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'''Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth''' is an organization that advocates [[September 11 conspiracy theories]]. Richard Gage, a San Franciso area based architect, founded the group in 2006. Richard Gage argues that the buildings of the World Trade Center have been destroyed by [[ |
'''Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth''' is an organization that advocates [[September 11 conspiracy theories]]. Richard Gage, a San Franciso area based architect, founded the group in 2006. Richard Gage argues that the buildings of the World Trade Center have been destroyed by [[ World Trade Center controlled demolition conspiracy theories|controlled demolitions]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Mounir|first=Roderic|title=Les attentats du 11-Septembre: «une démolition contrôlée!»|journal=Le Courrier|date=Nov. 13, 2008|url=http://www.lecourrier.ch/index.php?name=NewsPaper&file=article&sid=440823|accessdate=May 23, 2009}}</ref> and claims that "the official explanation of the total destruction of the World Trade Center skyscrapers has explicitly failed to address the massive evidence for explosive demolition."<ref>{{cite news|last=Beam|first=Alex|title=The truth is out there . . . Isn't it?|date=Jan. 14, 2008|journal=The Boston Globe|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/01/14/the_truth_is_out_there____isnt_it|accessdate=May 23, 2009}}</ref> |
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== Origins == |
== Origins == |
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File:Architects & Engineers for 9-11 Truth logo.png | |
Founded | 2006 |
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Founder | Richard Gage |
Type | Political advocacy |
Focus | 9/11 Truth movement |
Area served | United States |
Website | http://www.ae911truth.org |
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth is an organization that advocates September 11 conspiracy theories. Richard Gage, a San Franciso area based architect, founded the group in 2006. Richard Gage argues that the buildings of the World Trade Center have been destroyed by controlled demolitions[1] and claims that "the official explanation of the total destruction of the World Trade Center skyscrapers has explicitly failed to address the massive evidence for explosive demolition."[2]
Origins
Richard Gage, a San Franciso area based architect,[3] founded the group in 2006.[4][5] According to a BBC news report, Richard Gage had been convinced of the need to bring together architects and engineers when he heard an an independent radio station interviewing the theologian David Ray Griffin.[4]
Advocacy
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth advocates that the buildings of the World Trade Center could not have collapsed only because of the impact of the planes.[6] Investigations by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) have concluded that the buildings collapsed as a result of the impacts of the planes and of the fires that resulted from them.[7][8] The mainstream of the scientific community has rejected the position taken by the group and generally does not want to debate proponents of 9/11 conspiracy theories, to avoid giving them unwarranted credibility.[9] To support their position, the group Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth points to the "free fall" pace of the collapse of the buildings, the "lateral ejection of steel", and to the "mid-air pulverization of concrete".[6]
According to Richard Gage, 7 World Trade Center (7 WTC), a 47-story high-rise building that was part of the World Trade Center complex and collapsed in the afternoon on September 11, 2001, is the most obvious example of controlled demolition with explosives.[10] Scott Grainger, a fire engineer and member of the group, told the BBC that the fires that were observed in 7 WTC were scattered about on the floors, would have moved on as they would have found no more combustibles, and thus could not have developed enough heat to cause the collapse of the building.[10]
After the publication of the results of NIST inquiry into the collapse of 7 WTC, leaders of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth dismissed NIST's investigation as flawed.[11] "How much longer do we have to endure the coverup of how Building 7 was destroyed?" said Richard Gage, the leader of the group.[11] Gage maintains that the "sudden and spontaneous" collapse of the towers would have been impossible without a controlled demolition and that traces of a high-tech thermitic incendiary had been found in samples of the dust produced by the collapse of the World Trade Center.[12]
Activities
Richard Gage, the leader of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, went on a tour of European countries in 2008.[12]
Publications
The controversial two-hour movie 9/11 Blueprint for Truth, which is popular among supporters of the 9/11 Truth movement, is based on a presentation given by Richard Gage in Canada.[3] When the movie was played on cable-access Groton Channel, it sparked anger among its veiwers such as Groton resident Alan Hoch who said "I think the piece was absolute drivel, and I would be embarrassed if I were the one who foisted this nonsense on the viewing community".[3]
External links
References
- ^ Mounir, Roderic (Nov. 13, 2008). "Les attentats du 11-Septembre: «une démolition contrôlée!»". Le Courrier. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
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(help) - ^ Beam, Alex (Jan. 14, 2008). "The truth is out there . . . Isn't it?". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
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(help) - ^ a b c Moskowitz, Eric (Nov. 29, 2007). "Airing of 9/11 film ignites debate". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
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(help) - ^ a b Rudin, Mike (July 4, 2008). "The evolution of a conspiracy theory". BBC. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ Barber, Peter (June 7, 2008). "The truth is out there". Financial Times. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ a b Beam, Christopher (April 8, 2009). "Heated Controversy". Slate. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ Jim Dwyer (September 2, 2006). "2 U.S. Reports Seek to Counter Conspiracy Theories About 9/11". New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
- ^ Glanz, James (March 29, 2002). "Towers Fell as Intense Fire Beat Defenses, Report Says". New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ Pope, Justin (Aug. 6, 2006). "9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Thriving". CBS. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
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(help) - ^ a b "Q&A: The Collapse of Tower 7". BBC. July 4, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ a b Eric Lipton (Aug. 22, 2008). "Fire, Not Explosives, Felled 3rd Tower on 9/11, Report Says". New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
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