Reply #34: Some of it is a matter of perspective. [View All]

[AZCat]

The NIST did not start the investigation at day 0. Theirs followed both the FEMA building study and the FBI's own investigation and was not intended to cover every hypothesis. The "narrowing" of the focus was done by those who tasked the NIST with the investigation. Neither was modeling of the collapse itself to be part of the project, because it wouldn't tell us anything about building safety. The focus was on looking at what caused the collapse so they could recommend changes to design that would prevent collapses. I don't think there is anyone who would claim that the NIST report is infallible. Hopefully the research going on right now will improve on their work, but it's certainly acceptable as a second iteration (FEMA being the first).