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World Trade Center Security Chief Resigns

One World Trade Center looms over the north reflecting pool at the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies for the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan at the World Trade Center site on September 11, 2013 in New York City.
One World Trade Center looms over the north reflecting pool at the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies for the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan at the World Trade Center site on September 11, 2013 in New York City. Photo: Allan Tannenbaum-Pool/Getty Images

The head of security at the World Trade Center, David Velazquez, has given up his post following the revelations that a trio of BASE jumpers and an adventurous 16-year-old — but not a pair of CNN producers! — were able to sneak into the tower undetected. Velazquez’s now former employer, the Durst Organization, took over security of the building in January. Obviously, they’re still getting used to the job.

World Trade Center Security Chief Resigns