In 1943 lawmakers had the idea of making world peace through trade and economic agreements. These towers were essentially a beam of light for the future of an uncertain New York economy. Although the idea of a financial center was conceived in the early 40s, Nelson and David Rockefeller didn’t pursue it until the early 1960s. The brothers sought a financial capital that companies around the world could trade and reach economic agreements through, as the name implied. This building would house banking, financial, insurance, transportation, and import and export companies, along with economic representatives of various foreign countries. The two brothers would continue to push for the project in the early 1960s, claiming that the project …show more content…
At peak of construction, 3,500 workers were working on the buildings at once. A total of $900 million (roughly $5 billion to $6 billion today) were spent on the World Trade Center from 1968 to 1973 (Johnson). From its conception all the way to it’s destruction in 2001, the World Trade Center served as what it originally sought to do: serve as the economic centerpiece of the world. A decade after its construction, World Trade Center revenues had jumped to $204 million with demand for occupant space rising. Smaller businesses were being pushed out for bigger clients, eventually taking over entirely. Over 50,000 employees in 500 various businesses worked in the World Trade Center, not limited to banks, law firms, charities, and airlines (Harris). Tourism was also a fundamental part of the World Trade Center, with observation decks, stores, and restaurants located at the top of the towers. Of course, success doesn’t come with opposition. The World Trade Center was later a target for terrorist and extremist activity. In 1993 a truck loaded with 1200lbs of explosives was detonated in the parking lot underneath. The entire building was evacuated and this is considered as one of the first sightings of terrorism on American soil. Religious extremists, claiming that they were avenging their Palestinian brothers, masterminded this specific bombing. Before the bombing letters with demands were sent out to media outlets by the culprits, calling for the United
On the morning of September 11 2001, terrorists hijacked four planes from American Airlines and United Airlines with the goal of ruining the U.S economy. Two of the planes achieved their goal and targeted both towers of the World Trade Center along with the Pentagon, resulting in the death of approximately 2,975 people. The events that took place on this day had a great impact not only in America, but around the world as well. After this day there were major changes in air travel, new government regulations, and a financial crisis.
Many People are still affected emotionally by September 11 2001 today. A huge number of people are still facing mental health issues. They are trying very hard to forget about the past and move on with there every day life. Many still fear that there might be another terror attack in the United States. The American psychological association found that people living in New York who have experienced the World Trade Center attack are showing more mental health problems more than any other place. Many people feel that we should honor our love one and the police and fireman that lost their lives because of 9/11. The National September 11 memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center has been established to honor the dead and respect the historic site of America’s tragic loss. The memorial was opened on September 11 2011. It consist of two huge pools with the nation’s largest human=made waterfalls located on the site between the two fallen towers. The name of those who died at the WTC, pentagon, and in Pennsylvania aboard flight 93 . The Museum presents a gallery that tells the story of 9/11. It contains artifacts, photographs and multimedia display.
9/11 changed the world in more ways than one. Prior to 9/11 the major concerns of organizations in the planning of a mega sporting events was to ensure that the facilities could handle the number of attendees
On September 11th 2001 terrorists attacked the Twin Towers. About 2,996 people died including 19 terrorists. This sad place is now replaced with the 911 memorial and museum. This place has wonderful geographic features such as waterfall and the names of the people who died. Yes this a sad place but about 4 million people visited in less than one year.
The supply chain of parts to manufacturers also was interrupted from dislocations in air transportation, as cargo was rerouted through ground networks. The weakness in the airline industry pre-9/11 was amplified by the attack that resulted in larger layoffs than previously anticipated. The impact was particularly evident in Manhattan’s real estate, retail trade and tourism. The New York Manhattan area lost roughly 7 percent of its office space in the 9/11 attack, mostly space that supported national and international financial industries. (Federal Reserve Board, 2013)
Seeing as the Twin Towers employed 50,000 people, unemployment wasat peek. 50,000 people lost their jobs, causing an insane acceleration of homeless. The homeless shelters and food banks in the city were completely full; people were resorting to drugs, suicide, and crime. Now-a-days NYC is building a new trade center… the re-build costs $3.8 million dollars! That’s more than the office building.
