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===September 11, 2001 Attacks===

===September 11, 2001 Attacks===

[[Image:Wtc.jpg|right|thumb|World Trade Center ablaze on September 11]]

[[Image:Wtc.jpg|right|thumb|World Trade Center ablaze on September 11]]

On the morning of September 11, 2001 at 8:46 AM, al-Qaeda operatives crashed the hijacked transcontinental airliner, American Airlines Flight 11 into the northern side of One World Trade Center.  At first, some news stations reported that it may have been an accident of some sort, possibly a navigational error.  However, at 9:03 AM, United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into Two World Trade Center.  Landing gear from one of the planes crashed through the roof of 3 World Trade Center (Marriot Hotel) causing damage to that building as well.  The impact of the airplanes was so hard and at such a fast speed that it knocked off most of the fireproofing applied to the steel trusses of the building.  In Tower One all of the stairwells were destroyed at the site of the impact and in Tower Two all but one of the stairwells were destroyed at the impact zone leaving hundreds of people trapped in the tops of the Twin Towers.  After the resulting fires burned for close to an hour, the steel trusses of the south tower began to soften and melt collapsing several stories of the tower which put enormous pressure on the floors below.  As a result of this, at 9:59, the entire skyscraper collapsed in seconds, becoming the first high rise building to ever collapse.  This collapse completely crushed 3 World Trade Center.  Then at 10:28, the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.  At 5:20 PM, 7 World Trade Center (New York City Emergency Management Office) collapsed due to total ruin by fire and debris which caused structural failure.  Buildings 4, 5, and 6 were all completely gutted by fires and had to be demolished later.  In addition, the collapse of Tower 2 caused the destruction of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, which was not a part of the complex.  The Deutsche Bank Building suffered damage beyond repair and is still standing as of May 2007 and is set for deconstruction in the near future.  As a result of the attack on the World Trade Center, at least 2,749 people died.  The large pile of rubble that sat at Ground Zero (the World Trade Center site) smoldered and smoked for 99 days to come.  For 8 and a half months, cleanup and recovery crews worked tirelessly 24 hours a day.  Today, a new complex of buildings is being built to take the place of the Twin Towers as the new World Trade Center.

On the morning of September 11, 2001 at 8:46 AM, al-Qaeda operatives crashed the hijacked transcontinental airliner, American Airlines Flight 11 into the northern side of One World Trade Center.  At first, some news stations reported that it may have been an accident of some sort, possibly a navigational error.  However, at 9:03 AM, United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into Two World Trade Center.  Landing gear from one of the planes crashed through the roof of 3 World Trade Center (Marriot Hotel) causing damage to that building as well.  The impact of the airplanes was so hard and at such a fast speed that it knocked off most of the fireproofing applied to the steel trusses of the building.  In Tower One all of the stairwells were destroyed at the site of the impact and in Tower Two all but one of the stairwells were destroyed at the impact zone leaving hundreds of people trapped in the tops of the Twin Towers.  After the resulting fires burned for close to an hour, the steel trusses of the south tower began to soften and melt collapsing several stories of the tower which put enormous pressure on the floors below.  As a result of this, at 9:59, the entire skyscraper collapsed in seconds, becoming the first high rise building to ever collapse.  This collapse completely crushed 3 World Trade Center.  Then at 10:28, the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.  At 5:20 PM, 7 World Trade Center (New York City Emergency Management Office) collapsed due to total ruin by fire and debris which caused structural failure.  Buildings 4, 5, and 6 were all completely gutted by fires and had to be demolished later.  In addition, the collapse of Tower 2 caused the destruction of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, which was not a part of the complex.  The Deutsche Bank Building suffered damage beyond repair and is still standing as of May 2007 and is set for deconstruction in the near future.  As a result of the attack on the World Trade Center, at least 2,749 people died.  The large pile of rubble that sat at Ground Zero (the World Trade Center site) smoldered and smoked for 99 days to come.  For 8 and a half months, cleanup and recovery crews worked tirelessly 24 hours a day to remove all of the rubble.  Only one small fragment of the 1993 bombing memorial, a piece of glass that said "John," was found.  Today, a new complex of buildings is being built to take the place of the Twin Towers as the new World Trade Center.

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