I was thinking that the fire from the gas in the plane would melt the iron structure of the building and collapse the area where the plane hit and all the floors above it only. This is all that we had hoped for
Osama Bin Laden
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Relaxing in green military jacket and white head-dress, Bin Laden claims to have known the attacks would take place five days in advance, and says the destruction of the twin towers exceeded his expectations.
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They were overjoyed when the first plane hit the building, so I said to them: be patient
Osama Bin Laden
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Bin Laden said that before the attacks on the World Trade Center, he and his men were estimating how many people would be killed.
"We calculated that the floors that would be hit would be three or four floors," he said, gesturing with his hands to show a building and a plane flying into it. "I was the most optimistic of them all," he said.
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"We had notification since the previous Thursday that the event would take place that day," he said, chuckling
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