Sunday, October 30, 2011

Purdue, NIST, and widely dislodged fireproofing



"The plane impacts. I try to get up and then I realize that I'm covered up to my shoulder in debris. And when I'm digging through under all this rubble, I can see the bottom wing starting to burn, and that wing is wedged 20 feet in my office doorway." -Stanley Praimnath, who was on the 81st floor of the South Tower.

See also: Letter to Purdue President Córdova, by Kevin Ryan