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This article is a list of the emergency and first responder agencies that responded to the September 11 attacks against the United States, on September 11, 2001.These agencies responded during and after the attack and were part of the search-and-rescue, security, firefighting, clean-up, investigation, evacuation, support and traffic control on September 11.
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.
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]
U.S. President Bush speaks with New York governor George Pataki and New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani two days following the September 11 attacks, on September 13, 2001. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the United States government responded by commencing immediate rescue operations at the World Trade Center site, grounding civilian aircraft, and beginning a long-term response that ...
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