Ed. – This is the actual 10-minute statement read by Richard Gage, AIA, to the media at the AE911Truth press conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC on September 9, 2010.

Good afternoon, my name is Richard Gage, AIA. I’m a member of the American Institute of Architects; I’ve been a licensed architect for 22 years; And I’m the founder of the non-profit organization, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth).

As a group, we now have more than 1,270 architect and engineer petition signers.  Collectively, we have more than 25,000 years of building and technical experience. This press conference is being given by our petition signers and supporters today in 65 [it turned out to be 67] locations around the world, including 30 states and 4 countries.

Today, we’re here to inform you that we have uncovered evidence that the official investigations into what happened to the World Trade Center skyscrapers on 9/11 were deeply flawed, or worse.  The scientific forensic facts we have discovered have very troubling implications.

Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth founder, Richard Gage, AIA, started the jubilant e-mail to AE911Truth members and supporters after the historic two-billion-candlepower Third Beam burst into the NYC skyline at 9:11 p.m. on Sept. 11:  “The Third Beam went on without a hitch! … It was awesome, Team!” (“AE911Truth Shines Third Beam into NYC Skyline for WTC 7”)

Indeed, that it ‘went off without a hitch’ was the appearance.  But the behind-the-scenes reality of this  brilliant success was that the Third Beam “almost didn’t happen” at every step along the way of an incredible months-long process -- and at every one of those steps, ‘something’ incredible happened in order to ‘make it happen.’

Hello, friends and supporters.  AE911Truth still needs you. If you have been holding back your financial support for AE911Truth, this is the time to let it flow.

We spent two solid weeks working for you in Washington, DC, and in New York City. Without your support we will not be able to continue breaking through the barriers. We rely on both our dedicated monthly supporters and on those of you who find our most recent work inspiring enough to make a one-time donation. If you believe in us, then please join the family of sustaining supporters now.

What have we accomplished for you and for 9/11 Truth on this East Coast trip?  Let’s take a look:

1. We met personally with over a dozen congressional staffers / science advisors, along with their constituents, giving them a live 20-minute presentation of the evidence for the explosive controlled demolition of WTC 1, 2 and 7. We secured commitments from all of the staffers to watch the "San Francisco Press Conference" DVD that we left with them, and to inform their bosses about the information on our website – enabling us to hold them accountable later. We are following up with each congressional office this month. Help us with your support for our monthly operational expenses.

November 9, 2010, at 7 p.m., AE911Truth will visit the Sonoma State University Campus for a presentation of Blueprint for Truth - The Architecture of Destruction at Cooperage hall. The event is hosted by Project Censored, which has provided crucial coverage of 9/11-censored stories over the past five years. The 25 most censored stories 2009-2010 are part of the Project’s mission to showcase significant issues that the corporate media won't cover. Project Censored now has over 30 college and university affiliates contributing on its expanding website. Recently, our allies at Project Censored have been censored by so called “alternative” publications over its coverage of 9/11 Truth.

Since the destruction of the World Trade Center skyscrapers on September 11, 2001, over a dozen technical professionals from various fields have publicly defended the Official Conspiracy Theory (OCT) used to explain the three building collapses. These OCT advocates have promulgated NIST’s fire-induced, gravitational collapse hypothesis through the mainstream media or in public debates with AE911Truth, and have delivered a wide range of arguments that haven’t been collectively refuted – until now. On September 9, 2010, a few of their public statements were put to the test in a live mock debate with AE911Truth at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

September 9 Resonates around the World

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On September 9, a major press conference was held by AE911Truth at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Yet, this was only one of a series of important presentations and activities by Richard Gage, AIA, and volunteers who traveled to Washington, DC, and New York City in conjunction with the ninth anniversary of September 11, 2001.

The milestone press release was delivered to more than 200 media groups at the NPC, bringing awareness that now more than 1,300 architects and engineers are calling for a new investigation into 9/11. The text of that press release is contained in the accompanying article, “AE911Truth Delivers the Evidence to the Media: Press Conference -- National Press Club - Washington DC.” Also on the same day, AE911Truth press conferences were held in 67 locations in the United States and Internationally in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Spain.