| Rhonda Roland Shearer, Director; Deputy Assistant Chief - Ronald R. Spadafora, FDNY; Nick Carcich, Construction; Captain - Mike Banker, FDNY; Peter L. Gorman, President of Uniform Fire Officers Association; John Dunne, Captains Representative Uniform Fire Officers Association; Bobbie Gray, Locals 14 and 15 (Operating Engineers) et al. See link for full list of committee. |
Our Research and Fact Checking:
I. INTRODUCTION: Click Here to Read Research Project Methods II. Langewiesche's WTC Looting Charges: Fact-Checked
See the evidence supporting
Ladder 4 members' innocence. |
III. Plagiarism in American Ground: Langewiesche fails to cite Wall Street Journal and
LA Times journalists' exclusive interviews...
| Sept. 2002 - Response to American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center. Article by William Langewiesche published in three parts in the Atlantic Monthly magazine. Factual corrections to Part 1;“The Inner World,” August 2002; Part 2, “The Rush To Recover,” September 2002; and Part 3, “The Dance of the Dinosaurs,” October 2002. |
Part1 > Read
(with Internet version pagination)
Quotes with factual errors (underlining of text not original)
Corrected facts
Part 2 > Read
(magazine version pagination)
Quotes with factual errors (underlining of text not original)
Corrected facts
Part 3 > Read
(magazine version pagination)
Quotes with factual errors (underlining of text not original)
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Quid pro quo?
The DDC gave him special access; DDC
Ken Holden and Michael Burton later
became the heroes in his book. More
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11/18/02 South St. Seaport Museum.
When confronted, Langewiesche denies he called firefighters thieves....
... and yet, Langewiesche writes:
"The looting was shadowy, widespread and unsurprising. The Trade Center was known to have been hit before by errant policemen and firemen, after the terrorist bombing of 1993. This time the thievery was less intense but longer-lived. It involved small numbers of construction workers and men from the same uniformed groups as before...." see American Ground pp 158-161 |
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around the world need an international forum for knowledge
exchange. No organization now exists where, say Japan,
can find out about Haz Mat capacities in France, England,
Germany, the US or Egypt. |
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WTC Living History Project Group(WTC LHPG) begins the International Civil Protection Project with Arab Republic of Egypt: Ministry of Interior. Photo shows FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Spadafora with Cairo's Fire Department members Oct 27.2002.
FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Ronald R. Spadafora (shown here in middle) served at Ground Zero from September 11, 2001-June 24, 2002, as FDNY Site Safety Chief, and as FDNY Incident Commander. |
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See design for our new website for The International Civil Protection Project. The first issue of our forthcoming online magazine features train disasters -- rescue, recovery, hazardous materials, and fire prevention. French, American and Egyptian experts will compare experiences and discuss training, equipment and operations.
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