History of the World Trade Center

The History of The World Trade Center 1962-2001

It begins in 1962 with the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) purchasing H&M Railroad in a deal that allows the construction of the World Trade Center on the West side of Lower Manhattan. Engineers begin designing the plans for the World Trade Center. In 1963 the Port Authority unveiled the concept design.

The Towers being built.

Work started on the twin towers in the Summer of 1966. There are a surprising amount of photos. There is an absolutely amazing site that is cataloging a bunch of photos from history check them out HERE. They are a non-profit with a passion of preserving the past so please go take a look at there amazing article. The buildings rose quickly taking only 5 years to be completely done. The North Tower became the tallest building in the world standing at a height of 1,254 feet (382.2 meters). Rising 110 story's into the New York sky.An impressive feat for the time. There are much taller buildings in the world today. The tallest being the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates soaring high at a height of 2,722 feet (829.8 meters).

The towers opened on April 4th, 1970. Two buildings with 110 stories that stood nearly a quarter mile in the sky. As of 2001, the WTC housed more than 430 businesses from 28 different countries—roughly 50,000 workers.

They became a tourist attraction for many years. In 1974, Philippe Petit walked in a tightrope between the two towers at 1,350 feet above the ground. Want to watch a video of him talking about his experience and that day in general? Click HERE! On April 18, 1976 a restaurant called Windows on The World opened it was located on the 106th and 107th floors of the North tower. People traveled from all over the world to visit. It provided breathtaking views of New York. It was a popular restaurant in 2000 it was the highest grossing in the United States. Want to read more on the restaurant click HERE. Here is the beautiful view from the restaurant.

There were more building in the complex than just the Twin Towers. The Twin Towers were labeled 1 WTC ( North Tower) and 2 WTC ( South Tower). They made 7 different building in total. 3 WTC also known as Marriott World Trade Center was a 22 story hotel opened in 1981. It was known as Vista International Hotel when it opened but later was bought by Marriot. The hotel was damaged in the 1993 bombing, but repaired and reopened. The hotel was connected to the North Tower via an underground entrance at concourse level, and a small pedestrian walkway that extended from the west promenade of the Marriott to the North Tower on plaza level. It was destroyed in the collapse of the South Tower on 9/11. Click HERE to learn more.

The Marriot World Trade Center before and after 9/11.

4 WTC also known as the Southeast Plaza Building opened in 1975. It was a nine story building, it served as a office complex to many, such as Deutsche Bank and the New York Board of Trade. The building's side facing Liberty Street housed the street-level entrance to The Mall at the World Trade Center on the basement concourse level of the WTC. It was destroyed in the 9/11 attacks. Click HERE to learn more.

The 4 WTC before and after 9/11.

5 WTC also known as Northeast Plaza Building opened in March of 1972. It was a nine story building. It housed the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The building was near the subway station and an exit to the station was available through the lobby. The other part of it underground concourse housed The Mall at the World Trade Center. It was damaged in 9/11 and later demolished. Click HERE to learn more.

5 WTC before and after 9/11

6 WTC was a seven story building completed in 1974. It served as the U.S Customs house of New York. It also housed several agency divisions in New York like the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, United States Department of Labor, US Export Assistance Center. It was connected to the North Tower by North bridge to World Financial Center. It's concourse had storage, loading docks, lower lobby, and a firing range. The collapse of the North Tower destroyed a large section of 6 WTC leading to its complete demolition. Click HERE to learn more.

6 WTC before and after 9/11.

In 1986 the 7 World Trade center was completed. It was constructed atop of two-story Con Edison substation. A substation is a a key part of an electrical grid, acting as a central hub for switching and transforming voltage levels to ensure efficient and reliable power delivery. It was a 47 story office building, used mainly by the Salomon Brothers. Salomon Brothers is a multinational bulge bracket investment bank. People called the 7 World Trade Center was referred to by the Salomon Brothers building. It was connected to the world trade center by a pedestrian bridge that went over Vesey street. It was destroyed when the North Tower collapsed. Learn more about 7 WTC HERE.

