Who may make the hugest profit off of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center? It is Larry Silverstain, the leaseholder of the twin towers, who signed the 99 years lease weeks before the attacks. A jury of 11 members, on December 6,2004, made a verdict that the 9/11 attacks were two events not one . That means the original 3.5 billion reimbursement could be double.
In 2002 Mr. Silverstain launched a suit against insurers and claimed that the September 11 attacks were two occurrences.But it was lost and then he appealed. On December 6, after 11 days of deliberations, a jury decided the terrorism attacks were of two events since two planes hit two separate towers.
Silverstain repeatedly claimed that 3.5 billion dollars was not enough to rebuild the WTC. The jury’s verdict could entitle him to claim 7 billion dollars. A Jewish Real Estate Magnate, he won a sweet contract from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey less than two months before the twin towers were leveled to the ground by terrorists, he was suspected of knowing the attacks beforehand. The insurrers are going to appeal.