World Trade Center

It has been 16 years since the devastating attacks of September 11. Coverage of the tragedy during which nearly 3,000 perished was the main priority that day for most Western news agencies (the scenes were witnessed by an estimated two billion people - a third of the human race). Together with amateur records, this has produced such an incredible amount of footage, some of it is rarely seen even today.

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Read about Twin Towers history, the World Trade Center landmarks built in the early 1970s and destroyed by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

Image 2 of 19 from gallery of Images of SOM's Completed One World Trade Center in New York. Photograph by James Ewing OTTO

World Trade Center, 1973-2001

Statue of Liberty Between Twin Towers, World Trade Center at Twilight, New York City, New Jersey, New York, designed Minoru Yamasaki

NYC, NY, Sunrise Between Twin Towers, World Trade Center, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, International Style II

1989

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