7 WTC before and after 9/11.

The 1993 Bombing of the World Trade Center is often overlooked due to the September 11, 2001 attacks but it killed six people including an unborn child. On February 26, 1993 right around noon a loud explosion rocked lower Manhattan. This left six people dead and more than a thousand injured some with serious injuries. The six victims of this horrible attack were John DiGiovanni, Robert Kirkpatrick, Stephen A. Knapp, William Macko, Wilfredo Mercado and Monica Rodriguez Smith, who was pregnant when she was killed. Their names are inscribed on the 9/11 memorial on on panel N-73, according to 9/11 memorial. A small band of terrorist slipped away in the carnage, as the FBI and its partners on the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force was setting up to investigate. They’d been tracking Islamic fundamentalists in the city for month, so they suspected terrorism. They would soon find proof of terrorism like a suspiciously obliterated vehicle identification number, leading to a rented van reported stolen. An Islamic fundamentalist named Mohammad Salameh had rented the vehicle. On March 4 the FBI Swat team arrested Mohammad Salameh. The FBI soon had three more suspects in custody (Nidal Ayyad, Mahmoud Abouhalima, and Ahmed Ajaj.) They also uncovered an apartment with were the bomb was built as well as dangerous chemicals. All four men were eventually tried and sentenced to life in prison. This bombing sent shockwaves through New York, as clean up was happening the FBI uncovered a second plot to bomb a series of New York landmarks simultaneously, including the U.N. building, the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, and the federal plaza where the New York FBI building is located. The mastermind of the bombing was still on the run. The FBI learned of his name weeks after the attack (Ramzi Yousef) he was planning more attacks, including simultaneous bombing of a dozen U.S. international flights. Yousef was captured in Pakistan in February 1995, returned to America, and convicted along with the van driver (Eyad Ismoil). A seventh plotter (Abdul Yasin) remains at large. The FBI later learned that Yousef's plot was much more disturbing. He wanted the bomb to topple one tower, with the collapsing debris knocking down the second. Which was a haunting foreshadow to the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Yousef’s uncle Khalid Sheikh Mohammed a member of the terrorist group al Qaeda would later carryout the 9/11 attacks. All of this information was found on the FBI history page.

In 1995, World Views,” an artists-in-residence program submitted a proposal to used some of the vacant office spaces a temporary artist studios. They were accepted and the studios were on the 91 and 92 floors on the North towers. Sounds like just another business moving in, but it was actually used to bring businesses back to the towers after the 1993 bombings as roughly 400 businesses left the World Trade complexes. Just six weeks before 9/11, Silverstein Properties Inc won the bid to lease the World Trade Towers. They obtained a 99-year lease encompassing 10.6 million square feet of office space, for $3.25 billion. (5.82 billion today). After the 9/11 attacks Silverstein Properties Inc played a key role in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site.

Authors note: The events of 9/11 are in a timeline format for simplicity in reading as well. These events are extremely tragic reader digression is advised.

