed
Blue Springs, MO
Occupation: Restaurant Business
Vincent M. Dowd, Speaker & Entrep
Denver, CO
Occupation: Speaker/Trader
Vincent M. Dowd, Speaker & Entrep
Denver, CO
Occupation: Speaker/Trader
Professional speaker on financial literacy, stocks, options and trading. America has blessed me with opportunity, however I feel a few have too much power and are in the process of destroying what we have grown to love. We must stand!
I am not a professional, however the fall of all buildings looked as if it were a professional job...anybody who has seen fire v.s implosions can see this.
Kevin Madden, Construction Sup
York, Yorkshire
Education: HND, Fab/Weld Eng, Teesside Uni, UK
Kevin Madden, Construction Sup
HND, Fab/Weld Eng, Teesside Uni, UK
York, Yorkshire
12 YRS in steel production, QA/QC, mechanical and Non destructive testing of materials and welds and 13 yrs as construction supervisor and superintendent on construction projects for Oil & Gas Industry companies such clients as Shell, Chevron. Projects have included offshore jackets and topsides for both oil and gas, topside process module construction, sub-sea pipelines and offloading terminals and FPSO's.
There is overwhelming circumstantial evidence surrounding the collapse of the WTC buildings which directly contradicts the official government explanation. The fact that 3 steel reinforced skyscrapers all totally collapsed into their own footprint and at the near free fall speed of gravity should be enough for to warrant a public inquiry.
Rani V. Chapman
Jemison, AL
Occupation: Average American
Rani V. Chapman
Jemison, AL
Occupation: Average American
William H. Gross
Elizabethton, TN
Occupation: Caring Patriot
William H. Gross
Elizabethton, TN
Occupation: Caring Patriot
I have known about this since 04 and i cant believe so few people know the truth. Finally there is a way to get the truth out. The only experience I have is my own research and my patriotism that takes me there.........Bill
All i can say is there was to many shady dealings coming out of the white house from Bush and Cheney. I want the American people to see what was really happening there. I want them both prosecuted if things turn out the way I'm sure they will with a new investigation.............Bill
John Rohl, AAMS, CMFC, RP
Castle Rock, CO
Occupation: Science
Education: BA Medical Technology
John Rohl, AAMS, CMFC, RP
BA Medical Technology
Castle Rock, CO
Occupation: Science
My background and training have been both medical and technical in the medical, electrical engineering, and financial analysis fields.
My concern in all of this is to find the truth, and get to the origin as to why this event even happened. The answers to the collapse have become clear.....but for what reasons this this happen?
Sean F. Redmond, MBA, BS
Lafayette, CO
Occupation: Mba-Finance
Education: BS, Chem Eng - KU; MBA, Cornell Univ.
Sean F. Redmond, MBA, BS
BS, Chem Eng - KU; MBA, Cornell Univ.
Lafayette, CO
Occupation: Mba-Finance
I have worked in Corporate Finance and Business Analysis since 1988 when I earned my MBA from Cornell. I obtained a BS in Chemical Engineering in 1981 from The University of Kansas, and I worked in Engineering before I earned my MBA from Cornell.
There are many significant, questions left unanswered by the cursory investigation of the events of 9/11. I am concerned that WTC1, WTC2 and WTC7 collapsed nearly as rapidly as we would expect in a free fall. That means that their structural supports were destroyed simultaneously, which is what we would expect from a controlled demolition attack. Also, how did WTC7 collapse although no plane struck it? The 9/11 Commission could not answer these questions. Finally, how can we explain the presence of Nano-thermite, an Explosive Material found in 9/11 Dust? Since their presence indicates that the buildings were destroyed in a controlled demolition, we need a real investigation to determine how the buildings fell, resolving the apparent coverup of the 9/11 events.
