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The Deutsche Bank Building at 130 Liberty Street in New York City , United States , formerly the ''' Bankers Trust Building''', was severely damaged by the collapse of the World Trade Center 's South Tower in the September 11, 2001 Attacks , making it the tallest abandoned building in the Free World . The collapse of Tower Two tore a huge gash in the facade and destroyed the lobby. After the 9/11 attacks, netting was placed around the building and the owners sued their insurance companies and they decided to deconstruct the building. The Fire Sprinkler system had sprayed excessive water in the building and that caused Black Mold to grow, making the building unsafe. In 2002, over a year after the attacks, a number of mummified human remains were found inside the building. The remains had been ejected there by the explosions across Liberty Street. Additionally, in September 2005, even more human remains were found on the roof. In March 2006, construction workers who were removing toxic waste from the building before deconstruction found more bone fragments and remains. This has prompted calls from victim's family members for another search of the building by forensic experts. In 2006 between April 7 to April 14, over 300 human bone fragments were discovered in the ballast gravel on the roof. Workers sifted thru the gravel to find these remains. More remains are expected from other buildings' roofs. The Deutsche Bank Building has been nicknamed "The Ghost of Ground Zero", and is currently undergoing deconstruction (photo right). The cost of this deconstruction has steadily increased as large amounts of asbestos, dioxin, lead, silica, quartz, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chromium and manganese have been found in the building. In December 2004, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation acquired the building and spoke of including the property in the memorial for the WTC victims. However, the newly unveiled June 29, 2005 Freedom Tower design suggests that one of four Libeskind office buildings - the shortest of the four - is planned to be built over the location of the building. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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