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Reports
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NIST NCSTAR 1A, Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7. August 2008.
- "This report describes how the fires that followed the impact of debris from the collapse of WTC 1 (the north tower) led to the collapse of WTC 7; an evaluation of the building evacuation and emergency response procedures; what procedures and practices were used in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the building; and areas in current building and fire codes, standards, and practices that warrant revision. Extensive details are found in the companion reports, NIST NCSTAR 1-9 and NIST NCSTAR 1-9A. Also in this report is a summary of how NIST reached its conclusions. NIST complemented in-house expertise with private sector technical experts; accumulated copious documents, photographs, and videos of the disaster; conducted first-person interviews of building occupants and emergency responders; analyzed the evacuation and emergency response operations in and around WTC 7; performed computer simulations of the behavior of WTC 7 on September 11, 2001; and combined the knowledge gained into a probable collapse sequence. The report concludes with a list of 13 recommendations for action in the areas of increased structural integrity, enhanced fire endurance of structures, new methods for fire resistant design of structures, enhanced active fire protection, improved emergency response, improved procedures and practices, and education and training. One of these is new; the other 12 are reiterated from the investigation into the collapse of the WTC towers. Each of the 13 is relevant to WTC 7."
Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Building Security :
Emergency Management :
September 11
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Verbatim Transcript of Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing for ISN 10024 (Khalid Sheikh Muhammad). March 2007.
- This is the transcript of the tribunal hearing for Khalid Sheikh Muhammad held on March 10, 2007. In this hearing, Muhammad confesses to masterminding the September 11 attacks and 28 other plots.
Source: Department of Defense, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Large File: 1.3+ Mb.
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Al Qaeda :
Legal Material :
Secondary Legal Material :
September 11
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Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Al Libi, Abu Faraj. February 2007.
- Coming from the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy, this report summarizes the evidences and determinations used to classify the named individuals as "combatants."
Source: Department of Defense, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Al Qaeda :
Legal Material :
Secondary Legal Material :
September 11
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Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Al Shib, Ramzi Bin. February 2007.
- Coming from the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy, this report summarizes the evidences and determinations used to classify the named individuals as "combatants."
Source: Department of Defense, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Al Qaeda :
Legal Material :
Secondary Legal Material :
September 11
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Verbatim Transcript of Open Session Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing for ISN 10013. February 2007.
- This includes all unclassified materials and discussions associated with the determination of the combatant status of Ramzi Bin al-Shib.
Source: Department of Defense, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Al Qaeda :
Legal Material :
Secondary Legal Material :
September 11
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Verbatim Transcript of Open Session Combatant Status Review Tribunal Hearing for ISN 10017. February 2007.
- This includes all unclassified materials and discussions associated with the determination of the combatant status of Abu Faraj al-Libi.
Source: Department of Defense, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Al Qaeda :
Legal Material :
Secondary Legal Material :
September 11
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Surveillance for World Trade Center Disaster Health Effects Among Survivors of Collapsed and Damaged Buildings. April 2006.
- "The objectives of this study were to assess the physical and mental health conditions and symptoms reported by building survivors, especially those who had been occupants of collapsed buildings (e.g., WTC-1 and WTC-2) using data from the WTCHR baseline interviews conducted during September 5, 2003–November 20, 2004, and to examine relations between reported experiences and exposures and health outcomes. Health outcomes include injuries on September 11, new and worsening respiratory and nonrespiratory symptoms and conditions after September 11, and mental health symptoms during the 30 days preceding the interviews."
Source: Department of Health and Human Services, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: Vol. 55 No. SS-2.
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Public Health :
September 11
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September 11: Monitoring of World Trade Center Health Effects Has Progressed, but Program for Federal Responders Lags Behind. February 2006.
- This testimony of Cynthia A. Bascetta discusses "federally funded programs [that] have monitored the physical and mental health effects of the WTC attack. These monitoring programs include one-time screening programs and programs that also conduct follow-up monitoring. GAO was asked to assess the progress of these programs and examined (1) federally funded programs implemented by state and local government agencies or private institutions, (2) federally administered programs to monitor the health of federal workers who responded to the disaster in an official capacity, and (3) lessons learned from WTC monitoring programs. GAO reviewed program documents and interviewed federal, state, and local officials and others involved in WTC monitoring programs."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-06-481T.
