Var aš skoša yfir hin og žessi gömul innleg hér į 9/11 žręšinum og einnig ķ gögnum sem ég į og var aš grśska ķ en hafši ekki birt..
Finnst vel viš hęfi aš setja žetta hér mišaš viš nafniš į žessum žręši...
En reyndar var ég aš leita aš žvķ hver ętti allt WTC ķ dag en žaš kemur allavega fram hér hver žaš er og žį um leiš hver hagnast mest en žaš er blessašur gyšingurinn hann Larry Zilverstein......
En žaš munar miklu um aš fį borgaš śt tryggingabętur sem aš viškomandi notar svo til aš reisa hiš nżja WTC ( "Musteri Mammons" ) heldur en aš žurfa aš borga engar smį fjįrhęšir til endurbóta og endurbyggingar į öllu WTC sem var komiš į žann tķma aš eitthvaš žyrfti aš gera, annaš hvort fella allt drasliš
(nś sem aš "terorristarnir "meintu geršu svo snyrtilega fyrir klaniš) og byggja allt frį grunni...
Einhverjum tryggingafélögum hefši nś fundist eitthvaš skrķtiš viš margt sem skeši žennan dag..en kanski sama sagan į žeim bę engir tryggingasvika
rannsóknarmenn lengur til...frekar en alvöru rannsóknarblašamenn...
Mišaš viš hvaš sagt er hér žį er fall turnanna ekki aš meika sens...February 27, 1993:
WTC Engineer Says Building Would Survive Jumbo Jet Hitting ItTwin Towers Engineered To Withstand Jet CollisionEftir žvķ sem ég skil setninguna hér aš ofan žį er veriš aš segja aš
tvķbura turnarnir įttu aš žola/standast įrekstur viš žotuBusiness: Saturday, February 27, 1993 http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/...p;date=19930227Eric Nalder
Engineers had to consider every peril they could imagine when they designed the World Trade Center three decades ago because,
at the time, the twin towers were of unprecedented size for structures made of steel and glass.
"We looked at every possible thing we could think of that could happen to the buildings, even to the extent of an airplane hitting the side," said
John Skilling, head structural engineer.
"However, back in those days people didn't think about terrorists very much." Skilling, based in Seattle, is among the world's top structural engineers. He is responsible for much of Seattle's downtown skyline and for several
of the world's tallest structures, including the Trade Center.
Concerned because of a case where an airplane hit the Empire State Building,
Skilling's people did
an analysis that showed the towers would withstand the impact of a Boeing 707. "Our analysis indicated the biggest problem would be the fact that all the fuel (from the airplane) would dump into the building.
There would be a horrendous fire. A lot of people would be killed," he said.
"The building structure would still be there." Skilling - a recognized expert in tall buildings -
doesn't think a single 200-pound car bomb would topple or do major structural damage to a
Trade Center tower. The supporting columns are closely spaced and even if several were disabled, the others would carry the load. "However," he added,
"I'm not saying that properly applied explosives - shaped explosives - of that magnitude could not do a tremendous amount of damage." He took note of the fact that smoke and fire spread throughout the building yesterday.
He said that is possibly because the pressurizing system that stops the spread of smoke didn't work when the electric power went off.
Skilling, 72, was not involved in the design of the building mechanics.
Although Skilling is not an explosives expert, he says there are people who do know enough about building demolition
to bring a structure like the Trade Center down. "I would imagine that if you took the top expert in that type of work and gave him the assignment of bringing
these buildings down with explosives, I would bet that he could do it." January 25, 2001: WTC Construction Manager Says Tower Could Sustain Multiple Plane Impacts http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&the_post-9/11_world
Frank De Martini,
an architect who works as the World Trade Centers construction manager, is interviewed for a
History Channel documentary about the WTC towers. He says
, I believe the building probably could sustain multiple impacts of jetliners because this structure is like t
he mosquito netting on your screen door, this intense grid, and the jet plane is just a pencil puncturing the screen netting.
It really does nothing to the screen netting. En finnst engum žetta neitt skrķtiš Context of 'July 24, 2001: World Trade Center Ownership Changes Hands For the First Time'http://www.panynj.gov/pr/pressrelease.php3?id=80http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context...2401silversteinReal estate development and investment firm Silverstein Properties and real estate investment trust Westfield America finalize a deal worth
$3.2 billion to purchase
a 99-year lease on the World Trade Center. The agreement covers the Twin Towers, World Trade Center Buildings 4 and 5 (two nine-story office buildings), and about 425,000 square feet of retail space. [New York Times, 4/27/2001; Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 7/24/2001; IREIzine, 7/26/2001]
Westfield America will be responsible for the retail space, known as the Mall.
Silverstein Properties lease will cover the roughly
10 million square feet of office space of the Twin Towers and Buildings 4 and 5. Silverstein Properties already owns Building 7 of the WTC, which it built in 1987. (skrżtiš..ętli nżjasta nżjasta byggingin hafi ekki veriš meš brunavörn.. mętti allavega halda žaš. )
This is the only time the WTC has ever changed hands since it was opened in 1973. [International Council of Shopping Centers, 4/27/2001; Westfield Group, 7/24/2001; Daily Telegraph, 9/11/2001; New York Times, 11/29/2001; CNN, 8/31/2002]
It was previously controlled by the New York Port Authority, a bi-state government agency. [Wall Street Journal, 5/12/2007]
Larry Silverstein, the president of Silverstein Properties, only uses $14 million of his own money for the deal. His partners put up a further $111 million, and banks provide $563 million in loans. [Brill, 2003, pp. 156]
The Port Authority had carried only $1.5 billion in insurance coverage on all its buildings, including the WTC,
but Silversteins lenders insist on more, eventually demanding $3.55 billion in cover. [American Lawyer, 9/3/2002]
After 9/11, Larry Silverstein will claim the attacks on the World Trade Center constituted two separate events, thereby
entitling him to a double
payout totaling over $7 billion. [Daily Telegraph, 10/9/2001; Guardian, 8/18/2002]
Eventually, after several years of legal wrangling, a total of $4.55 billion of insurance money will be paid out for the destruction of the WTC (see May 23, 2007). Most of this appears to go to Silverstein Properties. How much goes to Westfield America is unclear. [New York Post, 5/24/2007]
Between September 1 and September 7, 2001: Silverstein Properties Takes Over Control of the World Trade Center http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context...1silversteinwtcIn the first week of September 2001, the real estate development and
investment firm Silverstein Properties assumes control of the World Trade Center. The company had acquired the lease to operate the Twin Towers from the New York Port Authority in late July (see July 24, 2001).
It has already begun managing the facility with its own executives. Selected Port Authority employees, including Alan Reiss, the director of the World Trade Center, have been assisting the firm during a three-month transition period.
But in the weeks prior to 9/11, according to the New York Times, Silverstein Properties asked Mr. Reiss to let it more fully operate everything from safety systems to tenant relations. [New York Times, 9/13/2001; Weiss, 2003, pp. 338; 9/11 Commission, 5/18/2004 ]