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 S. Minert, AIA
Architect
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Oregon, 1979
It seems clear from the evidence that the 'official' version contains significantly erroneous information. The fuel load from the jets plus the fuel load from the building interiors…
Richard S. Minert, AIA
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Oregon, 1979
Los Gatos, CA
Occupation: Architect
AIA member. Studied at Boston Architectural Center and University of Oregon. Employed by Huygens &Tappe, Architects, 1974 - 1976, W.E. Group Architects, Eugene, OR, 1976 - 1981, Ehelich Rominger Architects, Los Alros, CA, 1981 - 1986, K+CZL Architects 1987. Started my practice, Minert Architects, 1988. Project types include residential, health care, projects of many types for the life sciences and high technology industries, commercial and corporate offices, and public work.
It seems clear from the evidence that the 'official' version contains significantly erroneous information. The fuel load from the jets plus the fuel load from the building interiors was insufficient to result in melting of high strength structural steel. The building we impacted and damaged asymmetrically. The symmetrical collapse of both towers is improbable at the very least. Likewise, there is also no probable scenario for Building 7, given all evidence. The presence of chemical compounds indicating the presence of explosive materials used in demolition remains an unexplainable fact.
Dan Latrimurti, Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Does anyone really know what happened? Really? No! But the official story is not credible and leaves many things unexplained and that call into question it's veracity. It's…
Dan Latrimurti, Entrepreneur
Albuquerque, NM
Occupation: Entrepreneur
30 year corporate refugee turned entrepreneur helping indie filmmakers get their films out into the electronic multiverse frontier we call the internet.
Does anyone really know what happened? Really? No! But the official story is not credible and leaves many things unexplained and that call into question it's veracity. It's a travesty that based on the official fairy tale that we've chosen to spend trillions of dollars on endless wars that have cost thousands and thousands and thousands of people their lives. We should demand that we get it right. Then take the appropriate action based on what actually happened.
Kelly Cotter, MBA
Construction Consulting
Degreed
Question the official story and support completely independent investigation into the events surrounding 911. Freedom of Information.
Kelly Cotter, MBA
Degreed
Miami, FL
Occupation: Construction Consulting
MBA; Owner - Independent Environmental / Safety Compliance Consulting Company
Question the official story and support completely independent investigation into the events surrounding 911. Freedom of Information.
Sean C. Tasdemiroglu, Process Engineer
BS ChE Texas Tech
Materials science, heat transfer, thermodynamics I & II, fluid mechanics, physics I & II and reaction engineering: these courses provided me the necessary training to understand the deficiencies…
Sean C. Tasdemiroglu, Process Engineer
BS ChE Texas Tech
Los Angeles, CA
BS in Chemical Engineering. I am a process engineer.
Materials science, heat transfer, thermodynamics I & II, fluid mechanics, physics I & II and reaction engineering: these courses provided me the necessary training to understand the deficiencies in the original 9/11 story. Of course, anybody that has reviewed the evidence can see the problems with WTC 7's collapse. With regard to the twin towers, their construction, i.e. the steel vertical columns making up the center core of the buildings, provides the most irrefutable evidence against the pancake effect promoted by NIST in the official report.
Benjamin Packa, BS
Mechanical Engineer
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, 2011.
The observed collapses of all three WTC buildings lack sufficient explanation consistent with the laws of physics, historical record and known mechanisms of mechanical failure. The official investigation…
Benjamin Packa, BS
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, 2011.
Palmer, AK
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering; 8 years of professional experience in the design of mechanical equipment, piping systems and light-duty structural work in the oil and gas industry.
The observed collapses of all three WTC buildings lack sufficient explanation consistent with the laws of physics, historical record and known mechanisms of mechanical failure. The official investigation lacked transparency and scientific rigor in many ways. Furthermore, independent study by professionals in the fields of architecture and engineering indicates that the NIST report made many false assumptions in order to reverse engineer the produced result. For these reasons, and many more, the incident warrants further investigation by independent parties.
Borja C. Ugarte
Telecomm Engineer
Tecnun School of Engineering
There needs to be a new investigation! The original version is bullshit, anyone who is thinking clearly can understand that.
