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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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IN RE SEPTEMBER 11 PROPERTY DAMAGE :
AND BUSINESS LOSS LITIGATION
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21 MC 101 (AKH)
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AEGIS INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., et al.,
:
:
Plaintiffs,
:
-
against
-
: 02
Civ.
7188
(AKH)
:
THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK
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AND NEW JERSEY, et al.,
:
Defendants. :
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AEGIS INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., et al.,
:
: 04
Civ.
7272
(AKH)
Plaintiffs,
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- against -
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OPINION AND ORDER
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GRANTING MOTION
7 WORLD TRADE CENTER COMPANY,
:
FOR SUMMARY
L.P.,
et
al.,
: JUDGMENT, AND
Defendants. :
DISMISSING AND
:
LIMITING COMPLAINTS
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ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:
The terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, brought
down, not only the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, buildings One and Two, but
Seven World Trade Center ("7WTC") as well, an adjacent 47-story office tower. The
raging fires that caused Towers One and Two to collapse spread to Tower Seven,
presumably from the debris that rained down on 7WTC and the surrounding area. The
fires in 7WTC continued all that day, unquenched by water because of rupture of an
adjacent water main, unfought by New York City firemen many of whom had died in
Towers One and Two, and fueled by diesel fuel stored in tanks located in 7WTC.
Approximately seven hours after the fires at 7WTC were initiated by the collapse of
