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    3,000 people were killed, 400 of that 3,000 people were firefighters and police officers, in the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in NYC, at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and in a plane crash near Shanksville, PA.( 11 facts) The World Trade Center was built by American architects Minoru Yamasaki in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. (9-11-01) The World trade Center was located in Manhattan, NY. The Twin Towers were called the “Twin Towers” because they had the exact same everything,

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    and catastrophic events that took place on United States soil. The attacks ordered by Osama Bin Laden on the World Trade Center will be remembered throughout time, not only by those affected first hand but also those who witnessed it with their own eyes or through a television screen. The single most impressionable event on that fateful morning was the attacks on the World Trade Center, also known as the Twin Towers, in New York City. “The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor

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    one of the most recognizable skylines in the world. Two high jacked planes were flown into the upper floors of One and Two-World Trade Center or more commonly known as the Twin Towers. At 9:50 that morning, Two World Trade came thundering down to the ground and shortly after that, One World Trade Center came crashing to the ground. With debris covering sixteen acres of lower Manhattan, and making it difficult for rescue workers to make it around the site, they turned to satellites, robotic cameras

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    World Trade Center Memorial The World Trade Center Memorial commemorates the September 11, 2001,attacks and the bombing that occurred at the World Trade Center in 1993. The memorial can be found at the former location of the Twin Towers in New York. These fountains that rest in the footprints of the towers are a powerful reminders of our nations history and all the lives that were lost that day. This memorial is ultimately successful because it evokes emotion, whether that be sadness or possibly

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    Why Did 9/11 Happen

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    attacks the United States has ever faced on American soil. The 9/11 attacks left many hearts broken and heads spinning about the events that occurred. I personally have been very skeptical about the official version of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. There are a few reasons that made me question what started a war that has become the longest war in American History. This paper will dive into the facts behind the events of this day to uncover the truth behind what occurred that day. Some

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    The Attacks on September 11th 2001

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    horrific nightmare for our country, America was under attack. On the morning of the attacks a group of al Qaeda terrorists took control of four commercial jetliners headed to California and purposively crashed two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The last plane fell into a Pennsylvania field never reaching its final destination, The White House. These attacks on the United States were formulated by the Islamic culture that has been planning this for many years. Shortly after these Twin

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    In 1946, the New York Legislature created a World Trade Corporation. The war had just ended and America was the only country still on their feet. Manhattan was already one of the world’s greatest centers for trade and commerce. So it was the obvious location for a world trade center. The World Trade Center was located in lower Manhattan During the 50s, lower Manhattan was full of rundown and abandoned buildings. Full of small businesses, a small population, and a bad economy, lower Manhattan was

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    The World Trade Center stood to be built as a reflection of peace with a fierce ambition and disciplined achievement on a massive scale. The statement of these buildings was to construct an uplifting stamina of downtown Manhattan. Its purpose created both a negative and positive aspect in its construction to help those in need of it, but it also caused some damage in its creation. Its massive scale as buildings allowed the people of New York City to see it as a symbol of expansion in that particular

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    Rhodesia and as a commissioned officer in the Vietnam War, where he was a second lieutenant in the United States Army. After the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, Rescorla began to worry about a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. When Rescorla asked Daniel Hill, a friend from Rhodesia that was trained in counter terrorism measures, how he would attack the building were he a terrorist, Hill asked to see the basement. The two walked down to the basement parking garage

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    On November 3, 2014, thirteen years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which destroyed the twin towers and killed thousands of people, the new One World Trade tower is officially open for business. The One World Trade tower, also known as “Freedom Tower”, finally has its first residents. There has been apprehension by many people in the weeks and months leading up to the opening of this historical new building. By all accounts, the opening went off without a hitch, despite apprehension

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