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CONFRONTING THE EVIDENCE -- A CALL TO REOPEN THE 9-11 INVESTIGATION -- TRANSCRIPT AND SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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Hugh Kaufman, Chief Investigator, EPA: The EPA officials were lying to the public and to Congress about the health effects engendered by the 9/11 catastrophe.
Robert Gulack, SEC, Union Steward, Victim: Because the EPA said the offices were safe and employers ordered their employees back into the buildings, and thousands of us are now permanently ill.
Ron Elum, Works near Ground Zero, Victim: I headlined at Radio City Music Hall with the Rockettes dancing behind me. I sang everywhere there was to sing, to sing a song, but I can't sing now, because every time I try to sing now, I choke.
Robert Gulack: So in the middle of October, October 15th, 2001, I came to work. Two days later, I woke up at night, October 17th, 2001, and my lungs were full and gurgling, the respiratory function was so low that it woke me up out of a sound sleep, and from that day on, I've been sick.
Hugh Kaufman, Chief Investigator, EPA: In fact, the air was hazardous for many, many months, and all of those tons of hazardous material were lodged in people's homes, in their offices, where in many cases they still are today.
Joel Kupferman, NY Environmental Law and Justice Project: For me, the major failure by the U.S. Government after 9/11 was its failure to act as a government, which is to inform and protect.
Ed Begley, Jr.: Of all the terrifying images on September 11th, the collapsing twin towers are among the most horrific. A shocked nation saw the two larges structures on the New York City skyline dramatically crumble before our eyes. Given the vast scale and unprecedented nature of the horrifying spectacle, and lacking any information to the contrary, viewers could only assume that the fiery crashes of Flight 11 and 175 were the sole causes of the Towers' subsequent collapses.
From "Painful Deceptions," by Eric Hufschmid Building No. 7 at the World Trade Center was a 47 story building with a steel frame. No airplane crashed into it, nor did the Towers fall onto it. However, this building disintegrated on September 11th.
This satellite image shows the World Trade Center about a year before the attack. Building 7 is the tall building at the top. Building No. 1 is the North Tower. You can distinguish it from the South Tower by its antennae. Buildings 4, 5 and 6 were office buildings. Building 3 was a hotel. The attack on September 11th destroyed all seven of these buildings and it damaged surrounding buildings as well.
Here is a view from an airplane of the rubble of Building 7. The pile is very small. How did a 47-story steel building crumble into such a tiny pile of rubble? The Bush administration wants us to believe that fire caused it to disintegrate. Fires started in Building 7 at around 9:00 in the morning a few moments after the plane crashed into the South Tower. These fires burned slowly all day.
Fires Burned 8-1/2 Hours
The Fires at 3 PM This photo shows the fire at 3:00 p.m. The fires are not easy to see because they are small and the air is full of dust and smoke. Nearby buildings and reflections make it difficult to figure out where Building 7 is, so I'll fade out the other buildings for a moment so that you can see Building 7 more clearly. There are flames coming from only a few of the thousands of windows of this large building. Most floors do not have fires, and those that do are burning in a few small areas only. Compared to other office fires, these are small. Why didn't the sprinkler system extinguish them?
Why didn't the Sprinkler System Extinguish Them?
5:30 PM Suddenly Crumbled How did a few small fires cause Building 7 to collapse? According to Bill Manning, editor in chief of Fire Engineering, a magazine for fire departments, fire has never destroyed a steel building.
How did a few little fires cause Building 7 to crumble?
Fire Engineering: Fire has never destroyed a steel building |
