Modern City · event 12 of 15

11 September 2001

The attacks on the World Trade Center. Two hijacked aircraft are flown into the twin towers, which collapse within two hours. 2,753 people are killed in New York. The site is rebuilt around two voids in the towers’ footprints; the tower that replaces them reaches 1,776 feet.

The Modern City era

  1. 27 October 1904
  2. 25 March 1911
  3. 1916
  4. 1920
  5. 23 October 1929
  6. 1 May 1931
  7. 1934
  8. 28 June 1969
  9. 1969
  10. 4 April 1973
  11. 30 October 1975
  12. 11 September 2001
  13. 29 October 2012
  14. 1 January 2017
  15. 1 March 2020

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