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Bolo Boffin

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4. "ongoing difficulty in maintaining full occupancy"

Reply to truth2power (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 06:49 PM

Oct 2013

The Towers were at 95% capacity when they were destroyed. That's full occupancy to deal with people moving in and out.

The asbestos issue was only forty floors of one of the towers, as I recall. The abestos was long in the process of being taken out as tenants moved in and requested it.

Silverstein was forced by the Port Authority to take that much insurance on the towers. He tried to get a policy far lower than what he wound up with. Some motive.

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"The Unspoken Truth on 9/11" Documentary... Please see comments below. [View all] truth2power Oct 2013 OP

So, the 9/11 attacks happened so that the owner wouldn't have to pay for asbestos removal? arcane1 Oct 2013 #1

New office building, WTC One, is already completed... truth2power Oct 2013 #2

Ah yes, I forgot about that building. arcane1 Oct 2013 #3

"800 billion...Excessive" Unfortunately the Port Authority didn't contact me truth2power Oct 2013 #5

"ongoing difficulty in maintaining full occupancy" Bolo Boffin Oct 2013 #4

"The asbestos issue was only forty floors of one of the towers, as I recall." You recall incorrectly truth2power Oct 2013 #6

Oh, it wasn't 40 floors of one tower. I did get that wrong! Bolo Boffin Oct 2013 #7