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So who was it? Saudi Arabia? Israel? Bin Laden? Maybe none of those. Watch Corbett's extensive documentary with reams of sources and be informed instead of opinionated.

2001 July 24: Despite the WTC being unprofitable, corroded and insulated with asbestos that could not be cost effectively removed, Larry Silverstein acquires a 99-year lease for WTC 1, 2, 4 and 5 for $3.2 billion using only $14 million of his money with the right to rebuild the structures, should they be destroyed, even by an act of terrorism. An act of war, which would normally preclude a pay-off..

9/11: Larry Silverstein is absent from his office on the 88th floor of the North Tower because of a "doctors appointment" and his two kids, Roger and Lisa, are also absent from the office, because they were "running late." "After a last-minute breakdown in the front-running bid, Mr. Silverstein’s team won by a hair. His son, Roger, and his daughter, Lisa, were working for him in temporary offices on the 88th floor of the W.T.C. north tower. Regular meetings with tenants in the weeks immediately following their July 26, 2001, takeover of the building were held each morning at Windows on the World. But on Sept. 11, Roger and Lisa Silverstein were running late. Meanwhile, Mr. Silverstein’s wife of 46 years had laid down the law: The developer could not cancel an appointment with his dermatologist, even to meet with tenants at his most important property. If the * *attack had happened just a little later, Mr. Silverstein’s children would likely have been trapped at Windows. As it was, Silverstein Properties lost four employees in the attack, two of whom had just recently been hired." - New York Observer (03/13/03) [Reprinted: wirednewyork.com]

In total, Silverstein was awarded nearly $5 billion in insurance money following the destruction of the Twin Towers [from Chubb Corp., Swiss Reinsurance Co., Lloyd's of London, German Alliance Corp., ACE Ltd and XL Capital Ltd]. He plans to use some or all of the settlement to rebuild [modern, profitable buildings without asbestoes insullation].