Our nation is built around the drastic events that we have had to endure. These events shape our laws and sometimes force us to reexamine our constitution. When the laws are made with the stem of fear the laws can become destructive. We often see this when traumatic events unfold in our nation. 9/11 is one of those events. Not only did the historically traumatic event of 9/11 shape our nation, it shaped all of the world. The Twin Towers were the major buildings of the entire complex that made the World Trade Center. The Twin Towers themselves were the tallest buildings in New York City. They each had 110 stories. Together they provided the room needed to accommodate about 35,000 people for 430 companies. In addition to this, they attracted people from all around the world. A rough estimate would say they attracted roughly 70,000 New Yorker’s and tourists daily. (1)
After the attacks on September 11, it tooks several months to get things mostly back to normal in New York. Lots of people worked very hard and long days to get the streets clean and get New York back to normal. To replace the two buildings after the attacks The One World Trade Center was built, and wa finished in 2014. This is now the tallest Building in the U.S today. There was also a memorial set up to honor the people who were killed in the attack in 2001, and the bombing that took place in
On September 11, 2001, a tragic event occurred strongly affected America. Four commercial airplanes were hijacked by nineteen terrorists who were part of the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. The four planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and an open field in Pennsylvania. The events resulted in just less than three thousand deaths and and costed just under twenty billion dollars to replace the buildings and areas hit. Immediately, America changed.
America continues to succeed even though the country was contrived of an implausible concept because of the patriotism within the citizens of the United States. Terrorism has a negative connotation, but for America terrorism created a positive atmosphere of togetherness. “Terrorism” within the United States led to “devastation and
September 11, 2001 memorial is an unforgettable event that hitted New York city dramatically 15 years ago. The attacked of 911 were four terrorist suicide that happened the same day in United states. The exposition, Rendering The unthinkable” which devastated communities, families or the all entire country. The attack affected the Citizens of United States not only economically but mentally as well. More than 2000 people were killed and thousands were wounded by the terrorists which were identified as Al-Qaida. This team of Jihadist target a very symbolic building of the north of the county which end up being the World Trade Center that was attacked in 1993 with a number of 2977 deaths.
For whe“When the Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 in Paris it, in a way, taunted American architects to build something taller. By the early twentieth century a skyscraper race was on” (Rosenberg 1). Smith and Raskob teamed up and were racing against Walter Chrysler (founder of the Chrysler Corporation) to build the tallest building. Being the envy of the city was not the only purpose of building such a fantastic building, but there was also a practical reason. Tenants were willing to pay higher rents in tall buildings. So, the owner of the tallest building collected the highest rents and became even wealthier (Mann 12).
According to the case, the Canadian tour operating industry had been flourishing between 1988 and September 11, 2001. The Canadian economy growth rate also was increasingly as this industry that was very positively correlated with the overall economy. On September 11, 2001, there was the terrorist attack the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. As a result, both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others, also killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. After this event, the economy in the United States and the overall countries slowed down. Specifically, the total number of trips
On the day of September 11th, 2001 tragedy spread through the whole United States. This disaster took place in New York City, New York on the eastern coast. The World Trade center employees thought it was just a casual, degrading day of work, but it was anything from that. As workers drank their coffee and typed on their computers, a hijacked plane ran right into one of the towers. A thick gray cloud of smoke absorbed the innocent
The World Trade Center (WTC) represented American pride and influnce. The twin towers stood 1,352 feet with 110 stories. It was finished in 1971. The morning of September 11 no one knew that four flights would be hijacked to take American lives and using two of them to bring down the World Trade Center. Yes there had been warnings that an aviation attack would happen but who knew when it would happen and how would it have been prevented. Flight 11 American Airlines (AA) hit the North Tower around 8:46 am between the