- Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:46 am#8922
1. The towers were also the tallest buildings in the world for about a year when they were built in 1973
2. Each reflecting pool has waterfalls that descend an initial 30 feet into the main basin and another 20 feet before leaving site.
3. Each memorial reflecting pool is almost an acre in size.
4. Survivors and rescue workers from the 9/11 attacks often experienced post-traumatic stress and were at risk for severe respiratory problems.
5. Around 400 of the people who died on September 11, 2001, were police officers and firefighters.
6. The additional six names are for those who died in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
7. The passengers and crew became aware of why they were attacked because there had been a 25-minute delay in taking off due to heavy air traffic.
8. Davis Brody Bond is the architect who oversaw the construction.
9. It was renamed the National September 11 Memo-rial & Museum in 2007.
10. The National Park Service maintains the mu-seum, memorial, and grounds of the 9/11 Memori-al.
11. There are 2,883 names of people memorial-ized around the twin reflecting pools.
12. The terrorists unsuccessfully attempted to crash a fourth plane into an additional, prominent location in Washington, D.C., but it crashed in western Pennsylvania.
13. The building between the twin reflecting pools has just a small portion above ground, with most of it underground.
14. While the terrorists thought suicide bombing the United States would weaken the country, it only made the U.S. stronger as it unified efforts to com-bat terrorism.
15. The World Trade Center also included a hotel and an underground mall that allowed people to stay and shop while they visited.
16. There are twin reflecting pools at the memorial as they represent the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.
17. On the birthday of each victim, a red rose is placed on the victim’s name in the memorial to honor their life.
18. Construction on the initial memorial began on March 13, 2006 and took eight years to complete fully.
19. The reflecting pools at the 9/11 memorial are the largest man-made waterfalls in North America.
20. September 11 was named Patriot Day on De-cember 18, 2001 to remember those who died in the 9/11 attacks annually.
21. The former World Trade Center was a collec-tion of seven buildings, with the twin towers rising out of the New York skyline as the most prominent of them.
22. The 9/11 attack involved the work of nineteen men who coordinated an attack to crash airplanes at three different locations.
23. It follows an original master plan created by Daniel Libeskind.
24. It took 9 months to clear the 1.8 million tons of rubble and debris from the twin towers.
25. The entrance ramp in the memorial building leads to Foundation Hall where the footprint of the North Tower once stood.
26. The fourth plane hijacked in the 9/11 attacks crashed due to an uprising by the passengers and crew when they realized their hijacking was part of a coordinated attack.
27. The 9/11 Memorial was completed in two stag-es, with the memorial being completed first and dedicated to the victims’ families on September 11, 2011.
28. The 9/11 Memorial was designed by the Israe-li-American architect Michael Arad, who won a competition to design the overall concept for the memorial.
29. It is located on about half of the 16-acre site that the former World Trade Center complex en-compassed.
30. The reflecting pools are surrounded by the names of the victims of both the 9/11 terrorist at-tacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
31. The emptiness of Foundation Hall is intended to remind visitors of what was once there and is no longer.
32. Of the names inscribed at the memorial, 2,977 of those are for those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
33. The memorial was initially called the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation.
34. There were 18 people who were rescued alive from the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.
35. The first plane crashed into the 80th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m.
36. The central feature of the 9/11 Memorial is the memorial itself, which has twin square reflecting pools that have the names of the memorialized vic-tims around each pool.
37. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37a.m. and collapsed part of the building.
38. The second plane crashed into the 60th floor of the south tower 17 minutes later at 9:03 a.m.
39. A retaining wall from the original building is in-corporated into the design of Foundation Hall as a reminder that nothing is truly gone.
40. A 36-foot piece of steel that was the last piece taken from the site cleanup is housed in Founda-tion Hall as a column.
41. The 9/11 terrorists crashed two planes into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York and an additional plane into the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C.
42. The 9/11 Memorial was built to remember and honor those who died in the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States.
43. The flight data recorder data led investigators to believe the fourth hijacked plane was likely at-tempting to crash into the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
44. There were 110 floors in the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.
45. Up to 50,000 people could work in the Twin Towers daily.
46. A 2019 bill passed by the U.S. Senate perma-nently ensured funding for a 9/11 victims fund that supports the families of the victims and first re-sponders of the 9/11 terrorist attack.
47. The Twin Towers were nearly identical twin buildings and were the tallest in New York City, with each hosting 110 floors.
48. The two planes brought down both Twin Tow-ers and led to the collapse of all five buildings in the former World Trade Center complex.
49. 430 companies employed 35,000 people who regularly worked in the Twin Towers.
