Never mind. I was looking for an arithmetic thing.

Don't forget the unique double insurance he had so he could collect the full amount of the buildings 2 times over. I don't think he was successful in his attempt, but he *did* try...


http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/29/attacks.insurance/index.html

As a note, the asbestos was mixed with concrete before plastered into the buildings and would have costed billions to remove.

There were billions of reasons for someone to want to take down those buildings.

In hindsight, perhaps this wasn't such a great add.