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By Jennifer Harper INSIDE THE BELTWAY
EXPLOSIVE NEWS
A lingering technical question about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
still haunts some, and it has political implications: How did 200,000
tons of steel disintegrate and drop in 11 seconds? A thousand
architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to
order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and
Building 7 at the World Trade Center.
"In order to bring down this kind of mass in such a short period of
time, the material must have been artificially, exploded outwards,"
says Richard Gage, a San Francisco architect and founder of the
nonprofit Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.
Mr. Gage, who is a member of the American Institute of Architects,
managed to persuade more than 1,000 of his peers to sign a new
petition requesting a formal inquiry.
"The official Federal Emergency Management [Agency] and National
Institute of Standards and Technology reports provide insufficient,
contradictory and fraudulent accounts of the circumstances of the
towers' destruction. We are therefore calling for a grand jury
investigation of NIST officials," Mr. Gage adds.
The technical issues surrounding the collapse of the towers has
prompted years of debate, rebuttal and ridicule.
He is particularly disturbed by Building 7, a 47-story skyscraper,
which was not hit by an aircraft, yet came down in "pure free-fall
acceleration." He also says that more than 100 first-responders
reported explosions and flashes as the towers were falling and cited
evidence of "multi-ton steel sections ejected laterally 600 ft. at 60
mph" and the "mid-air pulverization of 90,000 tons of concrete & metal
decking."
There is also evidence of "advanced explosive nano-thermitic composite
material found in the World Trade Center dust," Mr. Gage says. The
group's petition at www. ae911truth.org is already on its way to
members of Congress.
"Government officials will be notified that 'Misprision of Treason,'
U.S. Code 18 (Sec. 2382), is a serious federal offense, which requires
those with evidence of treason to act," Mr. Gage says. "The
implications are enormous and may have profound impact on the
forthcoming Khalid Shaikh Mohammed trial."
By Jennifer Harper INSIDE THE BELTWAY
EXPLOSIVE NEWS
A lingering technical question about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
still haunts some, and it has political implications: How did 200,000
tons of steel disintegrate and drop in 11 seconds? A thousand
architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to
order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and
Building 7 at the World Trade Center.
"In order to bring down this kind of mass in such a short period of
time, the material must have been artificially, exploded outwards,"
says Richard Gage, a San Francisco architect and founder of the
nonprofit Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.
Mr. Gage, who is a member of the American Institute of Architects,
managed to persuade more than 1,000 of his peers to sign a new
petition requesting a formal inquiry.
"The official Federal Emergency Management [Agency] and National
Institute of Standards and Technology reports provide insufficient,
contradictory and fraudulent accounts of the circumstances of the
towers' destruction. We are therefore calling for a grand jury
investigation of NIST officials," Mr. Gage adds.
The technical issues surrounding the collapse of the towers has
prompted years of debate, rebuttal and ridicule.
He is particularly disturbed by Building 7, a 47-story skyscraper,
which was not hit by an aircraft, yet came down in "pure free-fall
acceleration." He also says that more than 100 first-responders
reported explosions and flashes as the towers were falling and cited
evidence of "multi-ton steel sections ejected laterally 600 ft. at 60
mph" and the "mid-air pulverization of 90,000 tons of concrete & metal
decking."
There is also evidence of "advanced explosive nano-thermitic composite
material found in the World Trade Center dust," Mr. Gage says. The
group's petition at www. ae911truth.org is already on its way to
members of Congress.
"Government officials will be notified that 'Misprision of Treason,'
U.S. Code 18 (Sec. 2382), is a serious federal offense, which requires
those with evidence of treason to act," Mr. Gage says. "The
implications are enormous and may have profound impact on the
forthcoming Khalid Shaikh Mohammed trial."
