Transcript · English → Croatian
Ownership and Insurance of World Trade Center
Imao sam
zadovoljstvo
raditi
praktički sa svakim premijerom Izraela
od Yitzhaka Shamira nadalje.
Rekao sam s- sebi, "Ne bi li bilo fantastično
kad bih mogao posjedovati Blizance?"
Imali smo jako, jako sreće.
Guverner New Yorka,
George Pataki, jednog je dana odlučio
da bi možda
bilo dobro
privatizirati vlasništvo nad Svjetskim trgovinskim centrom.
Pa sam dobio poziv
iz guvernerova ureda i rekli su, "Biste li
ikada razmotrili
posjedovanje Svjetskog trgovinskog centra?"
Bilo je jako, jako dobro za obitelj, jako dobro
za, za nas,
i imali smo jako, jako sreće.
Ujutro
11. rujna,
ja se
spremam, odijevam
ići dermatologu.
Imam
svijetlu kosu,
svijetlu kožu.
Sunce
je katastrofa za mene. Ne podnosim sunce.
Rekla je: "Dobro, ali ideš dermatologu.
Odlaziš jutros, a ne ideš u centar grada." Hmm.
Imali smo jako, jako sreće. I imao sam
obvezu
naplatiti osigurateljne iznose po
policama osiguranja.
Upravo je izabran novi guverner,
Eliot Spitzer,
stari prijatelj kojeg sam dobro poznavao.
I rekao sam: "Eliote, ako mi ne pomogneš, nikad neću naplatiti od osiguravajućih
društava."
I znate što? Poslušao me i rekao: "Znaš što? Imaš pravo na to.
Dobit ću ti novac." I za šest mjeseci pribavio mi je
4,5 milijardi dolara.
Imali smo jako, jako sreće.
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Original transcript (English)
I had the pleasure of working pretty much with every prime minister of Israel from Yitzhak Shamir forward.
I said w- to myself, "Wouldn't it be fantastic if I could own the Twin Towers?" We got very, very lucky. The governor of New York, George Pataki, decided one day
that maybe it would be good to privatize the ownership of the World Trade Center. So I got a call from the governor's office, and they said, "Would you
ever consider owning the World Trade Center?" It was very, very good for the family, very good for, for us, and we were very, very fortunate.
On the morning of 9/11, I'm getting ready, getting dressed to go to the dermatologist.
I have light-colored hair, light skin. The sun is a disaster for me. I can't take the sun.
She said, "Okay, but you're going to the dermatologist. You're going this morning, and you're not going downtown." Hmm. We got very, very lucky. And I had an obligation to collect the insurance proceeds from the
policies. A new governor was just elected, Eliot Spitzer, an old friend who I knew well. And I said, "Eliot, if you don't help me, I'll never collect from the insurance
companies." And guess what? He listened, and he said, "You know what? You're entitled. I'm gonna get you the money." And in six months he got me the $4.5 billion. We got very, very lucky.
