After the jets hit, stairwells became the sole means of escape for thousands of WTC occupants. But design choices hampered full evacuation—and made the descent even more harrowing.
9/11 anniversary in pictures: The attack on the Twin Towers World Trade Center in New York
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9/11 anniversary in pictures: The attack on the Twin Towers World Trade Center in New York
Critics of the game say it is too much, too soon.
The World Trade Center towers were once the tallest buildings in the world. But on 9/11, after being struck by a terrorist attack, they collapsed. Two...
The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in the World Trade Center campus, destroyed during 9/11, has been rebuilt by the Spanish architect, embodying resilience and hope.
I was in Windows On The World the day before 9/11. It took me two years and folding a thousand origami cranes before I could write this essay; it's taken another 18 years for it to be published.
Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, lower Manhattan looks very different than it used to. TheStreet shares 12 pictures depicting the site's changes from past to present.
9/11 anniversary in pictures: The attack on the Twin Towers World Trade Center in New York
The long-awaited report from the NIST conclusively rebuts the claims put forth by conspiracy theorists that explosives caused the collapse of WTC 7.
NY World Trade Center Tower 2 9-11-2001 Attack plane Witnesses speak of an airplane without glass. and today speak for drone remotely. By looking beneath the aircraft we see something that should not be. Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRC4lCQuBmc&feature=related
Popular Mechanics examines the evidence and consults the experts to refute the most persistent conspiracy theories of September 11.
Four years after the discovery, archaeologists finally figured out where the ship came from and what happened at the site.
These historic stairs were vital to the evacuation of people fleeing from the attacks on the World Trade Center towers in 2001.
A construction worker walks past the emerging structure of the Twin Towers on the World Trade Center site in downtown New York, circa 1970.
Twenty years after 9/11, the popular geographic livestream site EarthCam has revealed its commemoration of the tragedy using footage taken from two decades of loss and rebuilding. EarthCam founder Brian Cury installed the camera in the days following the attacks to document the monumental recovery...
The Vietnam veteran helped save hundreds of lives on September 11th, before he was swallowed by the South Tower collapse. “For Rick Rescorla, this was a natural death,” his best friend said—a hero’s end.
Earlier this year, the FBI re-released a set of rarely-seen images of the aftermath of...
Should you visit the World Trade Center Memorial? The 9/11 Museum and Memorial is a moving experience for anyone visiting NYC.
Image 6 of 8 from gallery of World Trade Center Transportation Hub Oculus Designed in Remembrance of 9/11. Photograph by Hufton + Crow
This post was conceived after I read a post by Lorraine at Crafty Coo during WOYWW. I considered joining, but since the challenge was to...
New York, NY (Sept. 14, 2001) -- What was once a glittering symbol of the financial center of the world now stands blanketed in ash and soot. The World Trade Center was destroyed during a September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jim Watson. (RELEASED)
Four years after the discovery, archaeologists finally figured out where the ship came from and what happened at the site.
