On the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Dan and Alana dig into a shockingly under-examined story: how the mafia profited from the World Trade Center. From its inception to collapse in Lower Manhattan, the center’s construction was fraught with incompetence and political corruption. Sources Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 by Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins The Unthinkable Happened: The Fall of the World Trade Center Towers by Charlie Thornton Manufacturing Discontent: The Trap of Individualism in Corporate Society by Michael Perelman Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success by Michael D'Antonio The Gotti Tapes: The Sensational FBI Tapes That Convicted America's Most Powerful Mobster by Ralph Blumenthal Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci Crime Scene: World Trade Center by J. R. de Szigethy World Trade Center Building Performance Study, FEMA, May 2002 World Trade Center Investigation, NIST Record Briefs, New York State Appellate Court Print sources include UPI, CBS News, PBS, Washington Post, The New York Times, the New York Daily News, Newsday, The Village Voice, Spy, New York Magazine, New York Post, The Conversation, The Militant, Wikipedia. --- The Outfit is a production of Higher Ground and Headgum. Hosted by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson Executive Produced by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson Produced by Julia Murray Production Assistance by Franchesca Diaz and CJ Archerd Sound Design and Engineering by Ryan Kozlowski and Andrew Eapen Managing Producer is Tiffany Hammond Show theme is Bittersweet Defeat by OTE Like the show? Rate The Outfit on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok.  Advertise on The Outfit via Gumball.fm See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.