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The Highland Towers collapse occurred on 11 December 1993 in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. Tower Block 1 collapsed from a major landslide caused by heavy rains that burst diversion pipes. [1] The Highland Towers consisted of three 12-storey buildings or "blocks". The collapse of Block 1 resulted in 48 deaths. [2]
Heavily damaged by debris from the collapse of 1 and 2 World Trade Center 0 Did not collapse, but was declared destroyed. [8] 6 World Trade Center: Lower Manhattan, New York City 1974 Destroyed Heavily damaged by debris from the collapse of 1 World Trade Center, was demolished in late 2001 Unknown Did not collapse, but was declared destroyed. [9]
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Prior to the 2008 landslide, the area was already known for being landslide-prone. In 1993, one of the towers of the Highland Towers, a gated apartment complex near Bukit Antarabangsa, collapsed after continuous rainfall eroded the soil under the foundations. 48 people were killed. [1]
In the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, three hijacked planes slammed into the Pentagon and New York's landmark World Trade Center on Tuesday, demolishing the two 110-story towers ...
A 2008 incident involving a scaffold collapse 47 floors over Manhattan, which occurred only months after Tractel repaired the faulty equipment, resulted in the death of one of two window washers ...
People inside both the North and South towers of the World Trade Center hung on for dear life after the planes hit on 11 September. According to New York Magazine, 2,016 people died who worked in ...
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.