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• • 12 Jul 06
  • 5:55 pm

  this is my 1st post here so i'll keep it short. it's been nearly five years since 9/11, and NIST has still not released a report explaining how WTC7 was able to collapse in the manner observed. in fact, NIST NCSTAR 1-3 states clearly that "no steel was recovered from WTC 7" - the puzzling thing about this simple statement is that FEMA had a piece of steel from WTC7, it was analyzed by a team of professors at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Barnett, Biederman, & Sisson), who were unable to explain the severely eroded 'swiss cheese' condition of the steel. …

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• • 13 Jul 06
  • 1:25 am

  for the record, it's FDNY, not NYFD. 2nd, all the Firefighters who mentioned WTC7's 'imminent collapse' were merely relating what they were told by other (unidentified) persons on the scene. all the other details, they know precisely who they were with (even guys from other firehouses, even cops they'd never met before that morning) - but you can search through the hundreds of oral histories from the FDNY (i have), and every single one of them who mentions WTC7 just says 'somebody' told them the building was going to collapse - not Lieutenant so-and-so, not Battalion Chief whats-his-name, just 'somebody'. now, …

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• • 23 Jul 06
  • 12:19 pm

  ok, i'm back for a moment to address a few issues i feel are critical: (1) Natalie, you have a number of times referred to NIST, specifically to the anticipation of their 'final report' on WTC7's collapse. you even went as far as to suggest that this 'final report' will probably address my initial question, namely "what happened to the only known sample of A36 steel recovered from WTC7, and why doesn't NIST have it?" - don't hold your breath waiting for answers from NIST on this point, as NIST NCSTAR 1-3 states clearly: "properties for steel used in [WTC7's] construction …

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