The Attacks On 9/11/2001

• 7:59 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11 takes of from Boston's Logan International Airport heading to Los Angeles, California with 79 passengers, 11 crew members, and 5 hijackers.
• 8:15 a.m. United Airlines Flight 175 departs from Boston's Logan International Airport heading to Los Angeles, California with 51 passengers, 9 crew members, and 5 hijackers on board.
• 8:19 a.m. A flight attendant abord Flight 11 calls ground personal an alerts of a hijacking. Boston has lost contact and radar of Flight 11. They try to track it using secondary radar.
• 8:20 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77 departs from Washington Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles, California, with 53 passengers, 6 crew members, and 5 hijackers on board.
• 8:24 a.m. Hijacker Mohamed Atta on Flight 11, accidentally radios Boston controllers alerting them to an attack. He meant to hit the call button for the cabin.
• 8:26 a.m. Flight 11 turned south. American begins to identify the hijackers, using the help of two flight attendants (Betty Ong and Madeline "Amy" Sweeney) passed on the seat numbers of the hijackers.
• 8:37 a.m. Boston alerts US Air Force’s Northeast Defense Sector to the hijacking of Flight 11. They mobilize jets to follow the plane.
• 8:38 a.m. Flight 11 begins a rapid decent
• 8:42 a.m. United Flight 93 takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport atter a delay due to some routine traffic, heading to San Francisco, California. Aboard are 33 passengers, 7 crew members, and 4 hijackers.
• Roughly 8:42 a.m. United Flight 175 is hijacked. Threating passengers and killing the pilots.
• 8:44 a.m. Sweeney reported to Woodward "Something is wrong. We are in a rapid descent... We are all over the place." Woodward then asks her to look out of the window to see if she knows where they are. Sweeney replies Sweeney replies" we are flying low. We are flying very, very low. We are flying way too low." Seconds later she says" Oh my God, we are way too low. " Phone call ends.
• 8:46:40 a.m. American Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower. All on board and an unknown amount of people in the tower are killed instantly. Leaving a massive hole between floors 93 and 99. People were trapped from the 91st floor up.
• 8:47 a.m. Flight 175 beacon code changed twice. Calls to 911 flood in as evacuations of the North Tower begin.
• 8:49 a.m. The deputy fire safety director in the South Tower told his counterpart in the North Tower that he would be wait to hear from "the boss from the Fire Department or somebody" before ordering an evacuation.
• 8:50 a.m. NYPD dispatches two helicopters to report the damages and conditions of the WTC.
• 8:51 a.m. Flight 175 deviated from its assigned altitude. New York air traffic controllers repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to make contact.
• 8:52 a.m. Lee Hanson receives a call from his son Peter on Flight 175 relaying that people had taken over the cockpit. Lee Hanson calls 911 relaying what his son said. A male flight attendant calls Untied office reaching Marc Policastro. He reports both pilots were killed, they had been hijacked, a flight attendant was stabbed, and the hijackers were probably flying the plane. A Battalion Chief, two ladder. and two engines arrive at North Tower.
• 8:53 a.m. Nine Brooklyn units were staged on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel to await dispatch orders
• 8:54 a.m. Flight 77 deviates from its assigned course, turning South.
• 8:56 a.m. Flight 77 transponder is turned off and primary radar contact is lost. Indianapolis Air Traffic Control Center repeatably tries and fails to establish contact.
• 8:57 a.m. NYFD ( New York Fire Department) instructed PAPD ( Port Authority Police Department) and building personal to evacuate the South Tower.
• 8:58 a.m. Flight 175 Changes heading to New York. NYPD Chief of Department raises the mobilization to a level 4, thereby sending 22 lieutenants, 100 sergeants, and 800 police officers. The Helicopters repot that they are unable to land on the roof of the North Tower because of the flames and smoke.
• 9:00 a.m. Lee Hanson receives a second call from Peter saying " It's getting bad, Dad a stewardess was stabbed they seem to have knives and mace. They said they have a bomb. It's getting very bad on the plane. Passengers are throwing up and getting sick. The plane is making jerky movements. I don't think the pilot is flying the plane. I think we're going down. I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building. Don't worry. Dad, Dad, if it happens, it'll be fast my God, my God." There's a woman scream just before the call cuts out. American Airlines Executive Vice President Gerard Arpey learns of loss of communication with American flight 77. The second American flight to be in trouble. Arpey orders all American Airlines flights in the Northeast to remain on the ground. Units at Twin Towers are approximately 235 firefighter. 21 engines nine ladders. Four of the departments elite rescue teams the departments only hazmat team two of the cities, elite squad and support staff. A third helecopter is dispatched to the WTC. Subway stations began shutting down near the WTC.
• 9:03:11 a.m. United Airlines Flight 175 hits the South Tower. All on board and an unknown amount of people in the tower are killed instantly. Crashing through the 77 to 85 floors.
• 9:05 a.m. President Bush is informed of the second tower.
• 9:06 a.m. Chief of Department instructed that no units were to be landed on the roof of either tower.
• 9:07 a.m. Boston Controllers request that Herndon Command Center " get messages to airborne aircraft to increase security for the cockpit." Firefighter start ascending the stairwells.
• 9:10 a.m. Suspecting American 77 has been hijacked and it may have been the one to hit the south tower. American Headquarters learns that United is also missing a plane, American decides to extend the ground stop to nationwide.
• 9:11 a.m. The PAPD Superintendent and inspector began walking up stairwell B of the North Tower.