Borja C. Ugarte
Tecnun School of Engineering
San Sebastian, Spain
Occupation: Telecomm Engineer
24 year old, male, Telecomm Engineering student, spanish
There needs to be a new investigation! The original version is bullshit, anyone who is thinking clearly can understand that.
Patrick Rossi
Owner/Engineer
BS Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1982
"There are enough overwhelming and compelling discrepancies in NIST's ""9/11 Final Report"" to warrant an immediate, government-independent investigation into the bringing down of the three World Trade Center…
Patrick Rossi
BS Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1982
Oceanside, CA
Occupation: Owner/Engineer
BSCHE Michigan Technological University. MSMIS University of Missouri - St. Louis. I'm the owner of Patronus LLC, a process automation consultancy specializing in the biotech industry.
"There are enough overwhelming and compelling discrepancies in NIST's ""9/11 Final Report"" to warrant an immediate, government-independent investigation into the bringing down of the three World Trade Center buildings."
Michael J. Mc Devitt, MCSE
MCSE
While a Firefighter and a Paramedic I saw numerous buildings collapse. none were steel frame. I was at the Philadelphia Meridian Fire in 1991. 3 of my fellow…
Michael J. Mc Devitt, MCSE
MCSE
Philadelphia, PA
I am a Microsoft Systems Engineer. Have been since 2000. Was a Firefighter and Paramedic for over 22 years.
While a Firefighter and a Paramedic I saw numerous buildings collapse. none were steel frame. I was at the Philadelphia Meridian Fire in 1991. 3 of my fellow Firefighters died in that building. 2 of whom I personally knew. While I did not know the third Firefighter, he was my brother. Saddened to the core by the loss of 3 Firefighters? I cannot imagine losing 343 as did my FDNY brothers did on 9/11. As a former Firefighter I can assure you that no one, not one, of the Firefighters present at the Meridian Building fire thought that building was going to collapse. Falling debris from the engulfed floors was a worry, but not the building coming down. I can also assure you that those FDNY Firefighters didn't ever in their wildest imaginations imagine those towers coming down. Brave men and women, but not kamikazes or suicidal. They knew the buildings were not coming down due to fire. Initial command post was in the lobby of the first tower struck. Obviously they saw the damage in the lobby, but the reason for that could be ascertained later. The job at hand was to rescue people and put out the fire. Some of the brightest and most educated Firefighters set up that command post. They are promoted after written testing and verbal scenario knowledge to Fire Chief. In fact there was one Chief on the 78th floor who radioed that he needed 2 hoselines to put out the fire. That tells me that rescue was no longer needed at his level of the building and it also tells me that the fires were not all that great. That Chief and 342 other Firefighters did not know that they were set up to die. I will admit that when I witnessed the towers collapse on 9/11 (on TV), I was in a funk as to why they collapsed. Believe it or not, I attributed the collapses to how perfectly the Architects planned and constructed those towers. As if the perfect collapse was also their design
John Hesson, BS
B.S. Petroleum Engineering Technolgy
The engineering data, the government operations data, the political reactions, none of these are accountable. There is more to the story!
John Hesson, BS
B.S. Petroleum Engineering Technolgy
Little Rock, AR
I have researched this subject from several perspectives, and have not been satisfied with the offical theory of the 9/11 attacks. I am unsettled on several issues, the first being our government's reaction to 9/11, followed by statements made about 9/11 by our president and the news media. Then i began learning of the national security protocols being violated at the time of the incident. Now, with more disclosure of the engineering of the collapse, all things considered, there are many questions to be answered before the official account is believable
The engineering data, the government operations data, the political reactions, none of these are accountable. There is more to the story!
Russell Sparks, Pastor
Practicle Experience
Bachelor of Worship and Music
After seeing video evidence of the collapses, I find it impossible to explain the collapse of building 7 and the demolition style destruction of the twin towers without…
Russell Sparks, Pastor
Bachelor of Worship and Music
Regina, SK, Canada
Occupation: Practicle Experience
I am a pastor and as such am accustomed to discerning between truth and lies. In addition I am well acquainted with basic mechanics and practical physics. I also have been in a supporting role in a few explosive blasting operations.
