Kevin Ryan od UL FIRED FOR QUESTIONING GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE STORY

[Guest guest]

On 11/17/04, Kevin Ryan of UL laboratories wrote a letter stating that the

steel did not fail in the World Trade Center as the official government cover

story alleges. Yesterday, he was fired.

 

Here are the postings at:

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/bbs/message.php?message=39199 & mpage=1 & topic=3 & \

showdate=11/17/04 & replies=69

 

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Kevin Ryan od UL FIRED FOR QUESTIONING GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE STORY COVERUP!!!

 

I just got off the phone with Paul Baker in Media Relations at UL in

Northbrook, IL. (847-664-1001) Paul confirmed that Kevin R. Ryan, the head of

the

Environmental Health Laboratory Div. of Underwriter´s Laboratory (UL) was fired

today.

 

He promised to give me a copy of UL´s statement on the termination by e-mail

as soon as it is available. He said the memo thing " needs to be cleared up. "

 

For those of you who are not up to speed, Kevin had written a curt e-mail to

Frank Gayle of the National Institute of Standards and Technology questioning

that the steel (which his lab had certified) had failed in the WTC 1 and WTC 2

collapses due to the buring jet fuel. Kevin´s memo is available elsewhere

here on GLP.

 

THIS IS THOROUGHLY UNCONSCIONABLE. I will post a copy of the e-mail as soon

as it is received.

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Re: Kevin Ryan od UL FIRED FOR QUESTIONING GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE STORY

COVERUP!!!

 

I just called everybody and his uncle in the patriot/911 truth community I

could think of over the last 45 minutes. I spoke to Alex Jones in person during

a commercial break of his radio show (in progress).. we´re trying to get Kevin

onto Alex´s show. Plenty of others have been informed.

 

Spread the word friends!!! AS the Bushies are known to say: " This will not

stand! "

 

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Re: Kevin Ryan od UL FIRED FOR QUESTIONING GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE STORY

COVERUP!!!

 

OK..I reached Kevin R. Ryan at home. He confirmed the firing and that it was

over his willingness to challenge the official collapse story put out by the

US government.

 

He was willing for me to give his phone number to both Alex Jones and to

www.911truth.org, and I have done so.

 

He sounds quite shaken, but otherwise well. I asked him if he was OK

financially and he said for now he´d be OK.

 

What a great patriot! I wish more people had Kevin´s courage!

 

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http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20041112144051451

 

 

Kevin R Ryan/SBN/ULI

frank.gayle

 

11/11/2004

 

 

Dr. Gayle,

 

Having recently reviewed your team´s report of 10/19/04, I felt the need to

contact you directly.

 

As I´m sure you know, the company I work for certified the steel components

used in the construction of the WTC buildings. In requesting information from

both our CEO and Fire Protection business manager last year, I learned that

they did not agree on the essential aspects of the story, except for one thing -

that the samples we certified met all requirements. They suggested we all be

patient and understand that UL was working with your team, and that tests would

continue through this year. I´m aware of UL´s attempts to help, including

performing tests on models of the floor assemblies. But the results of these

tests appear to indicate that the buildings should have easily withstood the

thermal stress caused by pools of burning jet fuel.

 

There continues to be a number of " experts " making public claims about how

the WTC buildings fell. One such person, Dr. Hyman Brown from the WTC

construction crew, claims that the buildings collapsed due to fires at 2000F

melting the

steel (1). He states " What caused the building to collapse is the airplane

fuel . . . burning at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The steel in that five-floor

area melts. " Additionally, the newspaper that quotes him says " Just-released

preliminary findings from a National Institute of Standards and Technology study

of the World Trade Center collapse support Brown´s theory. "

 

We know that the steel components were certified to ASTM E119. The time

temperature curves for this standard require the samples to be exposed to

temperatures around 2000F for several hours. And as we all agree, the steel

applied met

those specifications. Additionally, I think we can all agree that even

un-fireproofed steel will not melt until reaching red-hot temperatures of nearly

3000F (2). Why Dr. Brown would imply that 2000F would melt the high-grade steel

used in those buildings makes no sense at all.

 

The results of your recently published metallurgical tests seem to clear

things up (3), and support your team´s August 2003 update as detailed by the

Associated Press (4), in which you were ready to " rule out weak steel as a

contributing factor in the collapse " . The evaluation of paint deformation and

spheroidization seem very straightforward, and you noted that the samples

available

were adequate for the investigation. Your comments suggest that the steel was

probably exposed to temperatures of only about 500F (250C), which is what one

might expect from a thermodynamic analysis of the situation.

 

However the summary of the new NIST report seems to ignore your findings, as

it suggests that these low temperatures caused exposed bits of the building´s

steel core to " soften and buckle " (5). Additionally this summary states that

the perimeter columns softened, yet your findings make clear that " most

perimeter panels (157 of 160) saw no temperature above 250C " . To soften steel

for the

purposes of forging, normally temperatures need to be above 1100C (6).

However, this new summary report suggests that much lower temperatures were be

able

to not only soften the steel in a matter of minutes, but lead to rapid

structural collapse.

 

This story just does not add up. If steel from those buildings did soften or

melt, I´m sure we can all agree that this was certainly not due to jet fuel

fires of any kind, let alone the briefly burning fires in those towers. That

fact should be of great concern to all Americans. Alternatively, the contention

that this steel did fail at temperatures around 250C suggests that the majority

of deaths on 9/11 were due to a safety-related failure. That suggestion

should be of great concern to my company.

 

There is no question that the events of 9/11 are the emotional driving force

behind the War on Terror. And the issue of the WTC collapse is at the crux of

the story of 9/11. My feeling is that your metallurgical tests are at the crux

of the crux of the crux. Either you can make sense of what really happened to

those buildings, and communicate this quickly, or we all face the same

destruction and despair that come from global decisions based on disinformation

and

" chatter " .

 

Thanks for your efforts to determine what happened on that day. You may know

that there are a number of other current and former government employees that

have risked a great deal to help us to know the truth. I´ve copied one of

these people on this message as a sign of respect and support. I believe your

work

could also be a nucleus of fact around which the truth, and thereby global

peace and justice, can grow again. Please do what you can to quickly eliminate

the confusion regarding the ability of jet fuel fires to soften or melt

structural steel.

 

1. http://www.boulderweekly.com/archive/102104/coverstory.html

 

2. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 61st edition, pg D-187

 

3. http://wtc.nist.gov/media/P3MechanicalandMetAnalysisofSteel.pdf

 

4. http://www.voicesofsept11.org/archive/911ic/082703.php

 

5. http://wtc.nist.gov/media/NCSTACWTCStatusFINAL101904WEB2.pdf (pg 11)

 

6. http://www.forging.org/FIERF/pdf/ffaaMacSleyne.pdf

 

Kevin Ryan

Site Manager

Environmental Health Laboratories

A Division of Underwriters Laboratories

 

South Bend