• 9:12 a.m. Renee May calls her mother telling her that her flight has been hijacked by six individuals. She asks her mom to alert American Airlines flight 77. Nancy May and her husband promptly do so.
• 9:23 a.m. Flight 93 finally gets a message from Ed Ballinger for more security for cockpits.
• 9:26 a.m. Pilot Jason Dahl of Flight 93 responds with puzzlement asking Ballinger to confirm message
• 9:28 a.m. Hijackers attack Flight 93. Flying above eastern Ohio at 35,000 feet. It suddenly dropped 700 feet. Cleveland Traffic Control center received two transmissions. The first one was one of the pilots declaring "Mayday". The second one was one of the pilots shouting " Hey get out of here, out of here, get out of here."
• 9:29 a.m. American 77's autopilot was disengaged. The aircraft was approximately 38 miles west of the Pentagon and about 7,000 feet in the air.
• 9:30 a.m. a lock release order was given. Which unlocked all areas in the complex controlled by the security system. Damage to the North Tower prevented this order from being executed. Chiefs in charge of the South Tower lobby were in need of more firefighters.
• 9:32 a.m. Controllers at Dulles Terminal Radar Approach Control observe a primary radar target tracking eastbound at a high rate of speed. Later determined to be Flight 77. Hijacker on Flight 93 attempts to make an announcement saying " Ladies and gentlemen.: Here the Captain, please sit down. Keep remaining sitting. We have a bomb on board so, sit" Then began instructing the autopilot to turn the aircraft around and head east. Passengers started calling friend and family relaying information. A senior chief radioed all units in the North Tower to return to the lobby, either because of a false report of a third plane approaching or the deteriorating condition of the building. Once the rumor was dispelled they continued operations.
• 9:34 a.m. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport advises the Secret Service of an unknown aircraft heading in the direction of the White House. American 77 was 5 miles West Southwest at the Pentagon and began a 330° turn at the end of its turn. It was descending through 2200 feet. The hijacker the put full throttle and pointed into the Pentagon.
• 9:35 a.m. The lobby of the South Tower becomes overwhelmed by the amount of injured people. Surrounding building including 7 WTC and the Marriot hotel start evacuations.
• 9:37 a.m. Someone on the 106th floor of the South Tower called 911 reporting that the floors "90-something-floor" was collapsing. The 911 operator inaccurately conveyed the information saying that the "106 floor was crumbling"
• 9:37:46 a.m. American Airlines Crashes into the Pentagon. Traveling at 530 miles per hour. All on board, many civilians, and military personal were killed.
• 9:50 a.m. NYFD encounters several injured people on the 70th floor.
• 9:53 a.m. A group of people stuck in an elevator in the South Tower are brought to the NYFD attention by a security guard.
• 9:54 a.m. More Firefighter arrive on scene. An additional 20 engines and 6 ladders.
• 9:55 a.m. Only a few of civilians were descending above the 25 floor of the North Tower. The Pentagon issues a evacuation of the impact area as a partial collapse was imminent
• 9:57 a.m. The passengers of Flight 93 started there assault. EMS paramedic approaches NYFD Chief of Department and advised that an engineer in front of 7 WTC had just remarked that the Towers were in fact in imminent danger of a total collapse. Pentagon suffers a partial collapse.
• 9:58 a.m. They people stuck in the elevator are freed. The Chief made it to the 79th floor of the South Tower. He noted many civilian fatalities.
• 9:58:57 a.m. The hijackers of Flight 93 try to block the cockpit door and start rolling the airplane left and right sharply. They begin doing drastic maneuvers with the plan for the next several minutes.
• 9:58:59 a.m. The South Tower collapses in ten seconds, killing all civilians and emergency personnel inside as well as many the concourse, Marriot, and on the neighboring streets. The ground shook with the impact causing many emergency personal to start descending.
• 9:59 a.m. At least one person from the 91st floor of the South Tower had made it to the lobby, reporting stairwell A was almost completely empty and Stairwell B contained only a handful of people.
• 10:00 a.m. Firefighters in the North Tower had made it as high as the 54th floor. They were scattered throughout lower levels. Evacuation orders from fire chiefs ran out in the tower. As emergency personal that were trapped from the South Tower collapse calls for help ringed out.
• 10:02:23 a.m. The hijackers of Flight 93 are heard yelling " Pull it down! Pull it down!" With sounds of passengers continuing there assault on the cockpit. The aircraft plowed into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania at about 580 miles per hour.
• 10:04 a.m. Helicopters began reporting that the top 15 stories "were glowing red" and might collapse
• 10:08 a.m. The helicopter pilot warned that he did not believe that the North Tower would last much longer.
• 10:15 a.m. The commander at the Pentagon orders a full evacuation because of a warning of an approaching hijacked aircraft passed along from the FBI. It was the first of three all were very successful and well coordinated.
• 10:24 a.m. Five teams of firefighters reached the bottom of stairwell B then exited to the lobby where they stood and waited. Finally one of the men urged them to leave as this Tower could collapse at any moment. As they exited on to West street the North tower began to collapse.
• 10:28 a.m. Most people capable of leaving the North tower were descending or already out as calls to 911 grew more and more frantic. Firefighter were still going up and down the floors searching for people.
• 10:28:25 a.m. The North Tower collapse killing all civilians alive on upper floors as well as many below including many emergency personal. 12 firefighters, one PAPD officer, and three civilians survived in stairwell B.
• 10:30 a.m. All unhurt responders start the search for missing and dead.