After seeing video evidence of the collapses, I find it impossible to explain the collapse of building 7 and the demolition style destruction of the twin towers without the use of explosives.
James B. Edwards, MS
Safety Engineer
MS Environmental Resource Management, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 1994
For many years I accepted the official version of events. It wasn't until I saw your documentary on Building 7 that it became obvious that the official account…
James B. Edwards, MS
MS Environmental Resource Management, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 1994
Tehachapi, CA
Occupation: Safety Engineer
30 years working for a NASA contractor as Systems Safety Engineer. 'Undergrad: Indiana University, Environmental Science Graduate: Florida Tech, College of Engineering, Environmental Eng.
For many years I accepted the official version of events. It wasn't until I saw your documentary on Building 7 that it became obvious that the official account was not truthful.
Shawn E. Hamilton, MA
Reporter, Teacher
MA English Lit/Rhetoric Composition
While I watched the first WTC building collapse, I noted to my friend, That looked like a 'planned demolition.' I got the term wrong but the concept right.…
Shawn E. Hamilton, MA
MA English Lit/Rhetoric Composition
Sacramento, CA
Occupation: Reporter, Teacher
English teacher and reporter for KPFA Radio. Not formally trained in scientific method but trained in persuasion, rhetoric, and argumentation.
While I watched the first WTC building collapse, I noted to my friend, That looked like a 'planned demolition.' I got the term wrong but the concept right. It was only after the US government issued its official pronouncements that I was convinced there was a problem. The 9-11 Commission seemed to base its operating procedure on a Warren Commission model: don't look at what you don't want to find and misinterpret what you're forced to look at.
Petition Signatories
Douglas S. Gawoski, Architect
San Rafael, CA
Education: B.P.S. Architecture, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo
Douglas S. Gawoski, Architect
B.P.S. Architecture, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo
San Rafael, CA
I am the Architect/Owner of 11th Hour Design. providing architectural and planning services for residential and commercial projects.
The collapse of the twin towers and WTC building 7 is suspiciously like demolition by timed detonation of explosives. Fire does not explain the symmetrical and simultaneous failure of columns causing a building collapse. Even if the 'pancake method of failure' is found to be a viable building failure mode, it does not account for the collapse of building 7 which did not get hit by an airplane, or for residue of explosives found at the site. Additional investigation is needed now while witnesses and primary investigators are still alive and this tragedy is fresh in our memories.
Rafael I. Paredes, BArch
Elizabeth, NJ
Education: Architect
Rafael I. Paredes, BArch
Architect
Elizabeth, NJ
I am an architecture graduate with a Masters in Infrastructure planning from NJIT.
I still have doubts about the collapse of Bldg. 7 and the WTC. They do come down symmetrically while the plane and foremost the engines are some distance from the building centers. If the buildings were to come down symmetrically after a fire, the fire would have had to be in the middle of the buildings. causing all center columns to fail first before the exterior. This would allow the pulling of the exterior walls and having a symmetric implosion. This theory is then impossible because the airplane engines were separated. If this had happened, it would have happened in one building but not in both... this raises many questions in my head.
Mike Bruno, Architectural St
New York, NY
Education: B.A., Architecture, NY Institute of Tech
Mike Bruno, Architectural St
B.A., Architecture, NY Institute of Tech
New York, NY
I am a young aspiring architect, whose knowledge of basic building fundamentals was put in question by facts about the demise of the WTC buildings.
I have seen enough documentaries proving that what the government has given as reasons for the demise of the towers is incorrect. I would like something to be done. I do not enjoy being made a fool of.
Lainie A. Nelson, CIPE
Las Vegas, NV
Occupation: Mech, Electr, Plbg
Education: B.S. UNIV. OF HOUSTON,
Lainie A. Nelson, CIPE
B.S. UNIV. OF HOUSTON,
Las Vegas, NV
Occupation: Mech, Electr, Plbg
Chief design engineer for various firms including Reese Brentzel Consulting Engr. Houston, TX; Kaestner Architects & Engineers in Modesto, CA; Inspector/Engineer for City of Stockton Tertiary Waste Water Treatment Plant; Plant Engineering Staff @ Monsanto Chem. Co. in Texas City. Owner Engineering Design Services, Modesto, CA.
