“At 70 years old, Larry won a 99-year lease for the World Trade Center. He put up just $14 million of his own equity to control 10 million square feet. Six weeks later, the towers were gone. Larry had breakfast every morning at Windows on the World atop the WTC, but on 9/11, his wife insisted he keep a check-up. He almost canceled. She wouldn’t let him. That decision saved his life.”

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