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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: joseph krinsky who wrote (11038)	11/27/2001 9:36:22 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 27666

A heavy load to bear Leslie Robertson has a personal connection to the World Trade Center towers: He built them Linda Frum National Post Stan Honda, National Post STRUCTURAL ENGINEER LESLIE ROBERTSON: "The question of guilt is a really complicated one because the mind, the rational self, is clear that the buildings did really well." NEW YORK -From his office on the 48th floor of a tower on Broad Street, two doors away from the New York Stock Exchange, Leslie E. Robertson has a clear view of the desolate piece of ground that once held the World Trade Center. Mr. Robertson's connection to the former Twin Towers is deeply personal: He built them. In 1962, architect Minoru Yamasaki hired the 34-year-old Mr. Robertson to be the towers' structural engineer. "Very few people in his shoes would have done that," explains the Berkeley-trained Mr. Robertson. At that point in his career, the tallest building Mr. Robertson had worked on was 22 storeys high. "On the other hand, it's not like anyone else had the experience either," he adds. "Nothing like the World Trade Center had ever been constructed before." Full Story: nationalpost.com