The inability to get anything built on the World Trade Center site in New York has become the story of the city. Now, the leaseholder, Larry Silverstein is planning to delay, yet again, the work.
He is hoping to get Merrill Lynch as a tenant in the new tower three.
Tell The Truthiness ; Yet another delay? Just get something on the site and quickly.
The National Institute for Standards and Technology has been made to admit that the collapse of the twin towers cannot, after a lengthy study, be explained.
A 10,000 page report has revealed also that the temperature of the steel would only have reached, at the most 500 degrees, nowhere near the 1000 degrees needed to weaken and further still from the 1,500 degrees needed to melt it.
So the ability of the towers to collapse at freefall speed is not possible because of the fire. The only other option that has yet to be fully investigated is a controlled demolition using explosives.
The NIST has no word on World Trade Center Building 7, which collapsed at 5.20pm, at freefall speed also, which had minor fire damage and was hit by far less debris from the falling towers than other buildings which remain standing to this day. The NIST promised to look at controlled demolition for Building 7 in August 2006, but has yet to report. When it does, we will let you know the results.
Tell The Truthiness ; We need a new, broad investigation. And we needed it six years ago.
