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On the night of September 10th, 2001, an artist by the name Monika Bravo filmed 7 hours of footage of a thunderstorm from the 91st floor of the WTC North Tower. She took the raw footage home with her that night. The next morning, both towers collapsed. The video she edited is found here:
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When the second plane hit the WTC on 9/11, NYC TV station WPIX's transmission facility was destroyed in the explosion. As a result the channel was stuck showing the exact moment the plane hit the South Tower for the whole day.
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A man worked at the restaurant at the top of WTC. After 9/11, they never saw him again and presumed he died in the towers. In 2003, the government removed his name from the 9/11 memorial — he might have used the tragedy to start a new life without telling his family.
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All the victims who jumped from the WTC towers were re-classified as "Fallers", and therefore all their deaths were ruled homicides.
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Los Angeles has its very own 44-story Twin Towers designed by original WTC architect Minoru Yamasaki. They were even opened just two years after the much taller NYC towers.
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Part of the music video "Rollin" by Limp Bizkit was shot on top of the WTC South Tower. They won MTV Best Rock video on 9/10/01...
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Cantor Fitzgerald, an American financial services firm with corporate offices on Floors 101-105 of the WTC North Tower, lost 658 employees (68% of its workforce) in the 9/11 attacks. The firm still exists today and has donated relief funds to victims of 9/11 and various natural disasters.
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225 W.57th in NY, will be the tallest residential building when complete. It will stand at 1775 ft which is one foot short of 1 WTC ("Freedom Tower") out of respect.
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Brian Clark, a 9/11 survivor who was one of only four to make it out from a floor above the planes’ impact. In 1993, after the first unsuccessful WTC bombing, he had volunteered to be Fire Warden for his floor; number 84 of the South Tower.
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18 years after 9/11, Ground Zero is still being rebuilt. A second tower at the same height of 1 WTC is planned to rise, called 2 WTC. However, construction is stalled as there is currently no anchor tenant.
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After the initial hijacking, passengers of Flight 93 learned via airplane phones and cellphones about the attacks on the WTC towers and the Pentagon.
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The last survivor removed from the WTC collapse debris in 9/11 was found in the ruins of the North Tower 27 hours after its collapse
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The WTC attacks occurred during a time when the towers were relatively empty. Had the attacks happened when the towers were full (~20k occupants per tower) the evacuation times would have been far longer and it is estimated more than 14,000 people would have died when the towers collapsed.
The WTC North Tower suffered a 3 hour fire across 6-7 floors in 1975 before sprinklers were installed - source
World Trade Center 7, the WTC building that was destroyed from debris from the North Tower, is the only steel skyscraper in history to collapse due to fire - source
During September 11, after the North WTC Tower was hit and before WTC South was hit, people were evacuating WTC South but were ushered back to their offices by Port Authority officials on the 44th floor. Countless lives could have been saved if they simply evacuated the building.
Wesley Snipes' Apartment was destroyed by the collapse of the WTC Towers on September 11, 2001. - source
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The Twin Towers were not the only buildings to collapse on 9/11 - WTC 7 did as well.
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Al Qaeda did not expect or specifically hope for the WTC towers to actually collapse on 9/11
On 9/11, bombs went off in WTC towers, to weaken the foundation PRIOR to planes hitting the 1st building.
BBC Broadcasted that the WTC Tower 7 Collapsed 20 Minutes Before It Actually Happened.
Regina's Wascana Park was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, known for the WTC twin towers. The park is bigger than Manhattan's Central Park and renowned for its large artificially built lake
19 years after 9/11, Ground Zero is still being rebuilt. A second tower at the same height of 1 WTC is planned to rise, called 2 WTC. However, construction is stalled as there is currently no anchor tenant.
