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...dead. Much of Manhattan was covered by the rubble and dust of the collapse; residents were evacuated from parts of the island as bridges and tunnels were closed. The city itself was disfigured by the blasts, the most prominent features of its skyline now twisted piles of concrete and steel. Despite the long work of rebuilding that lies ahead, many of the deepest scars will never disappear...
Looking left on windy days, the expertly engineered skyscrapers of steel and glass would rock gently in the wind. As a child I was afraid that they would fall, tumbling in the force of the howling winds. As I grew older, I learned that the 110-story buildings were specifically designed to sway so that they would not blow over. Feeling slightly more at ease, I would imagine the pair performing a quiet dance that I watched from a distance in a silent meditation...
...fire. Eighteen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, carrying 65 people bound for Los Angeles, crashed into the south tower of the center. The two crashes covered the New York City skyline in billowing smoke and flames, as hundreds of New Yorkers began streaming out of the twin steel and glass structures...
...planes were loaded with fuel for transcontinental flights, and that jet fuel ignited a hellish blaze that sent temperatures at the point of impact soaring to an estimated 2000 degrees F. Within an hour, the intense heat caused the seemingly invincible steel beams of the towers to melt like cotton candy. At 10 a.m. EST, the southern tower of the World Trade Center was enveloped in smoke after a second, gigantic explosion, and part of that tower collapsed and was destroyed. About twenty minutes later, the northern tower imploded. At 5 p.m. EST, weakened by the impact and heat...
...frighten our nation into chaos and retreat," Bush said. "But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve...