22 Questions for Flight 93 Coroner Wally Miller by Lisa Guliani

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22 Questions for Flight 93 Coroner Wally Miller

by Lisa Guliani


Wally Miller is the Somerset County coroner and a Somerset funeral home director who was the local point-man in charge of the Flight 93 crash site until the FBI took control of the crime scene. I tried on three different occasions to ask Mr. Miller the following questions: once in person at his funeral parlor, and twice during telephone conversations on May 10, 2006. Mr. Miller refused to give me more than three minutes of his time on the telephone, then unceremoniously hung-up on both occasions even though he previously agreed to grant us an interview during our trip to Shanksville. What follows are my questions to Wally Miller. For more information of what really happened on the morning of September 11, 2001 in Shanksville: Phantom Flight 93

1) You have stated: All human remains of Flight 93 were identified. Did the FBI or other federal intelligence agencies help make these positive identifications? Vicky Rock at The Daily American newspaper in Somerset stated to us that not all of the purported passengers/hijackers were able to be identified. Can you explain why there is a contradiction between your statement to us on May 2, 2006 and the statement made to us by the above-named Somerset newspaper correspondent?

2) Bob Schmucker from the Shanksville Memorial Site told us that the entire fuselage from Flight 93 was pulled from the crater and that it looked like a crumpled-up piece of aluminum foil. Is this accurate? We've received varying accounts of the hole/crater depth. How deep would you assess it, and can you confirm that the entire fuselage was extracted from this crater? What other wreckage/remains (if any) were extracted?

3) Many people we've spoken to in Shanksville, Indian Lake, and Somerset County have told us that human remains/debris were discovered hanging in the trees at the crash site. Yet, no publicly available photos show solid evidence of any of these types of debris - either hanging in the trees, in the viewable portion of the crater, or on any of the surrounding landscape of the field itself (in any direction). In fact, we see nothing in photos to suggest the expected kinds of plane wreckage, a significant debris field, or evidence of human remains on any of the four sides bordering the crash site. Typically, a plane crash resembles a rag & bone shop. Yet, this crash site appears inexplicably "clean". Why is that?

4) How long did you hold onto evidence before turning it over and relinquishing control of the crime scene? To whom did you release this evidence, and what specifically did you release?

5) Can you tell me if any accident report for this crash was filed with the NTSB? We cannot seem to find any accident reports for the purported 9-11 crash sites.

6) On the morning of 9-11, how long did it take for the FBI to arrive on the scene in Shanksville, and how long did they remain in the area?

7) Do you have any specific knowledge of the FBI and Pennsylvania State Police cordoning off an area in New Baltimore on the morning of 9-11 as reported by Brian Cabell of CNN?

8) Do you have any information about a phone call to the Somerset Hospital on the morning of 9-11 in which hospital personnel were advised to prepare for victims from two separate crash sites?

9) In your opinion, is there anything to suggest that this plane might have been shot down? Several people we spoke with reported two military fighter jets trailing behind Flight 93 on the morning of 9-11.

10) Can you please explain how solid debris from the crash (gravel, seat backings, pieces of plane metal) could have ended up at Indian Lake (1-2 miles away) and New Baltimore (6-8 miles away) when the wind speed that day was only 9-10 miles per hour?

11) The government has said that Flight 93 liquefied into the ground, yet an MIT scientific analysis shows that the plane would have to be coming in at Mach 4 or thereabouts in order for this liquefication process to occur. Can you explain how this would be physically and scientifically possible given the speed capabilities of a commercial jet airliner such as the one alleged to have crashed in Shanksville?

12) We have come across some passenger list oddities regarding Flight 93. Several of the purported passengers do not show up listed as dead on the Social Security Death Index. Considering that you issued presumptive death certificates for all of the passengers alleged to be on the flight that day, can you tell me how it is possible that people are not listed as dead 4 1/2 years later?Examples: Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, Jeremy Glick.

