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WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite missteps in the inquiry in the
collapse of the World Trade Center, investigators are gaining infor
mation that could lead to stricter building standards and make sky-
Hapers safer, officials told a congressional panel Wednesday.
BArden Bement, director of the National Institute for Science and
Technology, said it was unclear what form such changes could take
uniil more is known about why the twin towers fell. His inquiry
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rom dusk until 11 p.m. for 32 days, though it may be darkened
rom time to time for bird migrations or air traffic.
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Lawmakers bemoaned the lack of clear guidance in investigat
ing building collapses.
“There are no clear lines of authority as to who in the federal
government is to conduct an investigation of a building failure,” said
Science Committee Chairman Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y.
“No one is in charge, no one is sure what powers the federal
government can exercise, no one is sure of the scope of an investi
gation. That has to be fixed right away.”
The team of investigators — comprised of officials from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA) and the
American Society of Civil Engineers — did not even get access to
the site until October, a month after the attack.
They testified they never asked the city of New York not to recy
cle tons of steel that some experts say could hold vital clues about
why the twin towers fell. And the team, which has no subpoena
power, did not get access to the trade center blueprints from the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey until four months after
the collapse and only then after being forced to sign a form agree
ing not to testify against the Port Authority.
And there was obvious confusion about who was in charge. In
one testy exchange. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., asked the
panel of witnesses who was leading the investigation and three
people raised their hands
Bemant said his organization had taken control.
“We’re operating as if we’re in charge,.” Bemant said.
But Gene Corley, chairman of the building assessment team of
FEMA and civil engineers, said he was in charge until his group’s
final report is issued in April.
“It does strike me that six months after the fact there shouldn't
even be any doubt,” said Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn.
Robert Shea, FEMA’s acting administrator of federal insurance
and mitigation, testified “there are many things that in hindsight we
would have done differently.”
Officials told the lawmakers they need a rapid response team for
building failures — modeled on the teams used by the National
Transportation Safety Board in airplane crashes — with authority,
subpoena power and funding.
Lawmakers pressed for more speed.
“There are buildings going up right now that can use the benefit of
the knowledge that is coming out,” Rep. Felix Grucci, R-N.Y, said.
Under questioning from Weiner, Bement said that with the sci
ence that is available about the impact that heat and fire have on
structural failure of buildings officials could have predicted about
how long the trade center would have stood and possibly have pre
vented the loss of life.
“Do you believe that if we had this information before Sept. 1 1
some of those people sitting behind you would not have lost
loved ones?” Weiner asked referring to dozens of victims’ fami
lies at the hearing.
“Perhaps, yes,” Bement said.
Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y, said the recycling of trade center
steel without being examined will taint the investigation.
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