It always looked to me the same as other controlled demolitions and especially Bldg 7. We have had a number of them in Las Vegas that are televised.
Crystal Monteiro, BS
Portland, CT
Occupation: Design Engineer
Education: BS Mechanical Engineering, Central Connectict State University
Crystal Monteiro, BS
BS Mechanical Engineering, Central Connectict State University
Portland, CT
Occupation: Design Engineer
I work for a company that designs and manufactures aircraft engines. I have a design engineering technical be degree.
There is clear evidence that the story the public is being told does not align with the evidence of the destruction. This is made abundantly clear from the attempted LSDyna analysis on building 7; the building would not fall with the given circumstances as seen. Only when the inputs were manipulated, i.e.: fire protection removed, shear bolt removed, thermal inputs hotter, would the computer model show the building coming down. Even then, the computer simulated the building falling in a manner different than what was actually witnessed.
Donna Ruby, MEd
Randle, WA
Occupation: Education
Education: Master's in Education
Donna Ruby, MEd
Master's in Education
Randle, WA
Occupation: Education
I am a teacher, counselor, and political activist. I have become very interested in finding a way to lead our country away from the graft, destruction and corruption that is dominating its leadership.
When I watched the collapse of the second building, live, with my 6th graders, I knew, from what I'd seen of controlled demolitions, what I was seeing. Therefore, I explained to my class that the terrorists had found a way into the building to set the charges and explained how controlled demolitions work. Then I waited for the truth to emerge, which, of course, it never did (in the mainstream cover-up)
Lionel Lefebvre, Retired Architec
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Education: M Arch U of Montréal
Lionel Lefebvre, Retired Architec
M Arch U of Montréal
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Intern Architec with David & Boulva Montr'al 2 years Then registered as an Architect with same firm, specialized in building inspections. Chief Arch. with Provincial bank, now National Bank Project Manager/Architect for CIDA (Canadian International Development Agengy) for over sea projects PWC (Public Worls Canada) Project Manager/Archiyect specializing in major building retrofit (codes and energy savings).
I was at home that day and I saw quite everything I was expection the burning top of the building to tumble on the surounding building, because it is impossibleto heat up evenly a burning floor. For me it is impossible for a fire to have the building go staight down because it means that each floor going down HAD TO BE perfectly level and tumbled on one side, As for building 7, no way should that building go down. This is amother exemple of Pearl Harbour and the Kennedy assasimation . The arm industries were somehow behind this I think.
Mason D. Riedesel, Student
Madison, SD
Occupation: International Business
Education: BS International Business
Mason D. Riedesel, Student
BS International Business
Madison, SD
Occupation: International Business
I am a freshman in college and would like to know the truth. I am sick of being left in the dark by our government.
The evidence is conclusive that this indeed was a conspiracy and I would like to see the individuals involved brought to justice. This country is no longer a democracy if we as a society allow such things to happen. With over 1,000,000 people dead due to this incident and most likely several wars coming in the future due to similar incidents, we need to stop this now. Our country already keeps enough away from us as it is, this and numerous other things need to be cleared up and I feel as though if I am not signing this I am letting myself and everything I believe in down.
Marlon Burke, Engineering Cons
Cazadero, CA
Education: student
Marlon Burke, Engineering Cons
student
Cazadero, CA
Concerned citizen 9/11 Truth movement is the collective name of loosely affiliated organizations and individuals who question the accepted account of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Adherents of the movement assert that the explanation of the 9/11 events put forth by government and media contain significant inconsistencies which suggest, at the least, a cover-up, and at worst, complicity by insiders. Adherents advocate and discuss different theories about how the attacks happened and call for a new investigation into the attacks. Some of the organizations state that there is evidence that individuals within the United States government may have been either responsible for or knowingly complicit in the September 11 attacks. Motives given include the use of the attacks to initiate the launch of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and in creating the opportunities to curtail civil liberties.
