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How Did The Twin Towers Collapse
Jacqueline Moore
C. Stephen Coleman Jr., Instructor
English 299, Section A
November 16, 2010
The Twin Towers Collapse New York was always known for the Twin Towers, also called the World Trade Center. The World Trade Center building’s, were two building’s in New York City that were almost identical to each other. This is why they were known as the Twin Towers. In New York the World Trade Center brought together different government agencies, and gave businesses the opportunity to conduct foreign exchange as well as other business transactions in this facility. Thousands of people would enter the facility each day either to work or conduct business transactions. However, on September 11, 2001, America, as we know it would be changed

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