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(We have put together a little remembrance of the World Trade center. Please see slide show link at the bottom)
round the world thank you's and prays click here
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HISTORY
The World Trade Center was built from 1969 to 1973 at a cost of $750 million. The two 110-story towers briefly were the world’s tallest buildings until the Sears Tower in Chicago surpassed them in 1974 at 1,450 feet.
Estimated cost of replacing the towers today is about $1.5 billion (09/13/2001).
BUILDING FACTS
The World Trade Center was the world's largest commercial complex, once occupied by many businesses, government agencies and international trade organizations. It was built primarily of stainless steel and glass. 1 World Trade Center tower was 1,368 feet tall and 2 World Trade Center was 1,362 feet tall. The towers had 43,600 windows. There were 93 elevators in the two buildings. The building is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
1993 BOMBING
In 1993, a terrorist car-bomb explosion damaged portions of the World Trade Center, killing six people and causing more than $300 million in damages. In 1995, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and nine others (Sudanese, Egyptian, American, and Jordanian citizens) were convicted of conspiracy and other charges related to the bombing. In 1998, Ramzi Yousef was convicted in the bombing and sentenced to life plus 240 years in prison.
In 1999, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani opened a $13 million emergency crisis center on the 23rd floor of 7 World Trade center—a building near the twin towers. Giuliani intended the center to serve as a command center during city emergencies, including blackouts, storms and terrorist attacks.
FACILITIES
The World Trade Center had 435 tenants from 26 countries that employed 40,000 office workers. An underground shopping center occupied the space below the complex, as well as the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority’s N, R, A, C, E, 1 and 9 subway trains and New Jersey PATH commuter trains, which served 150,000 daily commuters. The World Trade Center held 70 stores and restaurants, including the restaurant and nightclub, Windows on the World, at the top of 1 World Trade Center.
BUSINESSES
Government agencies in the World Trade Center include the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Animal Plant Health Inspection, Federal Maritime Commission, U.S. Customs Service, Internal Revene Service, Customs Service, Treasury Department, Secret Service, and Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
Financial exchanges include the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, and New York Cotton Exchange.
Businesses include Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter (who lease 50 floors), Hyundai Securities, Tokyo Securities, Charles Schwab, Yamaichi International America, Smith Barney Inc., Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald Inc., and Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
| • Designed by Minoru Yamasaki, the world-famous Twin Towers made
up two of the seven buildings in the World Trade Center (WTC). In addition,
an extensive underground shopping area comprised what was generally known
as the largest office complex in the world.
• 1 WTC was built in 1970. • 2 WTC contained the indoor and outdoor observation decks and was built in 1972. • Both towers stood at 110 stories high. • The last building completed in the complex, 4 WTC, was built in 1977. • More than 200,000 tons of steel were used in the construction. • Enough concrete was used to create a five-foot wide sidewalk from New York City to Washington, D.C. • The WTC had the largest refrigeration plant in the world, cooling 60,000 tons daily when it was in operation. • Transmissions on the massive antenna on 1 WTC began in June 1980. It stood 360 feet tall, and supported 10 main television antennas and a host of auxiliary antennas. • 1 WTC was home to the famous Windows on the World restaurant. • The WTC was the world's tallest building only until a month after its construction, when the Sears Tower in Chicago was completed. • On a normal weekday, the building housed approximately 50,000 office workers. • Numerous subway lines run directly underneath the building, including the numbers 1, 9 and the PATH trains from New Jersey. |
| "I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently
the World Trade Center buildings in New York ... had a bigger purpose than
just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol
of man's dedication to world peace ... beyond the compelling need to make
this a monument to world peace, the World Trade Center should, because of
its importance, become a representation of man's belief in humanity, his
need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through
cooperation, his ability to find greatness."
--Minoru Yamasaki, chief architect of the World Trade Center, a comment made long before yesterday (9/11/2001) |
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from msnbc.com
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This slide show put together by "Camejo, Roberto" America Attacked (some photos are graphic in nature)
This next slide show is from an unknown author NYC
"Letter" from Boeing's CEO to Usama bin Laden(pps format)
The graphic artists have been busy, see below!
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God Bless the U.S.A. |
by Lee Greenwood |
| If tomorrow all the things were
gone
I'd worked for all my life, And I had to start again with just my children and my wife, I'd thank my lucky stars to be living here today, 'Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.
I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free, And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today, 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God Bless the U.S.A.
From the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of Tennessee, Across the plains of Texas from sea to shining sea. From Detroit down to Houston and New York to L.A., There's pride in every American heart and it's time we stand and say:
I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free, And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today, 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God Bless the U.S.A. |
