Gage was also interviewed for an episode of the documentary The Conspiracy Files that the BBC produced in co-operation with the German television channel [1]
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth argues that the buildings of the World Trade Center could not have collapsed only because of the impact of the planes,[2]
The Santa Ynez Valley Journal reports that the group consists of 640 architects and engineers.[3]
who are calling for a new investigation into the cause of the destruction of the Twin Towers and 7 WTC.[4]
His presentations, which are focused on the sequence of events leading to the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings,[5]
According to its website, the organization is backed by more than 600 professionals and 3.500 other supporters.[6]
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth is an organization that demands further investigation into theadvocates September 11 attacks.[7]
The organization claims to have received the support of Edward Asner, the actor and political activist, in a letter dated Oct. 6, 2008.[8]
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 "smoking gun", and would provide the most compelling evidence that the actual causes of the collapse had not been told to the public.[9][10]
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]
In 2006, NIST released a fact sheet based on a detailed report it had published in 2005, in order to respond to conspiracy theories.[13] Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Paul McHale said about the investigation: "The events of September 11 have been reconstructed in meticulous detail. Every reasonable person can only agree on the basic mechanisms of the attacks. There may be still unanswered questions, but the theories about a conspiracy of the government are absolutely baseless."[14]
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth argues that the buildings of the World Trade Center could not have collapsed only because of the impact of the planes,[15][16] but does not blame any particular individuals or organizations for the September 11 attacks.[17]
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Paul McHale said about the investigation: "The events of September 11 have been reconstructed in meticulous detail. Every reasonable person can only agree on the basic mechanisms of the attacks. There may be still unanswered questions, but the theories about a conspiracy of the government are absolutely baseless."[18]
Two dissenting voices in the engineering community are Hugo Bachmann and Jörg Schneider, retired professors for structural analysis and construction of ETH Zurich, who say that, with great probability, 7 WTC has been brought down by controlled demolition.[19]
^Röckerath, Christoph. "Das Geheimnis des dritten Turms". Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Retrieved May 25, 2009. Ist World Trade Center 7 wirklich die "Smoking Gun" des 11. September, der Beweis, das etwas "faul" ist, wie es der prominente Architekt Richard Gage [...] formulierte? (Translation: "Is World Trade Center 7 really the "smoking gun" of September 11, as Richard Gage, the prominent architect [...] says?")
^Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (September 9, 2006). "La seduzione delle teorie alternative". Retrieved May 26, 2009. Gli eventi del'11 settembre 2001 sono stati ricostruiti in modo meticoloso: ogni persona di buon senso può solo essere d'accordo con i meccanismi fondamentali degli attacchi - ha affermato ieri il sottosegretario alla difesa per la sicurezza nazionale Paul McHale - Ci possono essere ancora domande senza risposta ma le teorie del complotto governativo sono assolutamente prive di fondamento
^Beam, Christopher (April 8, 2009). "Heated Controversy". Slate. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
^Reuters (Nov. 8, 2008). "Arquitectos estadounidenses piden a Obama que reabra la investigación sobre el 11-S". Retrieved May 27, 2009. Aseguran que las Torres Gemelas no fueron derribadas por el choque de los aviones.{{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help) (Press agency report. Translation: "They argue that the Twin Towers were not destroyed by the impact of the planes."
^"Corrections". National Post. April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
^Ganser, Daniele (Sep. 9, 2006). "Der erbitterte Streit um den 11. September". Tages-Anzeiger. Retrieved May 25, 2009. «Nach meiner Meinung ist das Gebäude WTC 7 mit grosser Wahrscheinlichkeit fachgerecht gesprengt worden», sagt Hugo Bachmann, emeritierter ETH-Professor für Baustatik und Konstruktion. Und auch Jörg Schneider, ebenfalls emeritierter ETH-Professor für Baustatik und Konstruktion, deutet die wenigen vorhandenen Videoaufnahmen als Hinweise, dass «das Gebäude WTC 7 mit grosser Wahrscheinlichkeit gesprengt wurde».{{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) (Translation: "In my view, building 7 WTC has been professionally demolished," says Hugo Bachmann, Professor emeritus of ETH for structural analysis and construction. Jörg Schneider, also Professor emeritus of ETH for structural analysis and construction of ETH, interprets the few available video recordings as indications that, "with great probability, building 7 WTC has been blown up.")
