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After almost 25 years now, there are more things we still can learn about that day. Silverstein had signed a 99-year lease for the World Trade Center complex just weeks before the attacks. Silverstein has stated that he typically attended meetings at the World Trade Center every morning. However, on 9/11, he did not go to the office due to a medical appointment. This detail has frequently resurfaced in documentaries, news reports, and online discussions as people revisit the events of that tragic day.

https://manhattan.institute/article/the-weekend-interview-with-larry-silverstein-rebuilding-ground-zero

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[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Why focus on this one, hard-to-prove, mostly circumstantial piece of evidence when there are many, many more pieces of concrete, direct evidence that the owner of the WTC and all the wealthiest people in the US knew about the attacks and chose to profit from them?

[–] Bacano@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I personally don't believe 9/11 happened

It was all a conspiracy

/s

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

How can they think we'd believe planes exist

/S

[–] schwim@piefed.zip 65 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

He didn't "always" have breakfast at the north tower, he had breakfast at the north tower to meet new tenants so if he didn't need to do that, he didn't go. He didn't go that morning because a dermatology appointment that had been made months in advance was that morning and his wife insisted he didn't miss it.

I think Larry is a typical billionaire, hurting those around him far and wide to increase profits but this is just another 0 effort CTRL-C/CTRL-V without any actual verification of the claim because it fits your worldview. There's plenty to complain about him without regurgitating made up shit.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

Yeah but did you see his last name? /s

I'm not one to cry antisemitism but this reminds me of the "no Jews died on 9/11" conspiracy theory that was way too big for awhile

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 77 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It took about seven years for all the billionaires and insurance companies and lawyers to decide who owed what to whom.

It took about 30 seconds to decide to start killing brown people.

[–] Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It basically was an immediate attack wasn't it? What investigation led to the attack on them?

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What are you talking about?

Here's the top answer to 'legal problems caused by WTC attacks'

https://www.forensisgroup.com/resources/expert-legal-witness-blog/legal-battle-over-world-trade-center-property-damage-and-financial-losses

The war on brown people speaks for itself.

[–] Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (4 children)

Oh, gotcha. It led to all the Middle Eastern hate after it. I was talking about how quick the U.S. was to attack the people right after.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 46 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Or maybe it's the only day people noticed because it was a significant day.

Needs sources.

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago

He technically never had lunch in the world trade center after nine eleven either

[–] Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

Source was added.

[–] ZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Wasn't there a guy who worked there and told his wife he was at work while visiting the mistress on that day? And she later divorced him?

Urban legend or...

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

She was flying the plane

[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

He bought the building for a song (about $900 million) because it was full of asbestos and required to complete a multi-billion-dollar abatement process by 01/01/2002. Most agree such a project would have taken a minimum of one year to complete. No plans were ever made to begin the abatement and he got a $1.2 billion insurance payout after they were destroyed.

Also, building seven and the attacked section of the Pentagon held all the evidence and personnel investigating the biggest financial crimes of the 90s, like Enron and their ilk.

There's also the HUGE number of extremely high-risk puts that were purchased against the involved airlines in the week leading up to the attack. Like, 900 times more than normal, none of them expiring after the 11th, all of them suddenly paying out nearly twice what they were bought for.

Here's a fun video with more details and sources: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vOZToel_368

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

building for a song (about $900 million) because it was full of asbestos and required to complete a multi-billion-dollar abatement process by 01/01/2002. Most agree such a project would have taken a minimum of one year to complete.

Yeah, most people don't realize the wtc was a really shitty building that no one really wanted to lease from. Part of the reason the collapses were so bad was because the city management had moved as many publicly run organizations headquarters there as a way to subsidize the building. One of the reasons the port authority was awal for much of the event was because the port authority headquarters was located in one of the towers.

I haven't looked into the information that video uses for their sources about finace, but just judging by what they had to say about the engineering aspects about wtc7 collapse, I would be dubious.

The study they are talking about from the university of Alaska fairbanks is very flawed and was paid for by the Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.

Their conclusion was that the collapse couldn't be accounted for by fire alone, but that ignores the fact that the structural fire was caused by large debris that penetrated multiple floors and caused a huge amount of damage to the structural supports of the building.

The study has also been proven incorrect about their assumption about fire being unable to suddenly collapse a steel framed building of that size. Since 9/11 there have 2 or three steel framed sky scrapers that have suddenly collapsed due to uncontrolled fires.

If the video's misrepresentation about engineering is reflected in the financial portion of the video...... I wouldn't be confident that anything they said was an accurate reflection of reality.

[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

Exactly HOW building 7 fell isn't really relevant when it's well-documented that the building was fully evacuated and destroyed, despite being nowhere near ground zero. It's also very suspicious as to how the fire even started in the first place.

It might be impossible to know the exact details of how every little thing went down. But, just because you can't determine all that doesn't mean the narrative we've all been given is completely correct.

The idea that Bin Laden operated alone, independently of US influence, and without anyone in the US knowing what he was planning, stinks to high hell.

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The only day he is recorded as skipping his routine morning breakfas

Recorded.

[–] Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

He actually missed work. Not just breakfast.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 20 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

He still was preparing for his doctor's appointment when the first plane hit the North tower at 8:46 AM. Of course he didn't go to work thereafter.

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

If he really had missed work, he would have been there.

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[–] albbi@piefed.ca 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

So he went to work every day for just over 2 months. Wow.

I mean, post covid that is kinda impressive but he did just sign a lease on some cool buildings. I'd go every day too. Of course there will be coincinces like this.

"work"

it was his favourite breakfast spot routine where he sometimes met for meetings.

That dude has likely never worked a day in his life

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

pretty sus. clearly larry silverstein did 9/11

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

He was the pilot

[–] NameTaken@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (14 children)
[–] remon@ani.social 30 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Because OP learned it today.

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[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Of course he did. Israel gave their own citizens a heads up before they attacked

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 hours ago

He’s rich enough that nobody’s taking his attendance.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 4 hours ago

Bin Laden didn't blow up the projects.

[–] decolo@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago

The Manhattan institute is chaired by Betsy DeVos and is actively responsible for most of the bad things happening in USA currently, FYI. doesn't necessarily mean the information is wrong.

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