50. The second stage of the memorial involved completing the museum, which was dedicated on May 15, 2014.
2. Each reflecting pool has waterfalls that descend an initial 30 feet into the main basin and another 20 feet before leaving site.
3. Each memorial reflecting pool is almost an acre in size.
4. Survivors and rescue workers from the 9/11 attacks often experienced post-traumatic stress and were at risk for severe respiratory problems.
5. Around 400 of the people who died on September 11, 2001, were police officers and firefighters.
6. The additional six names are for those who died in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
7. The passengers and crew became aware of why they were attacked because there had been a 25-minute delay in taking off due to heavy air traffic.
8. Davis Brody Bond is the architect who oversaw the construction.
9. It was renamed the National September 11 Memo-rial & Museum in 2007.
10. The National Park Service maintains the mu-seum, memorial, and grounds of the 9/11 Memori-al.
11. There are 2,883 names of people memorial-ized around the twin reflecting pools.
12. The terrorists unsuccessfully attempted to crash a fourth plane into an additional, prominent location in Washington, D.C., but it crashed in western Pennsylvania.
13. The building between the twin reflecting pools has just a small portion above ground, with most of it underground.
14. While the terrorists thought suicide bombing the United States would weaken the country, it only made the U.S. stronger as it unified efforts to com-bat terrorism.
15. The World Trade Center also included a hotel and an underground mall that allowed people to stay and shop while they visited.
16. There are twin reflecting pools at the memorial as they represent the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.
17. On the birthday of each victim, a red rose is placed on the victim’s name in the memorial to honor their life.
18. Construction on the initial memorial began on March 13, 2006 and took eight years to complete fully.
19. The reflecting pools at the 9/11 memorial are the largest man-made waterfalls in North America.
20. September 11 was named Patriot Day on De-cember 18, 2001 to remember those who died in the 9/11 attacks annually.
21. The former World Trade Center was a collec-tion of seven buildings, with the twin towers rising out of the New York skyline as the most prominent of them.
22. The 9/11 attack involved the work of nineteen men who coordinated an attack to crash airplanes at three different locations.
23. It follows an original master plan created by Daniel Libeskind.
24. It took 9 months to clear the 1.8 million tons of rubble and debris from the twin towers.
25. The entrance ramp in the memorial building leads to Foundation Hall where the footprint of the North Tower once stood.
26. The fourth plane hijacked in the 9/11 attacks crashed due to an uprising by the passengers and crew when they realized their hijacking was part of a coordinated attack.
27. The 9/11 Memorial was completed in two stag-es, with the memorial being completed first and dedicated to the victims’ families on September 11, 2011.
28. The 9/11 Memorial was designed by the Israe-li-American architect Michael Arad, who won a competition to design the overall concept for the memorial.
29. It is located on about half of the 16-acre site that the former World Trade Center complex en-compassed.
30. The reflecting pools are surrounded by the names of the victims of both the 9/11 terrorist at-tacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
31. The emptiness of Foundation Hall is intended to remind visitors of what was once there and is no longer.
32. Of the names inscribed at the memorial, 2,977 of those are for those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
33. The memorial was initially called the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation.
34. There were 18 people who were rescued alive from the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.
35. The first plane crashed into the 80th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m.
36. The central feature of the 9/11 Memorial is the memorial itself, which has twin square reflecting pools that have the names of the memorialized vic-tims around each pool.
37. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37a.m. and collapsed part of the building.
38. The second plane crashed into the 60th floor of the south tower 17 minutes later at 9:03 a.m.
39. A retaining wall from the original building is in-corporated into the design of Foundation Hall as a reminder that nothing is truly gone.
40. A 36-foot piece of steel that was the last piece taken from the site cleanup is housed in Founda-tion Hall as a column.
41. The 9/11 terrorists crashed two planes into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York and an additional plane into the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C.
42. The 9/11 Memorial was built to remember and honor those who died in the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States.
43. The flight data recorder data led investigators to believe the fourth hijacked plane was likely at-tempting to crash into the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
44. There were 110 floors in the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.
45. Up to 50,000 people could work in the Twin Towers daily.
46. A 2019 bill passed by the U.S. Senate perma-nently ensured funding for a 9/11 victims fund that supports the families of the victims and first re-sponders of the 9/11 terrorist attack.
47. The Twin Towers were nearly identical twin buildings and were the tallest in New York City, with each hosting 110 floors.
48. The two planes brought down both Twin Tow-ers and led to the collapse of all five buildings in the former World Trade Center complex.
49. 430 companies employed 35,000 people who regularly worked in the Twin Towers.
50. The second stage of the memorial involved completing the museum, which was dedicated on May 15, 2014.
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