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Attack On A
On  merica
The World Trade  Center   Complex
New  York
Y
, NY
September 11
r 1 th, 2001
 
 
Facts - I
 WTC Complex:
Consist of  Seven  Buildings
  Owner : 
Port  Authority  of New York and New  Jersey
 Architect:
Minoru  Yamasaki & Associates
 Engineer:
John Skilling & Les  Robertson , 
based  in  Seattle  
 Contractor: Tishman Construction Company
 Ground Breaking:
August 5th, 1966
 Opened:
April 4th, 1973
 
 
Facts - II
 Dimensions:
200  feet  Tower  sides .
 Total area : 
12 mil ion  square  feet
40,000 sq ft per  floor
 Height:
110  stories  high,  1368  and 1362 feet. 
(417 and 415 meters).
 Elevators:
239 elevators and 71 escalators
 Earth  work :
1.2 mil ion cubic yards were excavated 
 
 
Facts - III
  Steel :
200,000 tons
 Concrete: 425,000 cubic yards
  Windows : 43,600   windows
600,000 sq ft of  glass
 Cooling:
60,000 tons of cooling  capacity
 Antenna: 360 feet high
 Capacity: 50,000 Employees
 
 
 
 
Satellite  Photo - Lower Manhattan 
WTC
 
 
Manhattan
Prior to Attack
 
 
WTC –  Looking Up 
 
 
AA  Flight  11
Boston to LAX 
Hit the  North  Tower at 8:45 AM
United Flight 175
Boston to LAX
Hit the  South  Tower at 9:03 AM
 
 
Flight Paths
of Attack
 
 
UAL Flight 175 Hitting South Tower
AA Flight 11 Hit the  North Tower
 
 
Satellite 
Photo 
of NY & NJ
Smoke  from 
Burning  
Towers
 
 
 
 
South Tower Blast
 
 
Both  Towers - Burning
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From Brooklyn Brid  
ge
From Empire State  Building
South Tower 
Collapsing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Falling Bodies
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lone Man - Fleeing
 
 
Avalanche
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Car on its End
 
 
WTC Bldg # 7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Skyline
Before  & After Attack
 
 
God Bless America
I am certain that,  however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our 
AMERICA will  endure and the cause of human  freedom  will  triumph … 
by Cordell Hull
 
 

Document Outline

• Attack On America   The World Trade Center Complex New York, NY
• Facts - I
• Facts - II
• Facts - III
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Satellite Photo - Lower Manhattan 
• Manhattan Prior to Attack
• WTC – Looking Up 
• Slide 9
• Flight Paths of Attack
• Slide 11
• Satellite Photo  of NY & NJ  Smoke from Burning Towers
• Slide 13
• South Tower Blast
• Both Towers - Burning
• Slide 16
• Slide 17
• Slide 18
• South Tower  Collapsing
• Slide 20
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• Falling Bodies
• Slide 25
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• Lone Man - Fleeing
• Slide 28
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• Car on its End
• Slide 41
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• Skyline Before & After Attack
• Slide 51