Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story 9/11 and the Bottom Line Numerous ideas have emerged for the cause of 9/11 and the loss of so many lives: failed mid-east policies, the US was not prepared, no warning from the intelligence community, etc. One aspect that has not been fully addressed and that is the role of corporate greedÖthe ëbottom line. Politicos of the l960s pandering to the special interests acquiesced to the real estate and construction industries and changed the building codes, which relaxed construction standards. In l967 the NY Building Code was changed from a specification code to a performance code. As a result of this change the steel framing was no longer required to be encased in concrete, but would be protected by spray-on-fireproofing, which is not reliable as it sometimes falls off during a fire. Fire stairs would no longer be protected by terracotta and concrete, but would be encased in sheetrock. These two important changes among others compromise the integrity of the building and the safety of the occupants during severe fire conditions. The reason for these changes is cutting costsÖ the ëbottom line. Examining the images of 9/11 we can observe that the impact of the aircraft barely shook either tower and the shock had little to do with the collapse. The direct cause of the collapse was the ensuing fire that softened the inadequately protected steel and doomed the towers. Had the WTC been constructed under the more stringent specification code and the steel protected by concrete the building might have withstood the fire. At least the collapse would have been delayed extending evacuation time saving many hundreds of lives. We were not prepared for the attack of 9/11, but we could have better protected our citizens, by not watering down our building codes and pandering to those whose only thought isÖthe ëbottom line. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp47.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-24