The World Trade Center, in Lower Manhattan, New York City, was destroyed after a series of terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, killing almost 3,000 people at the site. Two commercial airliners hi
Collapse of South Tower of the World Trade Center seen from Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Fireball from aviation fuel emerges from north side of WTC 2 immediately after the impact from United Airlines Flight 175. Smoke from earlier fires can be seen coming from north side of WTC 1 at right.
The towers' floor truss system's sprayed-foam fire-resistance insulation material visible on this image of the floor trusswork at WTC 1
Aerial view of the site after the collapse, with locations of the collapsed buildings outlined
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The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total
Collapse of the World Trade Center
…The World Trade Center, in Lower Manhattan, New York City, was destroyed after a series of terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, killing almost 3,000 people at the site. Two commercial airliners hijacked by al-Qaeda members were deliberately flown into the complex's Twin Towers…
WTC smoking on 9 11
FEMA 3969 Photograph by Andrea Booher taken on 09 19 2001 in New York
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UA93 fuselage debris