It was obviously a controlled demolition Many adherents of the 9/11 Truth movement suspect that United States government insiders played a part in the attacks, or at the very least knew they were coming and let them occur anyway. Those within the movement who argue that insiders within the United States government were directly responsible for the September 11 attacks often allege that the attacks were planned and executed in order to provide the U.S. with a pretext for going to war in the Middle East and, by extension, as a means of consolidating and extending the power of the Bush Administration.[21][22] According to these allegations, this would have given the Bush administration the justification to clamp down on civil liberties and invade Afghanistan and Iraq to ensure future supplies of oil. In some cases, hawks in the White House, especially former Vice President Dick Cheney, and members of the Project for the New American Century, a neoconservative think tank, have been accused of involvement in or awareness of the alleged plot Many adherents of the 9/11 Truth movement allege that the buildings of the World Trade Center were destroyed by controlled demolition, a theory of major importance for the 9/11 Truth movement.
Scot T. Reed
London, ON, United Kingdom
Occupation: Social Engineering
Education: student
Scot T. Reed
student
London, ON, United Kingdom
Occupation: Social Engineering
Have done analysis for computer programming, networking etc...Have spent hours researching, comparing and hearing debates. Which leads me to read as much as I can regarding 9/11 and building #7 and comparing etc.....Which has lead me to question the OFFICAL story.
I do not have anything more or new to contribute to the building collapses that has not already been said or written by numerous and creditable people with far more work put into it than myself.
Terry Pavlenko, Engineering Tech
Calgary, AB, Canada
Education: EDDT Lethbridge
Terry Pavlenko, Engineering Tech
EDDT Lethbridge
Calgary, AB, Canada
General Engineering education including basic standard structural and architectural background, working in the field of geomatics.
I fail to see how these buildings could have fallen at the rate and direction they did fall due to heat deformation of structural steel joints and joists. Photos of ground zero show the box columns cut at a diagonal inward direction, clearly something that cannot be the result of deformation, impact from 100 floors falling from above, or any other type of structural failure. It can only be part of the cause of collapse.
Mohammed M. Alhumaidi
Sydney, NS, Canada
Education: First Year Engineer
Mohammed M. Alhumaidi
First Year Engineer
Sydney, NS, Canada
I am an engineer studying.
We are keeping listening to what the media is telling us and it's actually the government is talking to us through the media not to just speak us, actually to make us obedient to what they believe could support their critical hopes. WE ARE SIMPLETONS.
Stefano R. Somogyi, Intern Architect
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Education: Degree, Industrial Design, Isia di Roma
Stefano R. Somogyi, Intern Architect
Degree, Industrial Design, Isia di Roma
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Studied Architecture at the university of Rome for 2 years. Graduated in Industrial Design at Isia di Roma (public university). Academic exchange program at the faculty of architecture and engineering, University of Plymouth (uk) Working as an interior designer in Rome.
I strongly doubt that JP-5 burns hot enough in order to melt the steel core of a building. Core melting is, according to my knowledge, the only action, caused by the aircrafts, that could have make the buildings collapse.
Christopher D. Kodger, Engineering Cons
Alfred, NY
Education: Palo Alto Research Center
Christopher D. Kodger, Engineering Cons
Palo Alto Research Center
Alfred, NY
Studied at Case Western Reserve U. Hired out of school as an engineering tech. Later agency owner/ consultant for IBM, Xerox, and HP. Two years as department head, R&D, Hybrid Hydrogen Systems, LLC. Was broadcast engineer for four transmitters, and two studios. Currently consulting at T-G Embedded Systems, LLC, and freelance Mechanical Engineering Consultant, Electronics Tech/Engineer.
No structure can fall at the acceleration of gravity through an underlying structure, unless the supporting structure has been completely rendered ineffective, as dust. Jet-A, even as an aerosol, can not produce an explosion, merely a deflagration at best, and the burn temp of Jet-A does not approach by half the melting temp of steel. The official explanation defies all relevant laws of physics and structural integrity.