Bruce Johnson, BS
Ashburnham, MA
Occupation: Retired
Education: BS, Industrial Arts Ed, Fitchburg State
Bruce Johnson, BS
BS, Industrial Arts Ed, Fitchburg State
Ashburnham, MA
Occupation: Retired
Experienced welder, blacksmith, metal worker, fabricator, designer, presently retired
Extensive reading of reports, especially information including photos and videos of the melted condition of the steel beams and the molten metal do not support the NIST conclusions. From years of working with steel as a welder, as a blacksmith, as a designer and builder, steel simply does not melt in fires without temperatures far beyond what was possible in the WTC event. Also for not one, but for three buildings to collapse at near free fall rates and stay largely within their footprint suggests something very different than the NIST conclusion.
Robert M. Perez
Waterford, CA
Occupation: Babysitter
Robert M. Perez
Waterford, CA
Occupation: Babysitter
I started working at the age of 17 at a cabinet shop in Hickman, California during the summer. I was there for thee months. I graduated high school in 2007. I began working for a temp six months later. after another four months I was hired on to Dawn Foods. I worked for a year doing different things. My main jobs were to operate four robot arms as a robot operator, mix cake batter ingredients then do inventory as a mixer, and a line worker. Since working at Dawns I have found few other jobs and am currently employed as a baby sitter. I make little money and I give it to my mother. My aspirations are to be happy and to be in the U.S. military. oorah!
jet fuel cannot melt steel. witnesses were saying there were secondary explosions that went off in the building after the planes hit. this list could go on forever.
Linda H. Sheldon, BA
Potlatch, WA
Occupation: English-I Edit And Write
Education: BA, English, Washington College
Linda H. Sheldon, BA
BA, English, Washington College
Potlatch, WA
Occupation: English-I Edit And Write
Cameron B. Macmurtry
Stouffville, ON, Canada
Occupation: Concerned Student Of Science, And Reason
Education: student
Cameron B. Macmurtry
student
Stouffville, ON, Canada
Occupation: Concerned Student Of Science, And Reason
I am a high school student that has researched the evidence thoroughly and concluded that the demolition was too perfect and that it was intentional. Tower 7 collapsing was the first hint.
I conclude from the evidence presented that the towers collapsing were intentional by organized demolition. Tower 7? Like come on, no one questioned that.... why???
Tom Nicholas, Patriot
Ledyard, CT
Occupation: Construction/Remodelling
Education: bachelors UCONN
Tom Nicholas, Patriot
bachelors UCONN
Ledyard, CT
Occupation: Construction/Remodelling
Undergraduate degree, Construction and remodeling 27years. Lifetime Connecticut Yankee in the real sense.
This heinous act was carried out by our own Government and inside criminals in the military and NYC. The perpetrators should and will be on trial for TREASON against the American People someday or the new deathcamps for our progeny will be next.
James Ferrand, Financial Consul
Altamonte Springs, FL
Occupation: Finacial Consultant
James Ferrand, Financial Consul
Altamonte Springs, FL
Occupation: Finacial Consultant
I don't possess structural design expertise. I work as a finance consultant for a debt relief company in Seminole County FL. I graduated from high school and completed Air Force R.O.T.C. training.
I lack structural expertise but have aeronautical knowledge. I'm studying to obtain a pilot's license and have various instructional texts from flight schools. In aviation history, no plane has crashed without leaving the fuselage intact to some degree (referring to the Pennsylvania crash). Jet fuel doesn't reach the temperature needed to compromise steel structural integrity. Something is amiss.
Cathryn Nicholas
New Rochelle, NY
Occupation: Sales
Education: B.A., Art History
Cathryn Nicholas
B.A., Art History
New Rochelle, NY
Occupation: Sales
I am a graduate of Barry University in Miami Florida and I graduated with a BA in Art History. I have became increasingly interested in politics over the past year. I study 9/11 truth and other major issues on my own time.I am a registered democrat only because I was young when I registered, but now I know the real things going on and I am in the process of changing my voter registration to Libertarian. Long live WTC, God bless America.
I have attended several 9/11 Truth conferences. My parents do not believe anything about conspiracies which would have given me more of a tendency to not believe. But truth always conquers evil. If you study the evidence put forth by the Official story & then study the evidence put forth by 9/11 truthers, there is no comparison, the real story is obvious, the buildings did not collapse, they were brought down by demolition explosives. a 5 year old could tell the difference.
