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.
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8 hoursHe 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.worldEnglish7 hours
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.socialEnglish9 hours
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.
It basically was an immediate attack wasn’t it? What investigation led to the attack on them?
- DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish9 hours
What are you talking about?
Here’s the top answer to ‘legal problems caused by WTC attacks’
The war on brown people speaks for itself.
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.
- 8 hours
US military involvement in the middle east didn’t start on 9/11
white people are such fucking bullies. spent decades fucking around the global stage, doing whatever the fuck they want, wars, stealing resources, destabilising democracies for puppet dictators. then when they history begins the moment consequences happen.
Not going to justify terror attacks, but it wasn’t because Bin Laden was mad that Americans had freedom and Jesus.
- Makhno@lemmy.worldEnglish8 hours
white people are such fucking bullies
Ah yes, the Great White Monilith. Our power is unmatched. Give us enough time and we shall meld into one, great Super White and bully the stars!
- 7 hours
yes, it fucking is.
even poor white people are enjoying privilege of colonialism. And like you said, don’t give a fuck.
- 6 hours
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?
Or maybe it’s the only day people noticed because it was a significant day.
Needs sources.
- Trex202@lemmy.worldEnglish8 hours
He technically never had lunch in the world trade center after nine eleven either
- Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.orgEnglish3 hours
Whoa! That is a big deal if true! Source? Why isn’t anyone investigating this suspicious detail!?!?!?
I personally don’t believe 9/11 happened
It was all a conspiracy
/s
- ominous ocelot@leminal.spaceEnglish10 hours
The only day he is recorded as skipping his routine morning breakfas
Recorded.
- Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish9 hours
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.
- 8 hours
doubt the average salaryman could afford high end breakfast every day.
- 6 hours
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…
- 7 hours
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
- 6 hours
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.
- 5 hours
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.
- 2 hours
Exactly HOW building 7 fell isn’t really relevant
I think that’s called moving the goal post.
the building was fully evacuated and destroyed, despite being nowhere near ground zero.
It’s pretty normal to evacuate a building when it’s been hit by debris and has been set on fire… Also wtc7 was only 350 feet north of a near 1400 foot tower, it’s extremely easy to see why that’s still in the danger zone. You don’t even have to use your imagination, you can look up pictures of the damage caused by the debris.
It’s also very suspicious as to how the fire even started in the first place.
A large chunk of debris falling through several floors of an office building does not seem like a very suspicious reason for a fire.
But, just because you can’t determine all that doesn’t mean the narrative we’ve all been given is completely correct.
First of all, I didn’t make any claims about the narrative. I was just commenting on misleading engineering claims. Secondly, just because you can’t determine the exact details of how every little thing went down does not necessarily mean that the narrative is inherently false.
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.
Who is making these claims? Its well known that 9/11 was political blowback from the deterioration of the US and Bin Ladens relationship the Middle East. It’s also pretty well known that several US intelligence agencies were alerted of potential terrorist attacks via airlines, and that they were being uncooperative and incompetent.
If we are evaluating competing scenario of what really happened that day we can use some reason and logic. One story requires a massive conspiracy conducted by multiple intelligence agencies, wealthy private citizens, demolition crews, and politicians… potentially hundreds to thousands of people who have all been extremely competent and have kept their mouths shut for several decades.
The other scenario requires decades of the US government doing stupid shit in the middle East, and a couple intelligence agencies with an established history of fucking around and finding out to be incompetent.
Now I’m not saying there weren’t clandestine actors who didn’t ignore credible information about a potential attack, or there isn’t funny business between the US government and a country like Saudi Arabia. But that tends to be how things go, politicians never let a good tragedy go to waste.
- Albbi@piefed.caEnglish8 hours
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.
- 8 hours
“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
- NameTaken@lemmy.worldEnglish9 hours
The fact he missed work for a doctor’s appointment? I mean that’s pretty common and not really “news” worthy. I think most people will miss work for doctors appointments. Am i missing something?
Out of all the days, he doesn’t show up on that one. It is insanely lucky and worth pointing out.
a lot of people also didnt show up to work that day.
it happens when theres 1000s of people in one building
I responded to the wrong person, my bad. My screen is dark as fuck.
You may not be aware, but 9/11/2001 was a pretty significant date for the World Trade Center O.o
- NameTaken@lemmy.worldEnglish9 hours
I am aware thanks! I lived in NYC at the time. 100s (1000s?) of people have similar stories. Just don’t why this is different then any others. Is there something proving this was not just luck. That he lied?
- Fishnoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish8 hours
Of course he did. Israel gave their own citizens a heads up before they attacked
- jumjummy@lemmy.worldEnglish2 hours
What a fucking stupid take. Yes, every single Jewish person knew ahead of time, and not only did they not tell anyone else that day, but also haven’t said anything in the subsequent decades because they’re all a hive mind, right?
- decolo@piefed.socialEnglish9 hours
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.
