The World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan featured landmark twin towers that opened in 1973. On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four airplanes and crashed two of them into the twin towers, causing them to collapse. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks. The towers took eight years to construct and became a NYC landmark, though they had been targeted before in a 1993 bombing that killed six people.

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2. WORLD TRADE CENTRE
DISASTER
9/11

3. WORLD TRADE CENTRE
The World Trade Center was a large
complex of seven buildings in Lower
Manhattan, New York City, United
States.
It featured landmark twin towers,
which opened in 1973, and were
destroyed in the September 11
attacks, with World Trade Center
collapsing later that day due to the
damage it suffered when the twin
towers collapsed that morning.

4. It took eight years for
workers to fully complete
both of the World Trade
Center Towers.
The buildings opened in 1970
and were dreamed up by the
chairman of the Chase
Manhattan Bank, David
Rockefeller and former
Governor of New York Nelson
Rockefeller.

5. More than 10,000 workers helped
construct the Twin Towers, 60 of the
workers were killed on the job. The Twin
Towers became a NYC landmark. Their
unique shape and height attracted
visitors from all over the world.
In 1974 French tightrope walker,
Phillipe Petit strung a rope between the
two buildings and walked across in a
stunning display.

6. The 2001 terror attacks was not the first time the
Twin Towers were targeted. In 1993 a terrorist
drove a car loaded with explosives into a parking
garage at the World Trade Center.
At 12:18pm the bomb went off killing six people,
injuring over 1,000 and collapsing several
reinforced steel concrete floors with in the blast
zone. Authorities in New York City and the FBI
launched a massive manhunt to find those
responsible for the 1993 bombing. A few days after
the 1993 bombing several Islamic extremists were
arrested and sentenced to life in prison.
History.com writes "The mastermind of the attack--
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef--remained at large until
February 1995, when he was arrested in Pakistan."

7. TERRORISM THE SHAME
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS ON
September 11/2001

8. Something everyone remembers about that day
is the sky didn’t have a cloud in sight, light blue,
and crystal clear.

9. On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States. They hijacked four
airplanes in mid-flight.
The terrorists flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade
Center in New York City. The impact caused the buildings to catch fire and
collapse. Another plane destroyed part of the Pentagon (the U.S. military
headquarters) in Arlington, Virginia.
The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Officials believe that the
terrorists on that plane intended to destroy either the White House or the U.S.
Capital. Passengers on the plane fought the terrorists and prevented them from
reaching their goal. In all, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

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11. 8:46:40: Flight 11 crashes at roughly 466 mph (790 km/h or
219 m/s or 425 knots) into the north face of the North Tower
(1 WTC) of the World Trade Center, between floors 93 and 99.

13. 9:03:02: Flight 175 crashes at about 590 mph (950 km/h, 264
m/s or 513 knots) into the south face of the South Tower (2
WTC) of the World Trade Center, between floors 77 and 85

16. Moment of impact: the south tower is hit

19. Another view of the south tower being struck.

21. As office workers descend, heroes ascend. Firefighters carrying huge loads had to walk a few floors at a
time, rest for a few seconds, then walk a few more floors. Pic taken by John Labriola, who had an office
on 71st floor.

22. One of the most horrific and enduring 9/11 images was the people trapped in the upper levels of the
twin towers. Many jumped. Some held hands while they did so. At least two hundred people are believed
to have taken the fateful plunge

23. People Stuck at 90-95th Floor

24. It was worse than people realize.
USA TODAY estimates that at least 200 people jumped to
their deaths that morning, far more than can be seen in
the photographs taken that morning. Nearly all were
from the north tower, which was hit first and collapsed
last.

25. This picture taken by Associated Press photographer Richard drew was deemed too controversial by most
newspaper editors. "The Falling Man" became the subject of a documentary, but the identity of the man
plummeting to his death is still disputed. Some families refuse to believe it could be their relative for religious
reasons, even though no 9/11 victim has been classified as dying by suicide

26. The south tower of the World Trade Center was
the second hit but first to fall.

28. Fire soon spread to many nearby
buildings

29. North Tower Collapsed

30. Strangers became friends as they fled the horror together. Many remain close to this day,
including countless office workers who helped each other out of the twin towers

32. While for some, words just
couldn't describe the horror

34. The force of the world's highest towers
collapsing reduced buildings to ash which
coated survivors

39. 1973-2001

41. We Stand Against
TERRORISM