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NIST Status Update on World Trade Center 7 Investigation

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http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/wtc_062907.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 29, 2007

CONTACT: Michael E. Newman
(301) 975-3025
michael.newman@nist.gov

A team of scientists and engineers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is investigating the collapse of New York City's World Trade Center 7 (WTC 7) building expects to release its draft report for public comment by the end of the year. WTC 7 was a 47-story office building adjacent to the WTC towers (WTC 1 and 2) that collapsed following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. WTC 7 collapsed later that afternoon.

NIST's investigation of WTC 7 includes an extremely complex analysis that incorporates detailed information about the building's structure and construction, as well as data about fires, damage sustained from falling WTC 1 debris and other technical factors to determine its probable collapse sequence.

"We are proceeding as quickly as possible while rigorously testing and evaluating a wide range of scenarios to reach the most definitive conclusion possible," said Shyam Sunder, WTC lead investigator for NIST. "The WTC 7 investigation is in some respects just as challenging, if not more so, than the study of the towers. However, the current study does benefit greatly from the significant technological advances achieved and lessons learned from our work on the towers."

The NIST investigation team initially worked simultaneously on both the WTC towers and WTC 7 collapses. In June 2004, the team shifted to full-time study of the towers to develop needed simulation methods and other research tools and to expedite completion of the WTC towers report. Work resumed on the WTC 7 study in October 2005.

The current NIST working collapse hypothesis for WTC 7 is described in the June 2004 Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (Volume 1, page 17, as well as Appendix L), as follows:

An initial local failure occurred at the lower floors (below floor 13) of the building due to fire and/or debris induced structural damage of a critical column (the initiating event) which supported a large span floor bay with an area of about 2,000 square feet;

Vertical progression of the initial local failure occurred up to the east penthouse, as the large floor bays were unable to redistribute the loads, bringing down the interior structure below the east penthouse; and

Horizontal progression of the failure across the lower floors (in the region of floors 5 and 7, that were much thicker than the rest of the floors), triggered by damage due to the vertical failure, resulting in a disproportionate collapse of the entire structure.

This hypothesis may be supported or modified, or new hypotheses may be developed, through the course of the continuing investigation. NIST also is considering whether hypothetical blast events could have played a role in initiating the collapse. While NIST has found no evidence of a blast or controlled demolition event, NIST would like to determine the magnitude of hypothetical blast scenarios that could have led to the structural failure of one or more critical elements.

Updated information with the specific date for the public release of the NIST team's draft report will be posted on the WTC investigation Web site, http://wtc.nist.gov.

"diesel fuel tanks, no

"diesel fuel tanks, no controlled demo, blah blah blah". i can hear it now. notice the strain in trying to explain why the penthouse went. this is gonna be a farce, i cant wait until more intelligent people than myself rip it apart.

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Former Director, CIA

research assignment anyone?

The diesel storage tanks will likely be held up as a reason for the WTC7 collapse. Shortly after (or was it before?) 9/11/01 i read an article in one of the local NYC papers that is relevant but not available on the internet. The article was about a judge chastising Ghouliani for being in violation of three successive court orders. The courts had ordered the diesel storage tanks in wtc7 be removed. The mayor obviously did not allow them to be removed, then the building was brought down, issue moot.

I've been meaning to get to a local library as that is what is needed to verify & detail the information. Maybe I will sometime, but if someone else has time that would be good too. It seems the info might be freshly relevant if NIST is starting to talk about wtc7.

search local nyc papers in for the whole year 2001, re:Giuliani, Court Orders, Contempt, Diesel Storage tanks, etc.

WTC 5 & 6

Question? Will they explain how wtc 5 & 6 which were directly below the north tower managed to withstand the entire mass of the North Tower falling directly on top of them? WTC 5 & 6 had to be professionaly demolished a few weeks after 9/11. This new NIST report will just be another obstacle to buy time for the culprits. Now, it seems they are just figuring out new ways to bide time until the public removes 9/11 from their minds. Don't they know yet that we will never forget because we have been woken.

yep, see my post below,

yep, see my post below, Giuliani put those tanks there for a reason if you ask me and that reason is becoming more and more obvious now.

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Former Director, CIA

Almost half of the diesel fuel

was recovered after the collapse in tanks that survived !
According to FEMA 20000 galons of 42000 galons was still in tanks after the collapse !
(taken from Hufschmid's Painful deceptions book)

great

footenote?

Six years to write a report on the collapse? I don't think the

actual construction of the WTC took that long. NIST, why don't you just release your report at 12:01 pm on January 19, 2009. Then you won't have to be worried about being fired (or worse) by the 9/11 culprits.

"They took it from the top to the bottom, we're gonna take them from the bottom to the top." - Dan Wallace

great comment

puts it in perspective

They are desperate if "diesel fuel tanks" is the best pretext

they can come up with.

Buildings must be fitted with numerous, critically located explosives throughout to be imploded into their own footprints. Diesel tanks just can't do that. (Not to mention all the foreknowledge about WTC-7 coming down.)

Not to mention -- if diesel

Not to mention -- if diesel tanks are capable of causing a full implosion when flirting with small fires, does that mean that everyone forgot their existence in WTC7 when the decision was taken to locate the emergency bunker in the building?

The overarching theme of the 3 collapses seems to be:

1. D'oh! No one thought to take into account the effect of the fuel (jet fuel or diesel); and
2. Fuel is a wonderous, magical lava.

Fantastical thinking and incompetence theory writ large -- the very recipe the MSM feeds the masses to explain both 9/11 and all of the other jaw-dropping inexplicables of this administration.

