shugabooga Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 my mom (who, bless her heart, might not be the most reliable source of info) told me she heard that there is millions of dollars of gold & silver buried in a vault under building 4 of the WTC. can anybody shed any light on this? sounds kinda crazy!!!! is there a bank or something that is/was in that building? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kludgio Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 as far as recoverable wealth, i personally don't know about any cache of gold and silver, but there is much more than that buried in the ruins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highmay Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 well there was a citibank branch on the bottom of tower 1...as for building 4 for i dont konw...but there might have been another bank branch there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xpander Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 This would be true.I believe there was a federal vault down there.Not too positive on the details, though.Big bars and bars and bars of gold and silver..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoth Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 nah this is all true...yer mom is right...read more info bout it here cause i read bout this 2 days after the tragedy...Gold Buried in WTC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xpander Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 ...why do I have this sudden urge to take up spelunking...?...anyone up for a field trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStephen Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 I have never had any trouble with taking from the wealthy and donating to the needy in my old punk days......but I couldn't bring myself to possibly loote that place. I just couldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xpander Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 just a joke mate......but in all seriousness.... sadly, there ARE people who would do that at a time like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kludgio Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 Originally posted by xpander just a joke mate......but in all seriousness.... sadly, there ARE people who would do that at a time like this. true. i heard that some people posed as volunteer helpers to loot the ruins. they stole jewelry and other valuables from the wreckage and off bodies and parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgy112 Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 it is very true, there is gold under the world trade center. My friend works at the World Trade Center disaster area for a crane company and he told me they got rid of all of the volunteers because the Federal Reserve stores gold under and nearby the World trade center in massive vaults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msoprano Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 Originally posted by xpander just a joke mate......but in all seriousness.... sadly, there ARE people who would do that at a time like this. i know just like the people who robbed all the nearby appartments by the wtc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xpander Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 all this crap....people stealing, looting, telemarketing scams...rumor is, someone looted the tourneau store near ground zero, volunteers, nontheless...absolutely lovely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jaxl Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 Originally posted by shugabooga my mom (who, bless her heart, might not be the most reliable source of info) told me she heard that there is millions of dollars of gold & silver buried in a vault under building 4 of the WTC. can anybody shed any light on this? sounds kinda crazy!!!! is there a bank or something that is/was in that building? ________________________________________________I heard the same thing too and I thought it was another rumor getting started, but it looks like it was true. Shame that there are scumsuckers out there that are sick enough to loot the ruins. But I thought that the security was pretty tight around the immediate area and no one without proper ID wasn't getting in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPYGIRL3 Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 Originally posted by xpander just a joke mate......but in all seriousness.... sadly, there ARE people who would do that at a time like this. It is very sad that some people could care less about the horrible things happrning around us.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petp Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 yup its true, i used to work for a swiss investment bank down there and their commodities department used to take delivery of gold/silver/platinum in the vaults down there. i heard theres something like $120 million in gold and another $120 million in silver down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehacker Posted October 8 Report Share Posted October 8 my brother was telling me about a news story regarding some mafia involvement... apparently some very connected italian dudes hijacked some of the wreckage trucks and were on their way to cash in on the scrap metal (and we're not talking chump change here - it was worth like 150 grand; many many tons of scrap metal - two huge freight trucks' worth) when they got stopped and the trucks were recovered thanks to a tip from the wreckage plant guy who knew something was definately up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaica Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 Yes this is true. There were several private banks and investment companies that were located in the WTC, there's is a lot of valueable stuff that is located underneath the ruins of the WTC. But but for me if i found somethin like a ring down there i could not keep it, just know that it might have belonged to someone that died in the building would haunt me for the rest of my life. Sometimes i just think that my conscience is weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finea Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 Not just gold and silver, but the company I work for has a billion dollars in bonds in a vault under there. Not to mention tons of confiscated weapons and drugs from the CIA, Port Authority, Police Station... Bad news if some of that got into the wrong hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shugabooga Posted October 9 Author Report Share Posted October 9 wow, this has turned out to be a pretty interesting topic (thanks mom!). the implications and after shocks from Sept. 11 are so far-reaching. it's like a 1,000,000 pound boulder was dropped in a lake as big as the world and the ripple effect is never-ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heretic909 Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 Originally posted by finea Not to mention tons of confiscated weapons and drugs from the CIA, Port Authority, Police Station... Bad news if some of that got into the wrong hands. Yeah, I saw that on the news. They said if they can't recover all of the drugs and weapons that were lost in the collapse, then they can't prosecute some of the criminals then for lack of evidence. That would tend to suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaronimo Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 i worked in 5 and we had securities in a vault. they got in there to get them but everything in the vault was ashes. all of 5 is totally burned out. i would be surprised if anything is either not burned or melted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finea Posted October 9 Report Share Posted October 9 I agree that most likely nothing will be found intact. Fortunately, in regards to the lost evidence in criminal cases, there is a stay in place on any criminal awaiting a trial for which evidence may be lost. This should help keep people that should be in jail there for at least the short run. The long run is a different story. it never stops astounding me how ridiculously huge the implications of the whole thing are. It's like a twisted game of 6 Degrees of Separation where everyone and everything is connected to the disaster somehow. And it's usually not six degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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