ADF Steel Corp., a Canadian steel company based out of Quebec, has halted US progress on rebuilding the World Trade Center. ADF has refused to ship a massive, 750 ton, 458 foot-long antenna which will complete the building. According to ADF, the owners of the World Trade Center site owe ADF more than $6 million (for a different project), and they will not ship the antenna until this has been paid. Due to the massive size of the antenna it must be transported by boat, and the only way to do that is  by shipping it along the St. Lawrence river, which will freeze in just a few short months.

Not surprisingly, the owners of the World Trade Center site are taking legal action, suing ADF and demanding the court to order ADF to ship “unique and indispensable pieces of steel for a project of preeminent national importance”. The irony here, is that by doing this, they’re basically ensuring that the antenna doesn’t get shipped. The St. Lawrence river will surely freeze over before the lawyers can bring this to a close, and the World Trade Center rebuild will likely not be completed until the spring.

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