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[WATCH] What Happened to the Subway UNDER the Twin Towers?

2025-06-14T12:00:00-04:00

In this video I'm going to be discussing the subway underneath the Twin Towers. What happened to it? How much damage did it sustain? And also some different photos that I found I've kind of stockpiled. […] This is the World Trade Center PATH station which hosted approximately 25,000 guests daily up until 2001.

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[VIDEO] Engineers at Ground Zero

2025-05-04T12:00:00-04:00

A short documentary featuring an oral history of the structural engineers who rushed to ground zero on 9/11 and stayed for months to help safely clear the site, protect the subway systems from flooding and take what they learned forward to create new and safer buildings.

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[WATCH] New York is (Finally) Building 5 World Trade Center

2024-02-29T12:00:00-05:00

At last, the residential skyscraper at New York's World Trade Center site is moving ahead.

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Take a Virtual Tour Inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum in Google Street View

2023-11-12T12:00:00-05:00

The 9/11 Memorial Museum is one of the City's most powerful tributes to the horrific events on September 11th, 2001.

If you are able, you should definitely check out the museum in person. But if you can't, a newly added Google Street View offers a nearly full tour of the cavernous interior for you to check out.

The museum was photographed for Google Street View by C3Design, a photography studio in Long Island City.

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What's Left of New York's World Trade Center | Rise and Fall of the Twin Towers

2023-09-03T12:00:00-04:00

Explore the intriguing story of New York's Lost World Trade Center. From its origins and the demolition of Radio Row to the design, construction, and advanced elevator system, delve into the captivating details. Discover the interior of the original World Trade Center, including its remarkable observation deck, and learn about notable events like the 1975 fire, the tragic 1993 incident, and the infamous 1998 Mafia Heist. Uncover the impact of 9/11 and the fate of the World Trade Center's remains. Witness the inspiring journey of its rebuilding, featuring the iconic One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower). Join us on this captivating exploration of New York's World Trade Center and its enduring legacy.

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Take a Virtual Tour Inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum With Google Street View

2023-07-11T12:00:00-04:00

The 9/11 Memorial Museum is one of the City's most powerful tributes to the horrific events on September 11th, 2001. If you are able, you should definitely check out the museum in person. But if you can't, Google Street View offers a nearly full tour of the cavernous interior for you to check out. The museum was photographed for Google Street View by C3Design, a photography studio in Long Island City.

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[VIDEO] The Secret Gay History of the World Trade Center

2021-09-27T12:00:00-04:00

The voices of five gay men who cruised for sex at the World Trade Center in the 1980s and 1990s haunt the sanitized, commerce-driven landscape that is the newly rebuilt Freedom Tower campus.

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[WATCH] Haunting Aerial Video Shows New York City the Night Before 9/11

2020-09-11T12:00:00-04:00

If I didn't tell you the date this was shot, it would be just another aerial video on YouTube with a horrible smooth jazz soundtrack. But alas, knowing that the tragic events of 9/11 would happen in just a few hours from when this was shot makes it incredibly haunting.

Photographed by Gregor Skowronek 2001 short before the tragedy of 9/11 for a TV-Commercial (©2001)

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Vintage Map Shows Layout of The Mall at The World Trade Center

2020-05-11T16:00:00-04:00

This vintage map from the mid-90's shows the layout and directory of The Mall at the World Trade Center. To see more artifacts like this from the original World Trade Center, Twin Towers, and 9/11 terrorist attack, visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

The 9/11 Memorial Museum serves as the country's principal institution concerned with exploring the implications of the events of 9/11, documenting the impact of those events and exploring 9/11's continuing significance.

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This Vintage Map Shows Layout of The Mall at The World Trade Center

2019-05-16T11:00:00-04:00

The 9/11 Memorial Museum serves as the country's principal institution concerned with exploring the implications of the events of 9/11, documenting the impact of those events and exploring 9/11's continuing significance.

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