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World Trade CenterThe Towers&The Memorial
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The presentation model of the World Trade Center
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The Twin Towers• At 110 stories each, 1 WTC (North Tower) and 2 WTC (South
Tower) provided nearly 10-million-square feet of office space for about 35,000 people and 430 companies.
• Attracting around 70,000 tourists and commuters every day, they were the tallest buildings in New York City, and for a brief period upon their completion, they were the tallest buildings in the world.
• On a clear day, views extended 45 miles from the top of the towers in every direction – far enough to see all five New York City boroughs, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Twin Towers Facts• Each weighed more than 250,000 tons, contained 99 elevators
and had 21,800 windows. • Each floor was an acre in size and there was enough concrete
in the towers to build a sidewalk from New York City to Washington, D.C.
• The complex even had its own zip code: 10048. • The Twin Towers were completed in 1973
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Twin Towers Facts• In February 1993, terrorists with links to an Islamist extremist
group detonated explosives in a van parked underneath the WTC.
• Six people were killed and thousands were injured.
• On September 11, 2001, as part of a series of coordinated suicide attacks, two planes struck both towers .
• 2, 753 victims were killed in the attack on the WTC.
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The Attacks
The Immediate Reaction
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Post 9/11
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The Memorial• An international design competition was held in 2003 for
selecting the design for a national memorial to remember and honor the people killed in terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993.
• Design submissions totaled 5,201 and were received from 63 nations.
• The winner of this contest: "Reflecting Absence" by Michael Arad
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Components of “Reflecting Absence”
• Two reflecting pools with the largest man-made waterfalls in the United States
• Deciduous trees bordering open spaces• The names of each person who died in both this attack and
the 1993 bombing in bronze panels along the sides of the pool.
• Memorial pavilion
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The Design
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Questions to Consider:
• 1. What do you think is significant about the number and placement of the pools?• 2. What is symbolic about deciduous
trees?• 3. Why did the designer include wide
open spaces?
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The 9/11 Memorial• The 9/11 Memorial will be dedicated on September 11, 2011
the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in a ceremony for victims’ families.
• It will open to the public on September 12, 2011 and will welcome visitors who have reserved advance passes
• The 9/11 Memorial Museum will open in September 2012
• http://www.911memorial.org/wtc-history