Freedom Tower architect sued

A former architectural student is suing the designers of the Freedom Tower to replace the World Trade Center in New York that was destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, saying designs for the skyscraper mirror those he created at Yale University.

A former architectural student is suing the designers of the Freedom Tower to replace the World Trade Center in New York that was destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, saying designs for the skyscraper mirror those he created at Yale University.

Thomas Shine is seeking unspecified damages in a Manhattan court for what he said was the theft of his designs.

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