9-11 Photos: Attack on the World Trade Center

By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide

Five days after the terrorist attacks, ruins of the New York World Trade Center buildings still smoldered. Destroyed were:

• the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center
• 7 World Trade Center
• 6 World Trade Center
• 5 World Trade Center
• 4 World Trade Center
• the Marriott World Trade Center
• the World Financial Center complex
• St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Damaged and later condemned were:

• the Deutsche Bank Building
• Manhattan Community College's Fiterman Hall at 30 West Broadway

Damaged but eventually restored were:

• 90 West Street
• the Verizon Building
• One Liberty Plaza
• the Millenium Hilton
• 90 Church Street

The demolition of the World Trade Center complex altered New York's skyline forever. Could the World Trade Center buildings have been made stronger or safer? Tell us what you think.

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September 11, 2001:
Destruction, Reconstruction, and Monuments