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dot-com boom of the 1990s, and it was the internet industry, not world trade, that filled it.  Promoted to the public as government-promoted export-import, only 5 percent of the WTC leases were held by trade service and export-import tenants.   

dot-com boom of the 1990s, and it was the internet industry, not world trade, that filled it.  Promoted to the public as government-promoted export-import, only 5 percent of the WTC leases were held by trade service and export-import tenants.   

By comparison, the privately developed Sears Tower was built around the same time at a cost of only about $150 million -- only one-fifth the cost of the WTC -- and took only three years to complete compared to the ten years for the WTC.   

By comparison, the privately developed Sears Tower was built around the same time at a cost of only about $150 million—only one-fifth the cost of the WTC—and took only three years to complete compared to the ten years for the WTC.   

== 1993 Bombing Attack ==

== 1993 Bombing Attack ==

[[Image:WorldTradeCenter.jpg|left|thumb|World Trade Center, destroyed on [[9/11]].]]

[[Image:WorldTradeCenter.jpg|left|thumb|World Trade Center, destroyed on [[9/11]].]]

A memorial in honor of the lives lost that day is currently being constructed at [[Ground Zero]] and was originally expected to be finished in time for September 11th, 2011 (the ten-year anniversary of the attacks). The memorial opened to the public on September 12, 2011 with the accompanying museum scheduled to open on September 11, 2012.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/put-wtc-memorial-article-1.352179 Put WTC Memorial First</ref> [[One World Trade Center]], a building complex designed to replace the original towers, is also being built on the site. At 1776 feet 1WTC, as it is commonly known, will be the tallest building in the United States when it is completed in 2013. Conversely, as an insult to those who died, there is work on building a [[Ground Zero Mosque]].

A memorial in honor of the lives lost that day is currently being constructed at [[Ground Zero]] and was originally expected to be finished in time for September 11, 2011 (the ten-year anniversary of the attacks). The memorial opened to the public on September 12, 2011 with the accompanying museum scheduled to open on September 11, 2012.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/put-wtc-memorial-article-1.352179 Put WTC Memorial First</ref> [[One World Trade Center]], a building complex designed to replace the original towers, is also being built on the site. At 1776 feet 1WTC, as it is commonly known, will be the tallest building in the United States when it is completed in 2013. Conversely, as an insult to those who died, there is work on building a [[Ground Zero Mosque]].

==References==

==References==

*[http://www.thecrossandthetowers.com/ The Cross and The Towers] (Documentary Film)

*[http://www.thecrossandthetowers.com/ The Cross and The Towers] (Documentary Film)

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