William S. Eicoff, CGC, CCC
Hallandale Beach, FL
Occupation: State Class
Education: Bachelor of Science - NYU
William S. Eicoff, CGC, CCC
Bachelor of Science - NYU
Hallandale Beach, FL
Occupation: State Class
Held (2) Two State Construction Licenses in Florida - CGC in 1993 and CCC in 2000
The story we were told is impossible to believe - buildings constructed as they were could not have fallen as stated - I was born in 1966 and watched the Towers being built with my father who is also a Contractor - If the tops of the towers would have sheared off and fell I might have not questioned the event - BUT - the impossible pancake effect needs to be questioned - buildings such as this could not have possibly fell at free fall speed - Then you have the #7 Building which was clearly professionally demolished.
Lawrence Commans
Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Sound Engineer
Education: degreed & licensed
Lawrence Commans
degreed & licensed
Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Sound Engineer
I always tell people to never take someone Else's word for 9/11, just look at the counter argument yourself, and you'll find out quickly that the Official Conspiracy Theory is all wrong.
Building 7 is the smoking gun, and the Twin Towers have so many inconsistencies that by examining it for myself, it's plain to see that we haven't been told the truth...
David Allsopp
Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
Education: HNC Electrical Engineering
David Allsopp
HNC Electrical Engineering
Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
Qualified as Engineer but had career in School Teaching. Have now been retired for two years but retain interest in Engineering.
My son rang me at work to tell me to get to a TV on 11th Sep. Within hours of this horror a group of us were discussing the nature of the collapse.We all agreed that if the top section of the towers had fallen for whatever reason, you would have expected the accumulated rubble and tangle of steel to form a pyramidical shape astride the remains of the tower below at some point where the compaction factor overcame the energy of the falling debris,some of which would have been pushed sideways by the forming pyramid and thus allowing the vertical fall moment to be converted to an angular one. We said at the time that it was 'all wrong' for that to have been caused by a fuel fire or mechanical damage.
David R. Garcia, Architect
Chicago, IL
Education: M.A. Architecture and Engineering
David R. Garcia, Architect
M.A. Architecture and Engineering
Chicago, IL
An Illinois native, David graduated from UCSB in 1988 and has been living and working in Chicago for over 15 years. He and his wife Ellen, an award winning poet, children's book author, and teacher, have two grown children. David has been involved in design and construction since 1992 and founded his architectural firm in 1994. His completed projects in Illinois California, Colorado, and Utah include homes and remodels as well as offices, restaurants, classrooms, libraries, and auditoriums. Several of the projects have been featured on green building tours, and several have received design awards. A founding member of the Sustainability Project and the Green Building Alliance, David chaired the Green Building Now conference in 1996. He teaches green building classes for Adult Education and supports other local efforts to promote sustainability.
The prevailing theory for the collapse of the 110-story, award-winning Twin Towers is that when jetliners flew into the 95th and 80th floors of the North and South Towers respectively, they severed several of each building's columns and weakened other columns with the burning of jet fuel/kerosene (and office combustibles). However, unlike concrete buildings, structural steel buildings redistribute the stress when several columns are removed and the undamaged structural framework acts as a truss network to bridge over the missing columns. After the 1993 car bomb explosion destroyed columns in the North Tower, John Skilling, the head structural engineer for the Twin Towers, was asked about an airplane strike. He explained that the Twin Towers were originally designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707 (similar in size to the Boeing 767). He went on to say that there would be a horrendous fire from the jet fuel, but 'the building structure would still be there.' The 10,000 gallons of jet fuel (half capacity) in each jetliner did cause horrendous fires over several floors, but it would not cause the steel members to melt or even lose sufficient strength to cause a collapse. This is because the short-duration jet fuel fires and office combustible fires cannot create (or transmit to the steel) temperatures hot enough. If a structural steel building could collapse because of fire, it would do so slowly as the various steel members gradually relinquished their structural strength. However, in the 100-year history of structural-steel framed buildings, there is no evidence of any structural steel framed building having collapsed because of fire. Let's assume the unlikelihood that these fires could weaken all of the columns to the same degree of heat intensity and thus remove their structural strength equally over the entire floor, or floors, in order to cause the top 30-floor building segment (South Tower WTC #2) to drop vertically and evenly onto the supporting 79th floor. The 30 floors from above would then combine with the 79th floor and fall onto the next level down (78th floor) crushing its columns evenly and so on down into the seven levels below the street level. The interesting fact is that each of these 110-story Twin Towers fell upon itself in about ten seconds at nearly free-fall speed. This violates Newton's Law of Conservation of Momentum that would require that as the stationary inertia of each floor is overcome by being hit, the mass (weight) increases and the free-fall speed decreases. Even if Newton's Law is ignored, the prevailing theory would have us believe that each of the Twin Towers inexplicably collapsed upon itself crushing all 287 massive columns on each floor while maintaining a free-fall speed as if the 100,000, or more, tons of supporting structural-steel framework underneath didn't exist.
