World Trade Center in New York becomes the tallest building in the world. The original World Trade Center was designed by Minoru Yamasaki in the early 1960s. Groundbreaking for the World Trade Center took place on August 5, 1966. The North Tower was completed in December 1970 and the South Tower was finished in July 1971. The Tower was also know as the twin towers. But was attacked in September 11 2001. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. At 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 was crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower, followed by United Airlines Flight 175 which hit the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. 2,973 victims and the 19 hijackers died as a result of these attacks.
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