World Trade Tower One (northern tower), 30, of New York City, New York, passed away on September 11, 2001. She died at 10:28 A.M., 102 minutes after being hit by an airplane that had been hijacked by terrorists from the Al Qaeda terrorist organization. The Al Qaeda terrorist organization is a group of Islamic Extremists who felt anger toward the United States for discriminating against their religion (Muslim). World Trade Tower One was finished being built on December 23, 1970, located in downtown Manhattan was the tallest building in the world. Less than a year after being built, World Trade Tower One, at 1,360 feet tall, was surpassed by the Sears Tower in Chicago. World Trade Tower One was turned into a tourist attraction with restaurants with amazing views of New York City. In 1974 skilled high wire artist Philippe Petit bravely walked across a wire between World Trade Tower One …show more content…
He died at 9:03 a.m., after being hit by an airplane. The airplane that ripped through the 60th floor of the South Trade Tower had been hijacked by members of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization. Al Qaeda is a group of Muslims whose goal is to wage war against other non-religious countries. Al Qaeda felt specific anger towards the United States of America and other western countries for discriminating against Muslims in the past. The airplane that hit the Southern World Trade Tower was a Boeing 767, United Airlines flight 175. The Southern tower was finished in July 1971. The southern World Trade Tower became famous when stuntman George Willig climbed to the top of the southern tower using devices that he made. Both the trade towers had been tried to be destroyed before September 11, 2001. On February 26, 1993, Islamic Extremists detonated a bomb underneath World Trade Towers One and Two in the parking garage with the intent of making the towers fall into each