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6 Sep 2011, 3:03 pm by Alan J. Borsuk
When the large jet seized by terrorists crashed into the north tower, there were people from the 91st story on down who survived, but everyone from the 92nd floor on up died. [read post]
6 May 2009, 7:04 am
[Reuters] * A Miami juror, who was on the jury deliberating the case of 6 men accused of conspiring to destroy the Sears Tower in Chicago, was replaced for refusing to deliberate. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 12:29 pm by David Oscar Markus
From the AP: A judge on Wednesday handed a six-year jail sentence to one of five men convicted of plotting to blow up the tallest building in the United States, Sears Tower, and swearing allegiance to Al-Qaeda. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 9:32 am
The AP's Curt Anderson reports:Jurors signaled Thursday they are struggling to reach verdicts in the case against seven men accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices.Jurors sent a note in their fourth day of deliberations that they have not reached agreement on the guilt or innocence of any of the seven defendants on any of the four terror-related conspiracy charges. [read post]
28 Oct 2007, 2:13 pm
In what will be the first testimony of its kind in a U.S. terrorism trial, Raymond Tanter is expected to tell jurors that most would-be terrorists start off as unremarkable individuals seeking a sense of belonging and purpose within an extremist group.Prosecutors want Tanter, a political science professor at Georgetown University, to tell jurors the seven defendants accused of plotting to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago fit that profile and were on a path likely to end in… [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 2:56 am
Sonnenschein, whose lease in Sears Tower doesn't expire until 2014, has retained Jones Lang LaSalle to test the market on a possible move. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 10:40 am
The management of the city's skyscrapers like John Hancock and the Sears tower had ordered evacuations. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 2:23 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The Empire State Building and Chicago’s Sears Tower both reported just five deaths during their respective construction periods…” [h/t Jackie Royce] [read post]
30 Mar 2008, 7:50 pm
Many iconic buildings and landmarks around the world turned out their lights, including the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco; Alcatraz jail, San Francisco; Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia; Brighton Pier, UK and the Sears Tower, Chicago. [read post]
20 Sep 2005, 3:24 am
A good example here in Chicago was the Tuesday lunch at the Sears Tower's Metropolitan Club sponsored by the Association for Corporate Growth. [read post]
12 May 2009, 2:55 pm
Liberty City Six Mostly Convicted: Five men were convicted Tuesday of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in hopes of igniting an anti-government insurrection. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 2:48 am
Working covertly for the FBI, Assad acted as an emissary from al-Qaida who was supposedly sent to help the group of seven Miami men, led by 33-year-old Narseal Batiste, realize their alleged goal of destroying the Sears Tower in Chicago and attacking five FBI offices around the country.Assad filed a lawsuit in Broward County against a rental car company as a result of the trunk incident, which was ultimately settled, according to court records. [read post]
13 Feb 2007, 5:33 am
The Daily News published an article describing how Officer Borja had rushed to the trade center site after the twin towers fell, breathing in clouds of toxic dust that seared his lungs, and how he had chosen not to wear protective gear because the federal government had declared the air safe. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 4:09 am by The Bicycling Barrister
Among the many revelations - City funds will be used to refurbish the Willis (fka Sears) Tower and to help new tenant United Airlines move in. [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 5:03 am
' After 12 days of deliberations, the jury deadlocked in the retrial of the six defendants, who were charged with conspiring to provide 'material support' to al Qaeda to destroy FBI buildings and Chicago's Sears Tower. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 6:54 am by Rebecca Tushnet
  In that capacity, Strabala worked on and participated in the design of several buildings, including the Shanghai Tower, Hess Tower, Houston Ballet Center, Three Eldridge Place in West Houston, Texas and Tesoro Corporation's headquarters. [read post]
17 Apr 2008, 10:19 am
LATimes 4/16/08 Mistrial is declared for 6 men in Sears Tower terror case. [read post]
5 Jun 2007, 9:49 am
  Neither for that matter were the Lackawanna 6, the Miami guys who didn't have enough money for boots (let alone bring down the Sears Tower), or the Lodi, California lonely loser who got railroaded by the FBI. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 12:15 pm by David Oscar Markus
Abraham and Batiste were also convicted of conspiracy tomaliciously damage and destroy by means of an explosive a building leased to anagency of the United States (the FBI) and a building used in interstate and foreigncommerce (the Sears Tower), all in violation of 18 U.S.C. [read post]
28 Jan 2007, 4:36 am
Bush and Cheney aided and abetted Osama Bin Laden in blowing up the Sears Tower in Chicago, would impeaching and removing them from office be unconstitutional? [read post]