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| − | The World Trade Center included two 110-story towers at the southern tip of Manhattan | + | The '''World Trade Center''' included two 110-story towers at the southern tip of Manhattan. Constructed in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the government of [[New York City]], at the insistence of [[Nelson Rockefeller|Nelson]] and [[David Rockefeller]]. They were unique in their government ownership for the purpose of leasing to private companies engaging in world trade. Yet few of the tenants were actually trade organizations, and instead the offices were filled mostly with investment banks and large law firms. |
| − | + | In 1993, [[Muslim]] [[terrorist]]s detonated a massive truck bomb in an underground parking lot with the goal of knocking the towers over and killing its capacity of 25,000 workers. This attempt failed, killing only a few, but severly damaged portions of the parking garage and smoke forced evacuation of the building. | |
| − | On the morning of September 11, 2001 (9-11), fundamentalist Muslim terrorists hijacked airplanes from Boston and flew one airplane into each tower, killing instantly all aboard the airplanes and on the floors of the impact. The attacks occurred on or before about 9 am, the beginning of the workday for many Manhattan workers, and the towers were therefore not filled to capacity. Many evacuated, but the towers collapsed from the ensuing fire before all could leave. 2,749 died from this attack, including hundreds of firefighters who rushed into the buildings in the hope of rescuing trapped workers. | + | On the morning of [[September 11, 2001]] (9-11), fundamentalist Muslim terrorists hijacked airplanes from Boston and flew one airplane into each tower, killing instantly all aboard the airplanes and on the floors of the impact. The attacks occurred on or before about 9 am, the beginning of the workday for many Manhattan workers, and the towers were therefore not filled to capacity. Many evacuated, but the towers collapsed from the ensuing fire before all could leave. 2,749 died from this attack, including hundreds of firefighters who rushed into the buildings in the hope of rescuing trapped workers. |
Revision as of 04:53, March 13, 2007
The World Trade Center included two 110-story towers at the southern tip of Manhattan. Constructed in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the government of New York City, at the insistence of Nelson and David Rockefeller. They were unique in their government ownership for the purpose of leasing to private companies engaging in world trade. Yet few of the tenants were actually trade organizations, and instead the offices were filled mostly with investment banks and large law firms.
In 1993, Muslim terrorists detonated a massive truck bomb in an underground parking lot with the goal of knocking the towers over and killing its capacity of 25,000 workers. This attempt failed, killing only a few, but severly damaged portions of the parking garage and smoke forced evacuation of the building.
On the morning of September 11, 2001 (9-11), fundamentalist Muslim terrorists hijacked airplanes from Boston and flew one airplane into each tower, killing instantly all aboard the airplanes and on the floors of the impact. The attacks occurred on or before about 9 am, the beginning of the workday for many Manhattan workers, and the towers were therefore not filled to capacity. Many evacuated, but the towers collapsed from the ensuing fire before all could leave. 2,749 died from this attack, including hundreds of firefighters who rushed into the buildings in the hope of rescuing trapped workers.