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The Deutsche Bank Building, the Verizon Building, and 3 World Financial Center had impact damage from the towers' collapse, [97] as did 90 West Street. [98] One Liberty Plaza survived structurally intact but sustained surface damage including shattered windows. 30 West Broadway was damaged by the collapse of 7 World Trade Center. The Deutsche ...
In a recording, a few months later in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda's leader, Osama bin Laden, took responsibility for the attack. The attack on the World Trade Center exceeded even bin Laden's expectations: he had expected only the floors above the plane strikes to collapse. [92] The flight recorders for Flight 11 and Flight 175 were never found. [93]
The attacks were influenced by the Bojinka plot, a terrorist operation planned by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his nephew Ramzi Yousef, who was responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. [5] The plan would have included bombings of eleven trans-Pacific airliners and crashing a plane into the CIA Headquarters .
Newspaper covers from the days following the 9/11 attacks give a glimpse into the confusion and anger felt not just by the U.S., but also around the world.
At the time of their completion, the 110-story-tall Twin Towers, including the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower) at 1,368 feet (417 m), and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower) at 1,362 feet (415.1 m), were the tallest buildings in the world; they were also the tallest twin skyscrapers in the world until 1996, when the Petronas ...
Twenty-two years after 9/11 — and after battles with Pataki, Bloomberg and Port Authority — Larry Silverstein is closing in on the prize that long eluded him: Two World Trade Center.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the September 11 attacks and their consequences: September 11 attacks – four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., area on September 11, 2001.
Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon's initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort to mislead the commission and the public rather than a reflection of the fog of events on that day, according to sources involved in the debate.