John Fleming, Engineer
Helix, OR
Education: B.S. Materials Sci & Eng, UC Riverside
John Fleming, Engineer
B.S. Materials Sci & Eng, UC Riverside
Helix, OR
I graduated with a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California at Riverside.
Having reviewed and verified the composition of the beams through independent sources, I have concluded that the collapse could not have resulted from the claimed load-bearing stressors.
Jimmy Hor, Engineering Staf
Singapore
Jimmy Hor, Engineering Staf
Singapore
I am 32 years old working in MIT as a field service engineer. Graduated with Diploma in product engineering.
They are obviously demolished by explosives. Free fall straight down collapse just by fire violates the law of physics as all the floors below impact are undamaged. Also buildings don't just collapse into dust.
Marcus T. Lewitzki, Chairman, Design
Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Occupation: Philosophy
Marcus T. Lewitzki, Chairman, Design
Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Occupation: Philosophy
I'm the chairman of the non-profit organization Earthship Sweden that help people build self-sustainable eco-homes of the concept Earthships. I'm a musician and artist. I'm interested in everything of relevance such as, philosophy, religion, science, ecology, building construction and growing ecological food.
I thought the 911 event was fishy right from the start but that this was an understatement I learned later. I think 911 is a very good example on how people swallows anything mainstream media says.
Kevin Nordquist, Engineering Cons
Gold Canyon, AZ
Education: B.S.E.E.T., Electrical Engineering, DeVr
Kevin Nordquist, Engineering Cons
B.S.E.E.T., Electrical Engineering, DeVr
Gold Canyon, AZ
I am a Graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology in 1983 with a B.S.E.E.T. and have worked for 25 years in the semiconductor and advanced material research at Motorola. Currently I am an electronics/engineering CTE educator at East Valley Institute of Technology in Mesa, Arizona. I have over 50 publications and 5 US patents to my name.
Ever since watching the buildings collapse on 9/11/01 I could not believe buildings could collapse so perfectly from such limited damage. Something seemed wrong based on my understanding of Physics. When the WTC 7 building went down in the same fashion from no apparent structural damage and only from fires, I knew something wasn't right and started to investigate the videos and reports from not only the WTC but also the Pentagon. Disturbing question started arising from what I found out. Those questions are only now being answered by very capable professionals and, most importantly, by analyzing the evidence in a scientific manner.
Robin I. Glass, Chiropractic Neurology
Bloomfield, NM
Occupation: Chiropractic Neurology
Education: Doctor of Chiropractic, Neurologist
Robin I. Glass, Chiropractic Neurology
Doctor of Chiropractic, Neurologist
Bloomfield, NM
Occupation: Chiropractic Neurology
I became a chiropractor in 1981 and a chiropractic neurologist in 1997.
Any rational, thinking person who seriously looks at the evidence can see that the buildings collapsed on 9/11, not according to the fabricated stories of planes crashing into them, but rather by controlled demolitions. Our government has LIED to us!
Alfred Seccombe
Carmel, CA
Occupation: General Contractor
Alfred Seccombe
Carmel, CA
Occupation: General Contractor
Builder for 30 years.
Please do a new investigation of the 9/11 Twin Towers collapse.
Philip Darling, MEng
Occupation: Electronic/Acoustical
Education: MEng., Electronic Engineering, York Univ
Philip Darling, MEng
MEng., Electronic Engineering, York Univ
Occupation: Electronic/Acoustical
I am 23 and an electronic/acoustical engineer.
There is no way that the buildings could have collapsed in the way that the official report claimed they did.
