> Developer Sues to Win $12.3 Billion in 9/11 Attack
>
> ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
> New York Times
> Thursday, March 27, 2008
>
> Larry A. Silverstein, who has won nearly $4.6 billion in
> insurance payments to cover his losses and help him rebuild at
> the World Trade Center site, is seeking $12.3 billion in
> damages from airlines and airport security companies for the
> 9/11 attack.
>
> Mr. Silverstein, the developer of ground zero, sought the
> damages, whose amount was not previously known, in a claim
> filed in 2004, that says the airlines and airport security
> companies failed to prevent terrorists from hijacking the
> planes used to destroy the buildings.
> ...