Originally Posted by sortie

Larry_Silverstein basically owned the WTC which he acquired only weeks before Sept 11.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein


He says he decided to "pull" building 7 on Sept 11.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...32340306101329

One hell of a job to set up a demolition in the middle of chaos.
I wonder if he had a demolition permit. I also wish I knew how to get such a permit on such short notice.