Jan Fieten, Engineer
Visvliet, Groningen, Netherlands
Education: tu delft netherlands
Jan Fieten, Engineer
tu delft netherlands
Visvliet, Groningen, Netherlands
1948 Born 1966 High school 1980 Tu delft netherlnads civil engineering environmental/health section . grioundwater celan up petrol staions and refineries. europe. 1997, own production demi urg mobile air/watercleaner, patented. 1999 till 2009 production , of 6655 units forMFCC, mulitple flexible container chaissis.
John Mcness
Bunbury, WA, Australia
Education: degreed & licensed
John Mcness
degreed & licensed
Bunbury, WA, Australia
I have had 36 years experience in,the Power Generation Industry,in Construction,Maintenance and Operation Areas of this Industry.
Stunned would be the feeling I had for what I had seen on the late night TV. I had read about the 2 towers construction in Engineering magazines at the time of their construction of the Engineering requirements to withstand the most extreme situations,even Aircraft collision. When the Pancake theory was first espoused, I realised that given at least 1 second per floor,15 seconds does not equate to 110 floors.
Andrew E. Siivola, Licensed Electri
Scottsdale, AZ
Occupation: Electrician
Education: degreed & licensed
Andrew E. Siivola, Licensed Electri
degreed & licensed
Scottsdale, AZ
Occupation: Electrician
39 years old, honest business man, patriot to the Republic and family man. I've been in the construction industry all of my professional life. I have a very deep concern about the direction of our elected officials.
This whole event stinks to high heaven of corruption, greed, and total disregard for the well being of the common man. This event demonstrates the deception and tyranny of our Federal Government. God save the people of this great nation from the absolute Despotism forced upon us. The people involved in this devilish act MUST be held accountable for their actions.
Martin Healy, BE
Galway, Galway, Ireland
Education: Mechanical Engineering
Martin Healy, BE
Mechanical Engineering
Galway, Galway, Ireland
Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Galway University - worked with Finite Element modelling tools for pressure vessel design etc.
Gerhard M. Reichold, Architect
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Education: Diplom
Gerhard M. Reichold, Architect
Diplom
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
After working as an architect for 20 years in Germany I decided to take a job for civil engineering in the Russian Federation.
When I saw the live pictures in German TV my first thoughts were that this can only be an inside job, as the matter of course a very good one. Now I know that I was right and I hope the Americans will fight for finding out the truth. Killing people should not be business any more.
Katie D. O'connor
Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Economics/Environmental Studies
Education: B.A., Economics, UC Santa Cruz
Katie D. O'connor
B.A., Economics, UC Santa Cruz
Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Economics/Environmental Studies
I am increasingly interested in this investigation into 9/11. I have watched many documentaries and truly believe that this was completely a cover up. I would like to petition what we were told and learn any more facts about what really happened.
I am mostly concerned with the falling of Building 7 and how this was possible and why we didn't get any answers till 7 years later in 2008.
Jack Montrose
Fallon, NV
Education: Registered Civil Engineer
Jack Montrose
Registered Civil Engineer
Fallon, NV
Registered Civil Engineer - Retired Expertise - Highway Construction and Administration
No doubt they were imploded. Follow the money. Who purchased the building 6 months prior and who had free access to the buildings with an opportunity to plant internal explosives. Why were the buildings blacked out (no power) on several occasions prior to the incident
Lawrence L. Commans
Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Recording Engineer
Lawrence L. Commans
Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Recording Engineer
I'm just your average happily married guy, Father of two, I work in the film business, I work on my old house, I love what I do, and I do it well. I started looking into the 9/11 Truth Movement about 7 years ago after listening, to what I felt were complete lies by our administration when it came to the run up for war. Our media took everything at face value, there wasn't enough investigative journalism, whenever a mantra is used, truth gets lost. I knew something was wrong, so I started opening my eyes & mind.
A close friend asked if I would be willing to look into Controlled Demolition as a possible reason for how the World Trade Centers fell?? I basically told him to F-off, I watched it all unfold on that day, I felt surprised like everyone else, but after doing my own research I realized that much of what we saw wasn't just that one day. No longer did I have to accept that what I witnessed needed to be supported by immediate answers, and that by seeking more information, I began to understand just how lost the truth really is. Anything in Politics that is relevant should never be reverent, that's my new policy.