We purchased a ticket online, which turned out to be a mistake, because if it's not from the actual 911 museum website you will pay more AND not be able to skip the lines. However, be prepared to spend a large amount of time there if you plan to visit the museum. The museum and park that was built in the years since is a start reminder to all of us, and something everyone should visit at some point in their lives.
Six people were killed and thousands were injured.Was a horrific day, and Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan was at the forefront of all the atrocities that took place that day. In February 1993, terrorists with links to an Islamist extremist group detonated explosives in a van parked underneath the WTC. The other buildings were built over the next 14 years. The Twin Towers were completed in 1973, though tenants began to arrive in December 1970. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had a police desk in 5 WTC, while 3 WTC was a hotel with office space. The two towers were surrounded by five other buildings that comprised the WTC complex. The complex even had its own zip code: 10048. Each floor was an acre in size, and there was enough concrete in the towers to build a sidewalk from New York City to Washington, D.C. Each weighed more than 250,000 tons, contained 99 elevators, and had 21,800 windows. On a clear day, views extended 45 miles from the top of the towers in every direction-far enough to see all five New York City boroughs, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The North Tower rose 1,368 feet-1,730 feet with a large antenna-and the South Tower stood 1,362 feet high.
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