9/11 towers’ claim rejected

The owners of the World Trade Center can’t demand billions more in insurance money for the destruction caused by the Sept 11 attacks, a federal judge decided.

Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled after hearing testimony by economic experts for the Trade Center owners and for the airlines linked to the planes that were hijacked in the attacks.

The non-jury trial was held to decide whether the owners could collect more than the nearly €3.8bn they’ve already received toward reconstruction.