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Tales Of The City, Revisited
Three years after 9/11, Manhattan looks shiny and clean for the G.O.P. convention. But what has become of its icons: its money, its people and, of course, Rudy? An update on a mending metropolis
Twin Terrors
When two hijacked airliners ripped through the World Trade Center towers, the real horror was only beginning
If You Want To Humble An Empire
The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and its aftermath
Mourning In America
After the attacks, the nation mourns and strengthens its resolve
Digging Out
Even as New York City buries its dead and carts off its rubble, it also begins to rebuild
Facing The End
Some were aboard doomed airliners, others at work in buildings on the verge of catastrophe. Still others went on brave rescue missions. And a few were lucky. How people coped when hell descended
The Plot Comes Into Focus
A low-profile, even meager lifestyle allowed 19 hijackers to blend into the American tapestry. Does this mean others are still out there?
Tending The Wounds
The initial shock of the World Trade Center attack has passed. But as Americans return to work, to school and (gingerly) to play, the impact of the disaster on everyday life is just beginning to be felt
Atta's Odyssey
How a shy, well-educated young Egyptian became a suspected ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks. The mystery begins to unfold in Germany
Person Of The Year
Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of the World, is TIME's 2001 Person of the Year
Out Of The Ruins
Ground zero today is part spectacle, part shrine--and quintessentially New Yorkr
Can We Stop The Next Attack?
Six months after Sept. 11, America has taken the fight to al-Qaeda. But behind the scenes, the CIA and FBI have been in a desperate scramble to fix a broken system before another strike comes.
A New Blueprint
Developer Larry Silverstein has made peace with the politicians. Will the rebuilding of ground zero finally become a reality?
The Day the FAA Stopped the World
TIME's aviation correspondent Sally Donnelly dissects what happened in the air that fateful day
Twin Terrors
Posted Sep. 14, 2001PLANES SLAM TOWERS...
8:45 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 hijacked en route from Boston to Los Angeles with 92 passengers aboard, slams into the north tower
9:06 a.m. United Airlines Flight 175, also a Boeing 767 hijacked en route from Boston to Los Angeles with 65 passengers aboard, banks hard and slices through the south tower
...AND WEAKENED BUILDINGS COLLAPSE
10:00 a.m. The sudden collapse of the south tower traps hundreds of rescuers below, in addition to perhaps thousands of workers in the building. Debris guts the 4 World Trade Center building below
10:29 a.m. Weakened by its imploded twin, the north tower collapses, raining more debris and crushing buildings and rescuers below
5:25 p.m. As fires and debris finally take their toll, the 7 World Trade Center building falls
FIRST IMPACT American Flight 11
1 World Trade Center Second to collapse Completed: 1970 Height: 110 floors Floor Sizes: (9-105) 45,000-50,000 sq. ft. Elevators: 97 passenger, 6 freight
WHO WAS INSIDE The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey leased six floors of the north tower. Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, on floors 101-105, cannot account for 1,000 of its employees
SECOND IMPACT United Flight 175
2 World Trade Center First to collapse Completed: 1972 Height: 110 floors Floor Sizes: (2-109) 45,000-50,000 sq. ft. Elevators: 97 passenger, 6 freight
WHO WAS INSIDE Morgan Stanley Dean Witter was the single largest tenant in the south tower, leasing 21 floors. Both buildings hold 50,000 people
The 360-ft. television mast on Tower 1 supported 10 television antennas and numerous other services. Ten television stations, including all the major networks, broadcast from the mast
7 World Trade Center Third to collapse
All lower building around the towers virtually destroyed by falling debris
WHY DID THEY COLLAPSE?
Each of the towers, more than 200 ft. wide on each side, contained a central steel core surrounded by open office space. Eighteen-inch steel tubes ran vertically along the outside, providing much of the support for the building
Once the plane damaged the central core, the weight was redistributed to the outer steel tubes, which were slowly deformed by the added weight and the heat of the fires
Sources: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Associated Press; Skyscrapers, by Judith Dupre, Perpetual Motion, by Joe Mysak and Schiffer
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