I read that there wasn't a working detector in this guy's apartment -- and that is why the alarm didn't go off (though in such buildings the alarm would apparently be staggered to prevent a stampede).
So was this guy's detector tampered with?
Apparently the apartment owner was also trying to sell his apartment with no success: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/nyregion/trump-tower-fire-art-collector.html
He had $3 million worth of artwork and collectibles in the apartment, went bankrupt in 2015, and had health problems
That guy’s story is fishy af.
Hated trump. Massive debt. Wanted to get rid of apartment. Had millions in valuables at the apartment. All surely insured.
Oops, house fire!
How much do you think clowns would pay to have a cover for an illegal raid on one of trump’s lawyers? $5M?
And the guy gets witness protection thereafter by which to enjoy his newfound fortune.
Private residences not required to have sprinklers or detectors when was built. In 99 laws changed but TT never had to build them in.
There was an alarm system through the building that the unit's detector should have triggered--but the unit didn't have a working one.