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The New York Marriott World Trade Center was a 22-story 825-room hotel within the original World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City.Situated on the original Three World Trade Center (3 WTC), it opened in April 1981 as the Vista International Hotel and was the first major hotel to open in Lower Manhattan south of Canal Street since 1836.
The program features the overshadowed story of the Marriott World Trade Center (3 WTC) on the day of the attacks, resulting in its destruction caused by the collapse of the adjacent South Tower followed by the North Tower, as told by people who had escaped from the hotel. [1]
Marriott World Trade Center [5] Lower Manhattan, New York City 1981 Destroyed Sustained heavy damage in the collapse of 1 and 2 World Trade Center 54+ Did not collapse, but was declared destroyed. [6] 4 World Trade Center: Lower Manhattan, New York City 1975 Destroyed Heavily damaged by debris from the collapse of 2 World Trade Center 2
In addition to the Twin Towers, the Marriott Hotel at 3 World Trade Center and the building at 7 World Trade Center also collapsed as a result of the 9/11 attacks.
The Marriott World Trade Center hotel was destroyed during the two towers' collapse. The three remaining buildings in the WTC plaza were extensively damaged by debris and later demolished. [ 202 ] The cleanup and recovery process at the World Trade Center site took eight months. [ 203 ]
The original building was the Marriott World Trade Center, a 22-story, 825-room hotel located in the southwest corner of the World Trade Center complex. Opened in July 1981 as the Vista International Hotel, it was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001, along with the rest of the World Trade Center.
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. Numerous closely spaced perimeter columns provided much of the structural strength, along with gravity load shared with the steel box columns of the core. [23]
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