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| "'''Higher and still higher''' these buildings rose"
 
| "'''Higher and still higher''' these buildings rose"
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| The Towers were built to '''previously unprecedented height''' of 110 stories, '''417m''', taking the title of world's heighest building from the 1931 [[Empire State Building]] at 381m. It was deliberately built to symbolize global financial power and named '''[[World Trade Center]]'''
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| 1. The 1972 [[Twin Towers]] were built to '''previously unprecedented height''' of '''110 stories''', '''417m''', taking the title of world's heighest building from...<br>2. The 1931 [[Empire State Building]] at 381m.<br>3. The [[Twin Towers]] were deliberately built to symbolize global financial power and named [[World Trade Center]].
 
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| ''"These buildings were '''warranted to be fireproof'''"''
 
| ''"These buildings were '''warranted to be fireproof'''"''
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| The Port Authority required the WTC engineers to demonstrate multi-factor fireproofing and compartmentalisation with a specific requirement of aviation-impact survivability the size of at least a Boeing 707. Publicly '''warranted as fireproof''' and insured accordingly.
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| The NYC Port Authority required the [[WTC]] engineers to demonstrate multi-factor fireproofing and compartmentalisation with a specific requirement of aviation-impact survivability the size of at least a [[Boeing 707]] or [[DC 8]].<ref>Sadek, Fahim. ''Baseline Structural Performance and Aircraft Impact Damage Analysis of the World Trade Center Towers (Appendices A-E)'', NIST NCSTAR 1-2, Appendix A, "Salient Points with Regard to the Structural Design of the World Trade Center Towers," [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] (NIST).<br>https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/NCSTAR/ncstar1-2v2.pdf, retrieved 2026-10-27<br>''"The buildings have been investigated and found to be safe in an assumed collision with a large jet airliner (Boeing 707 - DC 8) travelling at 600 miles per hour. Analysis indicates that such collision would result in only local damage which could not cause collapse or substantial damage to the building and would not endanger the lives and safety of occupants not in the immediate area of impact."<br>''</ref><br>Publicly '''warranted as fireproof''' and insured accordingly.
 
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| ''"the money...had been obtained through '''exaction''', through '''grinding down the poor'''."''
 
| ''"the money...had been obtained through '''exaction''', through '''grinding down the poor'''."''
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