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First Responders :
Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc. :
Public Health :
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Final Report of the National Construction Safety Team on the Collapses of the World Trade Center Towers (Draft). June 2005.
- This report discusses "how the aircraft impacts and subsequent fires led to the collapses of the towers after terrorists flew jet fuel laden commercial airliners into the buildings; whether the fatalities were low or high, including an evaluation of the building evacuation and emergency response procedures; what procedures and practices were used in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the towers; and areas in current building and fire codes, standards, and practices that warrant revision." For the status of the investigation and other draft reports, visit NIST.
Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: NIST NCSTAR 1 (Draft). Large File: 16+ Mb.
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Building Security :
Lessons Learned
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Federal Emergency Management Agency's Individual and Family Grant Program Management at the World Trade Center Disaster. September 2004.
- "The Office of Inspector General (OIG), at the request of Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney and Jose Serrano, audited the management of the Individual and Family Grant (IFG) program after the World Trade Center disaster (WTC) to determine whether actions by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the state of New York contributed to reported fraud and abuse in the program."
Source: Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: OIG-04-49. Large File: 1.8+ Mb.
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September 11
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Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center. June 2004.
- "This public update summarizes the progress made by NIST and the cooperation it has received from a variety of organizations since the May 2003 update."
Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Blast Mitigation :
Lessons Learned :
September 11
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Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster. May 2003.
- "This public update summarizes the progress made by NIST and the cooperation it has received from a variety of organizations since the May 2003 update."
Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Blast Mitigation :
Lessons Learned :
September 11
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World Trade Center Building Code Task Force Public Forum. August 2002.
- This document includes a presentation and report by Robert Smilowitz discussing the preventions of progressive collapse in buildings damaged by acts of terrorism or other disasters, focusing on the collapse of the World Trade Center.
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Building Security :
September 11
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Review of Studies of the Economic Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center. May 2002.
- This report identified and reviewed eight key studies of the economic impact of September 11, 2001 terrorists attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-02-700R.
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Emergency Management :
September 11
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Administration of Justice Under Emergency Conditions: Lessons Following the Attack on the World Trade Center. January 2002.
- This report shows how the courts in New York City not only reopened quickly but were committed to upholding the principle of individual rather than mass justice and offers a set of recommendations that officials in New York City and elsewhere can follow to plan for future emergencies.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice (All by Source | Source Website).
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Legal Material :
Lessons Learned :
Secondary Legal Material :
September 11
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Rapid Assessment of Injuries Among Survivors of the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center — New York City, September 2001. January 2002.
- This report published by the CDC summarizes findings of an assessment which indicated that the arrival of injured persons to four hospitals closest to the crash site and a fifth hospital that served as a burn referral center began within minutes of the attack and peaked 2 to 3 hours later.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Injuries from Terrorism Events :
Public Health :
September 11
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Community Needs Assessment of Lower Manhattan Following the World Trade Center Attack. December 2001.
- This report discusses the needs regarding the physical and mental health of residents living in the immediate area surrounding the WTC and was designed to gather information to help determine how to best respond to the needs of the community.
Source: Department of Health, New York City (All by Source | Source Website).
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Emergency Management :
Mental Health :
Public Health :
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World Trade Center Attack Claims Act. December 2001.
- This report discusses "the Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was referred a bill (S.1624), to establish the Office of World Trade Center Attack Claims to pay claims for injury to businesses and property suffered as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City that occurred on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass."
Source: Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate (All by Source). Report Number: 107-116.
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Financial and Economic Aspects of Terrorism :
Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Media Interaction With the Public in Emergency Situations: Four Case Studies. August 1999.
- This report "provides an analysis of media coverage of four major emergency situations in the United States and the impact of that coverage on the public. The situations analyzed are the Three Mile Island nuclear accident (1979), the Los Angeles riots (1992), the World Trade Center Bombing (1993), and the Oklahoma City bombing (1995). Each study consists of a chronology of events followed by a discussion of the interaction of the media and the public in that particular situation."
Source: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress (All by Source | Source Website).
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Media :
Oklahoma City Bombing
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Foreign Terrorists in America: Five Years After the World Trade Center. February 1998.
- This is a statement by Dale Watson, Chief of the International Terrorism Section, National Security Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information of the Senate's Judiciary Committee. It discusses broad lessons learned from the bombing of the World Trade Center, the presence of foreign terrorist groups in the U.S., and response to terrorism.
Source: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate (All by Source).
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Lessons Learned
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