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The term '''Ground Zero''' describes the site of the [[Twin Towers]] of the [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]], destroyed in the terrorist outrage of September 11 2001. However, it was coined much earlier, to describe the center of impact of the first atomic bomb at [[Hiroshima]] in 1945, and was also often used for disasters with a geographical [[epicenter]], such as [[earthquake]]s. | The term '''Ground Zero''' describes the site of the [[Twin Towers]] of the [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]], destroyed in the terrorist outrage of September 11 2001. However, it was coined much earlier, to describe the center of impact of the first atomic bomb at [[Hiroshima]] in 1945, and was also often used for disasters with a geographical [[epicenter]], such as [[earthquake]]s. | ||
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| + | [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] | ||
[[Category:Terrorism]] | [[Category:Terrorism]] | ||
[[Category:Disasters]] | [[Category:Disasters]] | ||
[[Category:New York City]] | [[Category:New York City]] | ||
Revision as of 21:25, August 3, 2010
The term Ground Zero describes the site of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, destroyed in the terrorist outrage of September 11 2001. However, it was coined much earlier, to describe the center of impact of the first atomic bomb at Hiroshima in 1945, and was also often used for disasters with a geographical epicenter, such as earthquakes.
