jarhead
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Oh and you have the fema report stating that there were no manual firefighting operations in the building, but we can just laugh at that and call it crazy too I suppose.
And here's an excerpt from a newspaper article from the new york press.
In 2001, Silverstein Properties along with Westfield America won a 99-year lease for most of the WTC complex with a $3.2 billion dollar bid. The deal, a New York City real-estate record, was finalized only seven weeks before 9/11. Silverstein would then take out a record insurance policy. If the timing doesn’t seem suspicious, remember that men have done much worse to gain much less.
Immediately following 9/11, Silverstein was a media darling and recipient of the world’s sympathy. An aging real-estate king finally reaches the pinnacle of his career when an unforeseen national tragedy brings him to his knees—cheek to cheek with the unwashed masses. At first, his only opposition was a handful of conspiracy theorists that pointed to a slip he made during a 2002 PBS documentary titled America Rebuilds. While talking with a fire commander after 7 World Trade Center caught on fire (allegedly from falling debris), Silverstein said he told him to “pull” the building. In the world of controlled demolition, “pull” means to begin demolition. Silverstein later explained that he meant pull out the fire personell. There’s no denying that the collapse, even more so than the Twin Towers, appeared systematic. Then again, we’ve never seen a jumbo jet plow into a skyscraper before. Despite the testimonies of several noted architiects, there remains a nagging disbelief that 7 World Trade Center could have fallen so easily when other buildings that were closer and suffered more damage stood firm. According to experts, fires created by diesel fuel or falling debris cannot create temperatures hot enough to melt the steel support structures. The truth about this still-vague aspect of 9/11 may forever remain a mystery.
Silverstein’s popularity with the rest of the public (i.e. not just those wacky conspiracy theorists) began to wane when it was time to collect on that record insurance deal. Using the terms of an obscure clause in his insurance policy, Silverstein demanded the payout be doubled because two plane collisions meant two separate attacks. Eventually he settled for $5 billion, $1.8 billion more than his investment.
And here's an excerpt from a newspaper article from the new york press.
In 2001, Silverstein Properties along with Westfield America won a 99-year lease for most of the WTC complex with a $3.2 billion dollar bid. The deal, a New York City real-estate record, was finalized only seven weeks before 9/11. Silverstein would then take out a record insurance policy. If the timing doesn’t seem suspicious, remember that men have done much worse to gain much less.
Immediately following 9/11, Silverstein was a media darling and recipient of the world’s sympathy. An aging real-estate king finally reaches the pinnacle of his career when an unforeseen national tragedy brings him to his knees—cheek to cheek with the unwashed masses. At first, his only opposition was a handful of conspiracy theorists that pointed to a slip he made during a 2002 PBS documentary titled America Rebuilds. While talking with a fire commander after 7 World Trade Center caught on fire (allegedly from falling debris), Silverstein said he told him to “pull” the building. In the world of controlled demolition, “pull” means to begin demolition. Silverstein later explained that he meant pull out the fire personell. There’s no denying that the collapse, even more so than the Twin Towers, appeared systematic. Then again, we’ve never seen a jumbo jet plow into a skyscraper before. Despite the testimonies of several noted architiects, there remains a nagging disbelief that 7 World Trade Center could have fallen so easily when other buildings that were closer and suffered more damage stood firm. According to experts, fires created by diesel fuel or falling debris cannot create temperatures hot enough to melt the steel support structures. The truth about this still-vague aspect of 9/11 may forever remain a mystery.
Silverstein’s popularity with the rest of the public (i.e. not just those wacky conspiracy theorists) began to wane when it was time to collect on that record insurance deal. Using the terms of an obscure clause in his insurance policy, Silverstein demanded the payout be doubled because two plane collisions meant two separate attacks. Eventually he settled for $5 billion, $1.8 billion more than his investment.
