TWIN TOWERS

By Alexandra Mazo J
  • 1973 BCE

    Twin towers

    Twin towers
    What were the twin towers? Twin Towers, inaugurated on April 4, 1973, and destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001, being the tallest buildings in the world.

  • creation of twin towers

    creation of twin towers
    Twin Towers, inaugurated on April 4, 1973. In 1943, the idea of establishing a (World Trade Center) World Trade Center in New York City was proposed for the first time. The Legislature of the State of New York authorized Thomas E. Dewey, the then Governor of New York, to initiate the development of the plans for the project

  • the fire

    the fire
    The World Trade Center suffered a fire on February 13, 1975.
    a fire broke out in the North Tower of the WTC, which spread along the 11th floor. This fire spread through the core to floors 9 and 14 after the insulation of the cables caught fire. of telephone located in a service hole that ran vertically between the floors. Most of the damage was concentrated on the 11th floor. There was no structural damage to the tower, since the steel was covered by a fire resistant material.

  • Bomb Attack

    Bomb Attack
    The World Trade Center also suffered a bomb attack on February 26, 1993. On February 26, 1993, at 12:17, a Ryder truck that contained 680 kilograms of explosives, parked by Ramzi Yousef, exploded in the underground parking lot of the North Tower, and opened a 30-meter hole. through five sub-levels, with the greatest damage occurring at levels B1 and B2 and considerable structural damage at level B3.

  • Theft

    Theft
    In the World Trade Center there was also a robbery on January 14, 1998. In January 1998, Ralph Guarino, a member of the Mafia who had obtained maintenance access to the World Trade Center, formed a gang of three men to steal more than 2 million dollars, which were transferred from a truck belonging to the Brinks company. Floor 11 of WTC.111

  • Privatization

    Privatization
    In 1998, the Port Authority decided to privatize the World Trade Center, a public authority for a private company to manage the building, and granted the license to Silverstein Properties in July 2001.
    The privatization of the World Trade Center would add it to the list of taxpayers and grant funds for other projects of the Port Authority On February 15, 2001, the Port Authority announced that Vornado Realty Trust had obtained the lease of the World Trade Center

  • Destruction

    Destruction
    On September 11,2001,a group of Islamic terrorists hijacked American Airlines flight 11and smashed it against the north facade of the North Tower at 8:46:40the plane crashed between the floors 93 and 99.Seventeen minutes later,a second team of terrorists crashed the hijacked)flight 175 of United Airlines against the South Tower;the impact occurred between floors 77 and 85.The damage caused to the North Tower by flight 11 destroyed all escape routes from above the impact area,trapping 1344 people