The WTC was a headache.

Built in the 1970s, it had asbestos (removal estimated at $1 billion), inefficient layouts (narrow floors, too many elevators), and rents lagging Manhattan’s market ($25-$30 vs. $50+ per square foot). The 1993 bombing spooked tenants, and by 2001, occupancy was 90% but trending down. The Port Authority lost money yearly—maintenance outstripped revenue. They’d been pushing privatization since 1998; developers like Silverstein saw a distressed asset to flip or fix. If “lots of people wanted to get rid of it,” Silverstein could’ve seen 9/11 as a reset button. Destroy it, claim insurance, rebuild sleek and modern—or just cash out. He’d owned 7 WTC since ‘89 and knew the complex’s flaws. A controlled demolition (if he pulled it off) wipes the slate clean, sidesteps asbestos lawsuits, and turns a liability into a payout. Motive checks out: profit plus problem-solving.

Power down rumors:

A widely cited story from Scott Forbes, an IT worker at Fiduciary Trust in the South Tower, claims a full power shutdown happened over the weekend of September 8-9, 2001. He says security systems were off, and unknown workers were in the building. This fuels speculation of bomb placement, though no other tenants or official records corroborate a total shutdown.

Unidentified workers:

Reports of austrian “art students” moving through the towers with boxes, sometimes at odd hours. A notable example is the “Gelatin” art group, who were in the WTC in 2000-2001 as part of a residency program. They removed a window on the 91st floor of the North Tower and installed a temporary balcony (the “B-Thing” project), documented in their own photos and a book. Some point to this as evidence of unrestricted access, suggesting they could’ve been a front for planting explosives.

The Rubble Tells a Tale:

After the collapse, Ground Zero was a mess—steel, dust, chaos. Independent folks—like architects (Richard Gage, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth)—say the fall looked “controlled”: straight down, pulverized concrete, molten metal in the pile for weeks. They’ve got photos: steel beams cut at angles, like thermite slices, not plane crashes. Dust samples from residents (not labs) showed weird stuff—tiny iron spheres, possible burn byproducts. No government here—just people with cameras and microscopes. Could be explosives; could be jet fuel and office fires hitting 2,000°F. No smoking gun like a detonator cap, but the debris screams “something big happened.”

Weirdest thing will always be how insanely fast the got rid of all the rubble and evidence aswell.

Just some stuff I found, thought some people would appreciate it.