Wallace G. Osse
Cottonwood, AZ
Occupation: Work For Food Wholesaler
Wallace G. Osse
Cottonwood, AZ
Occupation: Work For Food Wholesaler
No technical expertise, just a healthy skepticism of official stories. 53 years old, 4 years of college (Rutgers). Work for a food wholesaler. Blog I did during the mid-00s with political focus: http://www.osse.com/perfectly_delightful/12_29_02___01_04_03_archive.html
Never believed the official story about the collapses. Too perfect, and those who benefited could easily include those who could have allowed -- or collaborated in -- creating these events.
Doug Mccrossan
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Occupation: Ecomomics
Education: B.Comm Economics
Doug Mccrossan
B.Comm Economics
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Occupation: Ecomomics
Matriculated at Jeppe Boys high in 1972 and graduated from The University of the Witwatersrand with a B.Comm Degree in 1978 with a major in Economics.
It was impossible for both towers to collapse symmetrically at free fall rate.
Adam Hashemzadeh
Bluefield, WV
Occupation: History/Politics Residential Constructio
Education: B.A., History, Concord
Adam Hashemzadeh
B.A., History, Concord
Bluefield, WV
Occupation: History/Politics Residential Constructio
I was born in the United States and am of both non-Israeli Middle Eastern and Euro-American descent. I have always had an interest in the beauty of historical architecture, but this admiration of the superficial details forced me to begin understanding how buildings work structurally. Unfortunately, the political scene is hard for me to escape, but I know I've got friends here in America. I earned a minor in Political Science during my studies and thoroughly studied propaganda and wartime tactics used by various nations. I've been recently studying architecture and steel-framed buildings after a bad experience I had trying to restore an older home that will soon be rendered unusable due to an inadequate foundation, poor drainage, and termite and fungal rot. I've been reading construction textbooks by authors such as Joseph Iano. I've also been interested in Japanese sword-making, and this is how I first became acquainted with steelworking. Also, as a history student, I well understand the historical difficulties of heating steel and working it. Prior to the mass use of coal-fired blast furnaces, steel material was simply too hard to heat and shape on a large scale! I suppose I've always had some sort of interest in understanding how things work, and although I feel rather slow at reaching discoveries, I'm successful because I don't give up until I know what's going on!
Although the aircraft used were large, their flimsy aluminum bodies could not have possibly severed through steel and concrete columns. The heat from the jet-fuel explosion would have been intense, but it's not likely enough energy was put out to melt that much steel. The explosion would not have been a forceful blast, so to speak; it would have been more like a scorching flame-thrower, I'd say. The large opening created by the crash would have allowed tremendous heat to escape in those elevated, windy conditions. Try heating your house with a big window open! If the crash and fire had been enough to cause a structural collapse, I believe the result would have looked quite different, with the load of the upper floors being shed off to the sides rather than straight down the floors. The initial points of collapse would likely have been around and right above the crash site, with later subsequent collapsing in other areas. What we saw on 9/11 was a full disintegration of multiple structural points at a nearly simultaneous occurrence. The result was neatly collapsed buildings that didn't spill over far at all considering the size. Nor was there a large heap of building materials left over. What was dispersed over a large area was dust. I saw dust here in WV the next day or two after! How did concrete and steel get reduced to nothing more than dust in a blink of an eye? That's a lot of work done for such a little effort given. I don't understand much about thermite-type explosives, but it seems like the stuff that may have been able to do it.
Rebecca J. Rutan
Salem, OR
Occupation: stay at home mom
Rebecca J. Rutan
Salem, OR
Occupation: stay at home mom
I am a stay-at-home mom with 2 children. After community college, I worked for Southwest Airlines. My husband graduated from SDSU and is now a high school science teacher with a part-time job on the weekends. We own a small house in Salem, Oregon.
9/11 was staged because of too many unanswered questions, never-released videos, lack of investigations, and documentation. One can only believe... it was staged.
Andrew A. Ianniello
West Yarmouth, MA
Occupation: Sales And Business Development
Andrew A. Ianniello
West Yarmouth, MA
Occupation: Sales And Business Development
I am a concerned citizen with a background in laboratory medicine. I have no technical expertise in this area although consider myself to be of above average intelligence and this argument to me is plausible.
