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The buildings were square and 207 ft (63 m) on each side but had chamfered 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) corners, making each building's exterior roughly 210 ft (64 m) wide. [22] One World Trade Center (WTC 1), the "North Tower", was, at 1,368 ft (417 m), six feet taller than Two World Trade Center (WTC 2), the "South Tower", which was 1,362 ft (415 m) tall.
A Japanese woman offers a prayer for victims of terrorist attacks on New York and Washington after laying flowers at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo September 12, 2001.
On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists took control of four commercial aircraft and used them as suicide weapons in a series of four coordinated acts of terrorism to strike the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and an additional target in Washington, D.C.
June 11 – In Terre Haute, Indiana, Timothy McVeigh is executed for the Oklahoma City bombing. June 15 – Walt Disney Pictures ' 41st feature film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire , is released. Though reception is mixed and it performs modestly at the box office, it has since become a cult favorite among fans due in part to the visual influence of ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the September 11 attacks and their consequences: September 11 attacks – four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., area on September 11, 2001.
United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C.
The entire world seemed to be watching as the events of September 11, 2001 unfolded -- first the attacks on the World Trade Center, then the Pentagon, then the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 ...
June 11, 2012 [34] Summer of 2012 derecho series: June 29, 2012-August 2012: Event on July 26 was the third derecho in 4 weeks to impact west-central Ohio June 2012 North American derecho: June 29–30, 2012: aka "Ring of Fire Derecho", passed through nine states from Indiana to New Jersey, cutting power to millions [35] June 12–13, 2013 ...