Defence claims no-one knew importance of broken firefighting water pipe.
The defence says a blaze that killed two firefighters in a condemned Ground Zero bank tower was “the perfect storm of bad circumstance.”
Attorney Edward J.M. Little said in closing arguments today that construction supervisors are not to blame.
The former Deutsche Bank building was contaminated with toxic debris in the Sept. 11 attacks. It was being torn down when a fire ripped through nine stories in August 2007. South Beach resident Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino were killed.
Mitchel Alvo, Salvatore DePaola and Jeffrey Melofchik are charged with manslaughter.
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