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Co., workers acquitted of manslaughter in ground zero fire, but firm convicted of endangerment

06.07.2011 17:25

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NEW YORK - A toxin-cleanup director and a company were acquitted Wednesday of manslaughter in an August 2007 blaze that killed two firefighters at a condemned tower at ground zero, although the firm was convicted of a misdemeanor. The John Galt Corp. was found guilty of second-degree reckless endangerment, the only conviction in the criminal case filed over the fire at the former Deutsche Bank building. The judge acquitted worker Mitchel Alvo of all charges. Jurors had acquitted two other construction-company supervisors of all charges last week. "I'm really mystified," said Galt attorney David...

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