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University of Virginia
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April 10 to April 11, 2000<\/p>\n
This conference examined the relationship between our architecture and symbolic understanding of government. It specifically investigated whether attacks on public buildings like the National Capitol and the Murrah Building are related in any way to the architecture and its symbolic value.<\/p>\n
Case Presentations were provided on the Murrah Federal Building attack, the shooting in the U.S. Capitol by Russell Weston, and the Columbine shootings.<\/p>\n
“When a traumatic event starts, it\u2019s too late for a leader to establish trust. You have to work at establishing that before you get into a crisis situation. If the public goes into it with suspicion or cynicism toward leadership there is nothing much that a leader can do to gain that trust in a crisis.” – Ambassador W. N. Howell<\/strong>
\n“We have to try to minimize the risk to the greatest extent possible without making the Capitol look like an armed camp, and that\u2019s a challenge.” – Wilson Livingood<\/strong>
\n“I don\u2019t get the calls where somebody says, \u2018Hey, we have been doing everything you said, we\u2019ve been here a half hour, he\u2019s coming out, thanks a lot.\u2019 I don\u2019t get those. I get the calls that \u2018it\u2019s all messed up, we have a problem.\u2019 Well, what have you been doing? And you find that for four, five, six hours, two days, they have been droning endlessly about \u2018Charlie, when are you coming out? We need you to come out, Charlie!\u201d And no one ever stops to listen to this guy.” – Gary Noesner, Crisis Negotiation Unit, FBI<\/strong><\/p>\nImages<\/h4>\n\n\t\t