13) Todd Beamer's father, David Beamer, has been linked to a previous no-bid contract with the Pentagon Reconstruction project - the same part of the Pentagon that was struck on 9-11. Do you find that at all strange?

14) We've asked many locals if they smelled the unmistakable stench of burning human flesh in Shanksville on the morning of 9-11 - in total, all of the purported victims' bodies would have weighed approximately 6,000 pounds.So far, not one person we've questioned says they smelled anything foul like that on 9-11 - some have recalled smelling only jet fuel. Can you explain the absence of this distinctive odor, which should have been pervasive given the situation? Also, why wasn't there even one drop of blood at the crime scene?

15) There seems to be some confusion regarding the actual rate of speed of Flight 93 in its final moments. In talking to Shanksville locals, the Somerset newspaper, volunteer firefighters, an ambassador at the Flight 93 memorial, and other official sources, we were given six or seven different rates of speed. Do you know what the actual rate of speed was, and why does there seem to be so much confusion regarding this aspect of the story?

16) Different individuals in Shanksville and the surrounding area have told us that some fairly large pieces of wreckage were recovered from the crater. One person told us that a 3 foot by 1 1/2 foot piece of plane wreckage was extracted. Another person told us that the largest piece of wreckage was the size of a Volkswagon! Do you have any photos we can view of actual plane wreckage from this crash site?

17) A volunteer firefighter in Somerset told us that the FBI seemed to know what was going to happen in Shanksville before they even arrived on the scene, and we spoke with many people at Indian Lake and New Baltimore who seemed to be very suspicious of the FBI's role in this matter. Even a Pa. State policeman gave us that distinct impression.What was your impression of the FBI's role in this matter and how they handled the crime scene, evidence, etc?

18) Why has there been so much secrecy regarding the plane wreckage, if indeed there was plane wreckage? Why are there no publicly available photos of this alleged wreckage/debris?

19) Bob Schmucker (ambassador of the memorial site), informed us that the mound located behind the fenced-in area of the crash site contains ground tree limbs and human remains. When questioned, he cited you as the source of this information. Can you please confirm if this is accurate; and if so, why would human remains be allowed to sit in a mound on the open field when you have been quoted in the past as saying that at least one tissue sample could not be identified due to weather degradation? Are there human remains in the mound? If so, can you explain why? If not, why would this individual make that statement and attribute you as the source?

20) Two of the purported Flight 93 hijackers have been reported to be alive after 9-11. How is this possible when they allegedly died when Flight 93 crashed into the field in Shanksville? You previously stated to me on May 2, 2006 that everyone aboard Flight 93 had been positively identified. Yet, we have contradictory information that suggests otherwise. Please explain how you managed to identify the alleged hijackers and what role DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team) played in the aftermath following the alleged crash of Flight 93. How do you explain the following:

The Flight 93 hijackers in question are:Saeed AlghamdiSaeed Alghamdi, a Saudi Airlines pilot, was identified by the FBI as being a hijacker of Flight 93 which crashed in Pennsylvania. Alghamdi was "shocked and furious" to learn this three days after the attack, noting that his name, place of residence, date of birth, and occupation matched those described by the FBI. "You cannot imagine what it is like to be described as a terrorist - and a dead man - when you are innocent and alive," said Alghamdi, who considered legal action against the FBI. Ahmed Al-NamiAl-Nami was identified by the FBI as one of the hijackers of Flight 93. Al-Nami said: "I'm still alive, as you can see. I was shocked to see my name mentioned by the American Justice Department. I had never even heard of Pennsylvania where the plane I was supposed to have hijacked."

References

Revealed: The Men with Stolen Identities
Hijack 'Suspects' Alive and Well
Dead Saudi Hijack Suspect Resurfaces, Denies Involvement
'Suicide Hijacker' is an Airline Pilot Alive and Well in Jeddah

21) We were told that local excavation companies were utilized to excavate the crater. Will you please identify these companies for us?

22) Will you release all reports compiled by you and/or your office from the Shanksville Flight 93 crash, including medical and any other wreckage and debris reports so that they can be publicly examined?