A Genuine Investigation Was Needed

FEMA's inconclusive $600,000 report is treated as the last word on the cause of the collapses.

• The total collapses of WTC 1, 2, and 7 where the largest failures of engineered steel structures in history.
  • No one anticipated such buildings could fall from fires.
  • Fires have never leveled steel-framed buildings.
  • Only severe earthquakes have caused total collapse.
• If official explanation is correct then:
  • Existing engineering theory is invalidated.
    A new phenomenon -- progressive collapse -- has to be invented.
  • No steel-frame building is safe --
    Isolated fires can cause total collapse.
  • Billions of dollars in retrofitting will be required.
  • Firefighters should no longer enter burning buildings.
• A serious investigation was called for, requiring at minimum:
  • billions of dollars to fund an investigation commensurate with the disaster
  • a paid staff of forensics experts and scientists
  • thorough documentation of the crime scenes
  • preservation of the evidence, recording locations of pieces at scene before transport to warehouse