September 11, 2001 was a heartbreaking tragedy a total of 2,973 lives were ended that day and countless others impacted. Those were not the only lives lost as a result of 9/11, in the following years many died due to the exposure of deadly, cancer causing dust in the air. The CDC explains more of the impact here. The day didn't end at 10:30 a.m. that day. It lasted weeks and weeks, months and months. It didn't officially end until May 29, 2002. It was very bad. I will be including all of my sources at the end of this segment incase you want to check it out. It was tragic and changed the world from this point. All of the people who were involved were so brave there are countless story's of people helping people that day and I hope you will check them out. There is a memorial of 9/11 that also includes the 1993 bombing victims located in New York, as well as a museum. I'll include links and locations below. I'm going to include a few photos and some links to some amazing videos of people telling there stories.

Links:

Here is an amazing video essay by the Youtube channel ABSTRACT that goes over the flights of the day highlighting Flight 93. Click HERE

Here is the Commission report of everything 9/11. This was my main source. Click HERE.

Here is oral histories of survivors of 9/11. Please take a look. Click HERE.

Here is another timeline of the event that you may be interested in. Click HERE.

Here is an awesome article that includes a video essay of 9/11. Click HERE.'

Here is more on the aftermath of 9/11. Click HERE.

Here is a video on the aftermath of 9/11. Click HERE.

Here is a history video on Al Qaeda. Click HERE.

Here is more stories from 9/11 not just about survivors but also victims. Click HERE.

Here is the address to the memorial and museum 180 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007. Click HERE for the website

This concludes the link page for just the 9/11 section. Here are some pictures of that day.

This shows United Flight 175 about to impact the South Tower

Both Towers on Fire

Here you can see the North Tower standing by itself and the sad sight of it collapsing.

A part of one of the Towers moments after the collapse.

A look a few days after of the carnage.

The Pentagon on fire.

The Pentagon a few days later

The Crash site of Flight 93

The Reconstruction After 9/11

The months after 9/11 were full of sadness and hope as the US started to put itself back together again. The victim compensation fund was signed into law as a way to compensate the families of the victims of 9/11. They still provide help to thousands of people want to learn more click HERE. Larry Silverstein held a press conference on September 20, 2001 to state his intention on building four 50 story buildings at the WTC location. Silverstein went on to hire Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) and Cooper, Robertson to redesign the World Trade Center. On December 18, 2001 all of the fires in the WTC were finally extinguished. In total about 2 million tons of entangled steel was removed from the location. In February 2002 Port Authority of NY & NJ began to repair damage and restore the area including, but not limited to walkways, transportation, and pedestrian walkways. In March of 2002 the Koenig Sphere was put in Battery Park as an interim memorial while the WTC area was being rebuilt. It was a symbol of resilience as it had survived the collapse. Click HERE to learn more about the Sphere. The first official memorial named "Tribute in Light" happened in March 10, 2002. It was two square made up of 44 spotlights projecting one mile into the night sky. Used to symbolize the Twin Towers.

May 29, 2002 marked the end of clean up it lasted eight months and nineteen days after September 11th, 2001. Workers removed the last column of the Twin Towers. July of 2002 Congress appropriated 4.55 billion dollars (8.2 billion today) through FEMA and the FTA for transportation projects in Lower Manhattan.

Picture of the clean up.

