The World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex in Lower Manhattan in New York City whose seven buildings were destroyed in 2001 in the September 11 terrorist attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with six new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks. The North Tower was completed in December of 1970 and the South Tower was completed in July of 1971. The construction of the World Trade Center involved transporting a large amount of material which was used in making Battery Park City on the west side of lower manhattan. The complex was located in the center of New York City's downtown financial district and contained exactly 13.4 million square feet of office space.On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda-affiliated hijackers flew two 767 jets into the complex, one into each tower, in a coordinated suicide attack. After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower collapsed, followed by the North Tower, a half-hour later. This attack resulted in 2,750 deaths. The process of cleanup and recovery of the damage of the World Trade Center took 8 months. This tragic event was very devastating. They're were people running and trying to get farther and farther away from the dust and the smoke clouds. My mother worked down at South Street at the time, and still does and she told me that she had to share a cab with 2 other families to get back home. Everyone was rushing and most people didn't have many options when it came down to trying to get home. Many workers threw themselves from the windows and waved flags to see if they can receive some type of help from firefighters and the police.
Everyone was very frightened and concerned. The people who lived near by were recording this whole tragedy in their apartments and were staring in disbelief. People didn't know what to do, what to say, or where to run because the clouds of dust were overpowering and spreading very quickly. Many firefighters sacrificed their lives the morning of September 11. Even though they probably realized that there wasn't a high chance of themselves surviving, they still went back to the burning building and got as many people out as they could before their own lives was taken by the collapse of the North and South Towers. In my opinion, I really do believe that this was all planned out. The reason I say that is because any president who really cared about their country would have freaked out and took action as soon as possible even though there wasn't much that could have been done if the damage was already in progress. President Bush took his sweet time and didn't really care about what was going on. He showed no interest in the tragedy and continued on doing what he was doing while this happened.
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