Past events

The towers had been the target of an attack before 9/11. On February 26, 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.

The twin towers were not only functional centers of finance, they were iconic symbols of America’s mighty economic impact throughout the world.

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