[The events of] 9/11 were seminal for our world. At the time people said, “It will change everything.” Our worldview has been changed, as well as our priorities as a people and a nation. We have become afraid, perhaps unlike any time in our lifetimes.

We are constantly given fearful messages. Two wars were started, and policies regarding civil rights, preemptive war, drone warfare and arbitrary detention are awful legacies. However, serious and critical questions about what exactly happened that day remain that must be faced. A group of 2,300 architects and engineers have signed a petition calling for a new investigation into the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings. The engineers claim that according to hard science, the buildings could not have collapsed as they did for the reasons given. They contend that the planes and fires could not have caused what happened that day, and that it appears controlled demolition was the cause of the buildings collapsing. Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth will hold a public presentation at The Four Points by Sheraton at 300 Meadow Ave., in Scranton, PA at 2 p.m. Saturday March 21, given by the founder of the organization, Richard Gage. Richard Gage is a true American hero. I hope the media will cover the event, that people will ask the right questions about what happened on 9/11 and have the courage to consider implications.

Kurt Shotko

Moscow, PA