PER-SILVERSTEIN
Larry Silverstein
Took a 99-year lease on the WTC complex in July 2001. In a 2002 PBS interview used the phrase 'pull it' about WTC 7. Competing interpretations: demolish the building vs withdraw firefighters.
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Witness statements (unmerged)
Later recollections are not folded into contemporaneous reports.
2002-09-10 · event 2001-09-11 · PBS America Rebuilds
Maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it. And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collapse.
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Contradictions
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Larry Silverstein, PBS 2002: 'maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it'
PBS — America Rebuilds: A Day with Larry Silverstein (2002) · 2002-09-10
The leaseholder said on camera that he suggested they 'pull it' regarding WTC 7 and that a decision to pull preceded the collapse they watched.
Silverstein Properties later: 'pull it' meant withdraw firefighters
PBS — America Rebuilds: A Day with Larry Silverstein (2002) · 2005-01-01
Silverstein's office published a firefighter-withdrawal reading of 'pull it.'