Exactly, the WTC was already bombed by "terrorists" in 1993,

so then they allow volatile diesel tanks in WTC-7 for the emergency command center???

You Just

beat me to it. I just saw this on their website and skipped over to 911blogger to see if anyone had posted. Good catch. I'm really excited about them elaborating on "the magnitude of hypothetical blast scenarios". Still, they say they haven't found any evidence. Maybe we should show them some?

by "hypothetical blast

by "hypothetical blast scenarios" they likely mean fuel tanks stored there on the orders of Giuliani. convenient excuse but its not gonna work. i wonder why Giuliani made that decision though? hmm......

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Former Director, CIA

You're probably right

You're probably right, but after they said "hypothetical blast scenarios," they said "controlled demolition event". In terms of the context they're using it in, I'm assuming they're using them interchangeably. You're probably right, though, and they're probably won't really look into it, but who knows.

You're probably right

You're probably right, but after they said "hypothetical blast scenarios," they said "controlled demolition event". In terms of the context they're using it in, I'm assuming they're using them interchangeably. You're probably right, though, and they're probably won't really look into it, but who knows.

I guess

in a way this is a good sign... they are trying to officialy "debunk" CT in the WTC7 building. We got them scared and preoccupied. That's the way I read this, anyway.

edit: "let's give them enough rope to hang themselves" ;)

"911 was an Inside Job"

they know its a major weak

they know its a major weak point and i agree, they are scared and this is a good sign, especially based on how weak this press release is.

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Former Director, CIA

Should be interesting

As a recovering English major I always love an interesting work of fiction!

"Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective — a New World Order — can emerge..." - George H.W. Bush, 9/11/91

whatever

"draft report"...."probable collapse" = we have no f#$%in clue, but we bet the majority of the public will buy it again if we just use words like "probable collapse"

the fact that the following paragraph was published, just blows my mind....

This hypothesis may be supported or modified, or new hypotheses may be developed, through the course of the continuing investigation. NIST also is considering whether hypothetical blast events could have played a role in initiating the collapse. While NIST has found no evidence of a blast or controlled demolition event, NIST would like to determine the magnitude of hypothetical blast scenarios that could have led to the structural failure of one or more critical elements.

was this written by Jim Meigs lol

The Timing of its Release is Suspect...

Its not surprising that NIST is waiting to disclose this study until after Loose Change: Final Cut will be released. Now that they know that Dylan and Crew are "pretty much" locked in contractually to a Fall release, they have announced that the WTC 7 study will be released sometime this Winter. If the Final Cut is pushed back, expect NIST to do the same.

No doubt, they didn't want their report to be scrutinized in this film...

They also would like this study to be used by neoconservative talk show pundits to discredit LCFC. I can just hear them now: "See those conspiracy theorists are full of garbage... NIST just released their report on WTC 7 a month after the film was released... go back to sleep..."

So, you're saying...

.....that the NIST WTC7 Report being released before LCFC has a "low probability of occurance"?

:)

when the truth

is finally revealed and their coverup is exposed, I'd love to force these morons to repay all the tax-dollars of ours they've wasted on lying to us...

That's the problem with this kind of fraud...

that money is locked up somewhere in Switzerland (with all City of London accounts naturally), the Caiman Islands (AbrahamCo.), or Saudi Arabia (bin Laden group) - most likely the third option I would assume. Witnessing the exposure of this fraud might have to be enough for now, a war crimes trial would be cherry, and a worthy punishment for this crime would merit an international celebration, even a holiday IMHO.

Determining the way our tax money is collected/distributed in the future, you know, the way the system is supposed to the work, will be the reward for exposing these neoCON traitors for the vile filth that who they are. Unfortunately, we've already been punished for America's corporate greed (see: 9/11 being the most recent dose of punishment they've doled on US).

FWITW, I'd personally LOVE to see the abolition of ALL MONEY...don't see it happening though!

"Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective — a New World Order — can emerge..." - George H.W. Bush, 9/11/91

wow, way to go NIST, its a HUGE first step

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"This hypothesis may be supported or modified, or new hypotheses may be developed, through the course of the continuing investigation. NIST also is considering whether hypothetical blast events could have played a role in initiating the collapse. While NIST has found no evidence of a blast or controlled demolition event, NIST would like to determine the magnitude of hypothetical blast scenarios that could have led to the structural failure of one or more critical elements."
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it is not their working hypothesis but it is good to see that they are actually considering it as a possibility considering the strange circumstances surrounding the collapse.

CONTACT: Alfred E. Newman

CONTACT: Michael E. Newman
(301) 975-3025
michael.newman@nist.gov

www.northtexansfor911truth.com

please everybody

please everybody, let's be civil to the guy, I wonder if this poor ol'chap knows how many e-mails he's gonna get bombarded with, hopefully they're won't be any death threats (as other 'debunkers' have claimed to have received).

I'm glad they are at least publicly open to the possibility it was a controlled demo. that's a huge first step when you really think about it...

not open at all, we just

not open at all, we just forced thier hand.......

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Former Director, CIA

Exactly

They're trying to head off criticism that they didn't even consider the obvious explanation of controlled demolition. They'll say they looked into it but found no evidence. No way will they ever actually come to that conclusion, but it is a good sign that they have at least been forced to address the possibility. They know they will have zero credibility otherwise, which means they know "the whole world is watching."

bingo. they couldnt possibly

bingo. they couldnt possibly NOT look at WTC7 without at least pretending that they looked into the CD hypothesis. not at this point.

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Former Director, CIA

i def. agree w/ that

i do think this latest addendum acknowledging the possibility of a CD was forced upon them by the Movement.