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| World Trade Center |
Remembering the twin towers, largest towers of the world till September 11, 2001. In an attack on 9/11/2001, the twin tower was destroyed by some terrorist along with thousands of life. This was one of the biggest terrorists attack in the history of USA and the world.
World Trade Center was more than its signature twin towers; it was a complex of seven buildings on 16-acres, constructed and operated by the port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The towers, One and Two World Trade Center, rose at the heart of the complex, each climbing more than 100 feet higher than the silver mast of the Empire State Building.
Built in the 1970s, World Trade Center along with the 110-floor Twin Tower in New York City was designed to withstand normal fires and hurricane-force winds. According to some reports, engineers believed that even the impact of a Boeing 707 would not bring the towers. But no engineer could have prepared for the destruction caused on September 11, 2001.
World Trade Center was more than its signature twin towers; it was a complex of seven buildings on 16-acres, constructed and operated by the port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The towers, One and Two World Trade Center, rose at the heart of the complex, each climbing more than 100 feet higher than the silver mast of the Empire State Building.
Built in the 1970s, World Trade Center along with the 110-floor Twin Tower in New York City was designed to withstand normal fires and hurricane-force winds. According to some reports, engineers believed that even the impact of a Boeing 707 would not bring the towers. But no engineer could have prepared for the destruction caused on September 11, 2001.
On September 11, 2001 at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Time, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group Al-Qaeda-affiliated flew four hijacked Boeing 767 jet of American Airlines and slammed two of them into the twin towers of World Trade Center in New York and third plane to Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. When passengers attempted to take control of the fourth plane, it crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, preventing it from reaching its intended target in Washington, D.C.
The plane punctured the tower at floors 94 through 98, but the tower was not yet destroyed. After burning for 56 minutes, the south tower collapsed, followed a half-hour later by the north tower, with the attacks on the World Trade Center resulting in 2,753 deaths.
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| Tribute in Light |
In August 2006, the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Port Authority of New York and New jersey began construction on the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. A great Memorial does not make from stone, glass and steel. Architects and designers in New York City created an annual light show to honor September 11 victim. Twin beams of light from haunting "phantoms" of the buildings destroyed in the terrorist attacks. After that they plan to build a National Memorial & Museum on the be-half of September 11, 2001. The Memorial will be opened on September 11, 2011 and the Museum will be open in 2012.
Let us remember and honor the thousands of innocent men, women, and children murdered by terrorists in the horrific attack. Recognize the endurance of those who survived the courage of those who risked their lives to save others, and the compassion of all who supported us in our darkest hours. May the lives remembered, the deeds recognized, and the spirit reawakened be eternal beacons, which reaffirm respect for life, strengthen our resolve to preserve freedom, and inspire an end to hatred, ignorance and intolerance.
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| National 9-11 Museum |
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| Ground Zero |
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