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9/11 Memorial Day

In the dark early morning hours, New York City was illuminated with the tower of One World Trade Center rising up, illuminated in red, white and blue to the left, the Statue of Liberty in the center and the Tribute in Light on the right, where the Twin Towers once stood.

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Aftermath of World Trade Center Attack


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Ground Zero as seen from NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite on the morning of September 12, 2001.

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The final plan for the World Trade Center

Silverstein Properties is trying to spin the slow-ass construction process at the WTC site with this video of what the site will look like once completed. Great.

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Supercut: The World Trade Centrer in movies

From 1969 to 2001, the Twin Towers made countless cameos in Hollywood films. Sometimes featured prominently in the foreground, sometimes lurking in the distance. This montage celebrates the towers’ all-too-short film career with songs that capture the passing decades. Man, I miss them.

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