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Which financial firm's 2,700 employees in the World Trade Center's South Tower largely survived the September 11, 2001 attacks due to a post-1993 bombing decision to relocate their offices to the 43rd floor?
Answer
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley occupied 22 floors of the South Tower but had moved key operations to the 43rd floor after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Their security chief Rick Rescorla also drilled staff on evacuation procedures, contributing to the survival of nearly all 2,700 employees.
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Morgan Stanley's 2,700 employees in the South Tower survived because the firm's risk manager had moved their offices to the 43rd floor after the 1993 bombing.
Other options people guess
- Goldman Sachs
- Lehman Brothers
- Merrill Lynch
Topics
- 9-11
- 2000s
- world-trade-center
- corporate-history
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