September 11, 2002 was filled with survivors stories and a somber nation. October of 2002 a ceremony is held for the breaking of ground for the new 7 WTC. March 31, 2003 the 9/11 memorial design was announced. April 7, 2004 the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation appointed an advisory board to plan a museum at the World Trade Center. August of 2005 the Oculus begins construction. The Oculus was designed to be a transportation hub at the WTC. April 2006 the One World Trade Center began construction. May 22, 2006 7 WTC has it's grand opening.

This the 7 WTC now.

September 2006 Silverstein unveils the designs for WTC 2,3, and, 4. In February 2008 the excavation sites of WTC 3 and 4 are completed and turned over to Silverstein. In 2009 1 WTC is renamed the Freedom Tower. In August of 2010 The Port Authority of NY & NJ approved plans to construct Towers 2, 3, and 4 of the World Trade Center. September 10, 2011 is the ten year anniversary where Presidents Barak Obama and George W. Bush, as well as other officials, gather with families of the fallen to dedicate the new 9/11 memorial. It opened to the public the following day. November 12, 2013 4 WTC is opened.

4 WTC

In May of 2014 the 9/11 museum opens it stays open for 24 hours a day for the families and friends of the fallen. After a week is over the museum is open to the public for the first time. In October of 2014 streets around where the towers fell are finally reopened those include Vesey, West, and Fulton streets. November 2, 2014 the Freedom Tower (1 WTC) is opened.

This is the Freedom Tower.

June of 2016 Liberty Park is opened to the public. August of 2016 the Oculus is officially opened!

This is the Oculus.

September 5, 2017 the Koenig Sphere is returned to the WTC and put in Liberty Park. They had a ceremony for the return of the sphere in November.

This is the Koenig Sphere before, during, and after. You can see the sphere today in Liberty Park.

June 10, 2018 3 WTC is opened.

In 2019 they opened the 9/11 Memorial Glade. The Glade includes a pathway flanked by six large stone monoliths, ranging from 13 to 18 tons, that are inlaid with World Trade Center steel. It is meant to signify the sacrifices made by the rescue and recovery team. Want to learn more? Click HERE.

The Memorial Glade.

In June of 2019, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the Port Authority of NY & NJ issued a request for proposal for 5 World Trade Center. In February of 2020 the Freedom Tower achieved 93% of its space leased. March of 2020 is the start of the Covid pandemic which limited travel and activity. More on Covid click HERE. How Covid affected the WTC click HERE. April of 2021 the Oculus opens a beer garden. September 11, 2021 was the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Want to see what they did click HERE. September 13, 2021 the memorial gardens open which honors the sacrifices made by Port Authority first responders, employees, rescue and recovery workers. April 2022, the first Native Bee Sanctuary is installed in Liberty Park. Click HERE to learn more. June of 2022, NOAA ( National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) installs a weather station at Liberty Park to provide real time data to surrounding areas. December 2022, St. Nicholas Church Reopens. The St. Nicholas Church was originally destroyed by the collapse of the Towers. It was rebuilt close to its original location.

The original St. Nicholas Church

The new St. Nicholas Church

September of 2023 the Oculus reached pre-pandemic numbers again. For the past couple of years not much has changed. They are still planning to build 5 WTC. This is the proposed design of 5 WTC and more information on the 5 WTC.

World Trade Center Complex has had a complicated past. It took 24 years to rebuild after 9/11 and we still aren't completely finished. There are many people today who are still affected by it. Whether its from someone lost on that day, to being there helping while and after, or being impacted by the stories of everything that day. As we get closer to the 25 year anniversary I implore you to look over the stories, go to the WTC complex, and simply never forget what happened. Even though we rebuild we will never be the same.

Author's Note: I hope you were able to learn more about the World Trade Center's. I had never seen a complete history of the WTC and wanted to compile one that being said, if something is wrong please let me know. I have provided all my sources. Any that didn't have a hyperlink in the story will be provided below. I would be more than happy to update and edit as time goes on. Also I provided a link below to the new DNA matching they have been doing in recent time. Thank you for reading. Matthew 5:4

Links that didn't find a home.

Here is where I found most of my timeline from. HERE

Article on New DNA matching. HERE

Remembering 9/11 HERE

What happened as a result of 9/11 HERE