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The two original towers, 1 World Trade Center (with the antenna) and 2 World Trade Center (without the antenna) on September 1, 2001. When completed in 1973, 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower) became the second tallest building in the world – behind its twin, 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower).
The new World Trade Center complex also includes a museum and memorial, and a transportation hub building that is similar in size to Grand Central Terminal. 7 World Trade Center, which was not included in the site's master plan, opened on May 23, 2006, making it the first of the skyscrapers to have been completed in the World Trade Center ...
The World Trade Center experienced a fire on February 13, 1975, a bombing on February 26, 1993 and a robbery on January 14, 1998. In 1998, the Port Authority decided to privatize the World Trade Center, leasing the buildings to a private company to manage, and awarded the lease to Silverstein Properties on July 24, 2001.
Twenty-two years after 9/11, Larry Silverstein is closing in on the prize that long eluded him — a tenant for Two World Trade Center, the 1,000-foot tall skyscraper that’s the missing piece in ...
Many of the long-term repercussions of 9/11 are still with us today — from the wars, government departments and the surveillance state that were started because of it, to the hastily discarded ...
Take a look back at 19 basic facts about the Pentagon, Flight 93 and World Trade Center attacks. As a warning: Some of the content may be triggering. 9/11 Facts: The Basics
The original Two World Trade Center (also known as the South Tower, Tower 2, Building Two, or 2 WTC) was one of the Twin Towers in the original World Trade Center Complex in New York City. The Tower was completed and opened in 1973 at a height of 1,362 feet (415 m) to the roof, distinguishable from its twin, the North Tower (1 World Trade ...
A "bucket brigade" works to clear rubble and debris after the September 11 attacks. The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center elicited a large response of local emergency and rescue personnel to assist in the evacuation of the two towers, resulting in a large loss of the same personnel when the towers collapsed.