reconstruct it virtually our goal is to figure out why it collapsed late in the afternoon on september eleventh two thousand and one even though it was not hit by in their mind the investigation conduct our investigation we'll evaluate the probability that this was the cause of the collapse we are making this study and transparent whether you are a physicist engineer architect fire expert or specialist in another field or just an r narry citizen we want your participation we are making all of our data available online every aspect of our process regarding the molly will be shared and we will be giving regular updates from the lab as we continue our work join us in getting to the bottom of why world trade center seven collapsed on september eleventh two thousand and one and political scandals of occurred which have tested our judicial and law enforcement system lets crimes are rock the world and tested our values and our democracy united states leaders over the years constant vigilance by us us are citizens of the united states is required to protect this constitution and our democracy going sure that our legal institutions operate with integrity we needed tourney's and judges to up hold the highest a legal standard but even that are not enough and then gauged citizenry is more than just the people themselves among the most disturbing of the crimes that have tested our democracy the horrific attacks of nine eleven and eleven not only raised fears for our nation government and the critical checks and balances against abuse of power provided in our constitution and risk like never before one would think our leaders will make every effort to solve the crimes of nine eleven rather than enduring a full and independent investigation and adjudication of the crimes of nine eleven the official investigation as been described by astute observers as a highly orchestrated whitewash even commissioners who served in the official investigation complain of major roadblocks and limitations imposed on them in plain language it was a coverup further i'm sure you know necessary part of solving a crime is to examine the forensic evidence but i bet some of you are not know that over the last fifteen years professional in the evaluate the families of the victims and we the american people deserve to have this evidence examined independently and thoroughly i'm wondering  i'm nonprofit organization which has been formed to address this exact problem after two years of analysis data judging and planet lawyers committee is ready to implement a carefully planned and independent investigation preparing and filing a petition for a federal grand jury and pursuing civil lawsuits including the lawsuits under the freedom of information act freedom of information act is perhaps the most powerful instrument we have for making our government and transparent like this one now because this may be one of our last opportunities hoods of the official nine eleven narrative that has cost us so much and money lives international respect and prestige and our constitutional rights just as important this is our best chance to investigate and expose the private and illegal agenda behind the ongoing global war on terror which began as a result of the eleven encouraging news is with the lawyers committee for nine eleven encourage we now have a team of experienced lawyers dedicated to pick up where previous investigations left off and do the work that i expect w truly historic consequences i'm pleased to announce proudly agreed to serve on this board of directors your donations are critically important lawyers committees attorneys researchers investigators have been donating their time a new executive director is donating twelve months of his tie what's required is your support we are asking for your tax deductible political and social framework for the sake of future generations together we can reestablish the united states as a great nation preserve our democratic republic and restore our standing in the to go into a greater effort to understand what couldn't have happened in this building or its destruction i'd like to bring up one of the top forensic structural engineers in the country from the university of alaska a professor leroy wholes the structural engineer p h d professor h good afternoon which is no ok good afternoon it's a pleasure to be here today and thank you all for giving me the opportunity to be here under forensic structural engineer up above it says las vegas nevada that's not true fairbanks alaska it's true so so one to just kind of give you a little bit of an insight of who i am and and and kind of give you  some background before i get into this presentation i'm actually also a license structural engineer i have been business some forty years i've worked on as an expert united the news of america building united nations building the dean dome in north carolina and a number of other structures around the country so what i'm bringing to this presentation is the fact that i've done a lot of work on structural engine investigations looking at fires on high rise buildings in particular steel structures so that being said let me take you to this first slide and focus your attention on to the blue outline