In my opinion the collapse of all buildings involved in the tragedy of September 11th were all too clean, meaning having seen controlled demolitions on TV I am interested in seeing an investigation by engineers and architects independent from government agencies.
Steven M. Byers, MS, MA
Olympia, WA
Occupation: Organizational Design Consultant
Education: MA, MS
Steven M. Byers, MS, MA
MA, MS
Olympia, WA
Occupation: Organizational Design Consultant
I have two Master's degrees. I work as an interdependent consultant and teach in a graduate program. Much of my work in the world involves convening people to talk about something they would rather not talk about.
I'm very curious and want a full investigation. By whom, I'm not sure.
Roland Pertler, MA
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Occupation: Art
Education: MA
Roland Pertler, MA
MA
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Occupation: Art
PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN IN PIPE ORGAN AND VIOLIN. CONCERT ORGANIST AND NOWADAYS ACTIVE IN PROFESSIONAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT ORGANIZATION.
NO DOUBT THAT FOWL PLAY HAPPENED. I WAS ALWAYS WONDERING HOW BOTH TOWERS COULD COLLAPSE DESPITE THE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE A HIT FROM A PASSENGER AIRCRAFT. SURELY DESIGNERS MUST HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION. AND THE WAY THE BUILDINGS COLLAPSED. DID NOT LOOK LIKE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS.
Sam Maggio
Ithaca, NY
Sam Maggio
Ithaca, NY
Non Degreed designer, engineer, inventor. Patent Holder. Years of mechanical and chemical engineering work. Transforming ideas into marketable and functional products.
From day one my observation of the symmetry of the tower collapses made no sense: two planes striking at radically different locations could NOT have caused nearly identical falling straight down toward path of most resistance.(I applaud Gage for his excellent description of this as well) Also, the pancake explanation made no sense when observing that so much matter was flung outward, and certainly pancaking would be exhibited by a staccato and relatively slow downward series of collapses as the descent occurred.
Ruben M. Bakker
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Occupation: Tailoring
Ruben M. Bakker
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Occupation: Tailoring
I am Ruben Bakker, 21 years old and live in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I work as an apprentice to a master tailor making bespoke handmade suits.
All 3 buildings where carefully rigged during the elevator maintenance weeks before 9/11 with nano-thermite. Video evidence of the south tower just minutes before collapse shows molten metal dripping down from the tower. The buildings where deliberately weakened to cause a collapse. The pools of molten metal, leaving the debris burning for weeks after the collapse could never ever be caused by a simple office fire started by burning jet fuel. The buildings fell into their own footprint just like controlled demolitions. Steel support beams where blasted into nearby buildings with forces that could never exist in a normal collapse. And perhaps most important of all, if something falls down, or collapses for that matter, it always seeks the way with the least resistance.
Mathieu Vallieres, Roofer
Quebecf, DC
Occupation: Roofer,Carpenter
Mathieu Vallieres, Roofer
Quebecf, DC
Occupation: Roofer,Carpenter
I have been working in construction for over 5 years doing carpentry and roofing. I have recently done lots of research concerning the 911 terrorist attack.
It is obvious that the truth is being hidden, and the simple fact that two planes hit buildings and 3 collapsed on their footprints... something is not right.
Rebecca Medcalf
Berkeley, CA
Occupation: Personal Transformation Agent
Education: B.A. Political Economy
Rebecca Medcalf
B.A. Political Economy
Berkeley, CA
Occupation: Personal Transformation Agent
A.A. in Environmental Studies from Sterling College in Vermont, and B.A. in Political Economy from Evergreen State. Focusing on study of the G.A.T.T. and other trade agreements, and implications for the environment and for democracy.
I don't understand how there was video news footage announcing that Building 7 had collapsed while it was still standing in the background behind the reporter, and it's claimed no one knew the building was coming down. I don't understand why neither N.I.S.T. nor the 9/11 Commission dealt with the multiple reports of multiple explosions in the twin towers from sound sources.