NIST to Release Report on B7 via Public Webcast

             

              

    

9/11 Blogger
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008

It seems odd to be using a webcast format for this, but I guess they’re expecting all the “internet conspiracy theorists” to tune in.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 18, 2008 CONTACT:
Ben Stein
(301) 975-3097
NIST to Release Report and Recommendations from Investigation of World
Trade Center Building 7
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/calmed/wtc_081808.html

*** Agency Will Hold Public Webcast on August 21 ***

Gaithersburg, Md. — The Commerce Department’s National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a media briefing and live
public webcast on Aug. 21, 2008, in Gaithersburg, Md., on the findings
and recommendations from its building and fire safety investigation of
the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7). WTC 7 was a
47-story building that fell nearly seven hours after the World Trade
Center (WTC) towers collapsed following the terrorist attacks of Sept.
11, 2001.

The NIST WTC 7 report will present the probable collapse sequence for
the building and will provide recommendations for improving building
and fire safety in other buildings similar to WTC 7. The draft WTC 7
investigation report released at the briefing will be open for public
comment through noon Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 15, 2008.

hyam Sunder, director of the NIST Building and Fire Research
Laboratory and lead investigator for the federal building and fire
safety investigation of the World Trade Center disaster, will present
the report and answer questions from reporters at the briefing. The
public will be able to view the briefing through a live webcast that
will be accessible from NIST’s WTC Web site at http://wtc.nist.gov

What: A media briefing and public webcast on the findings and
recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) report on the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7).

When: Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008 11 a.m. - Noon Eastern Daylight Time

Web Info : The WTC investigation Web site at http://wtc.nist.gov will
contain links to the webcast as well as accompanying materials such as
the full report, news release, and accompanying visuals at the time of
the briefing.

Reporters: Credentialed journalists who wish to register for the
media briefing should contact
Ben Stein, (301) 975-3097, ben.stein@nist.gov

Comments

[Jamey]

Can't wait for this whitewash. Maybe they will actually tell the truth? Nah. It will be a wild whitewash.