The world trade center was the 2 twin towers that were 110 stories tall and that were taller than any other buildings at the time. The north tower was 1,710 feet high and the south tower was 1,350 feet high. The towers took 7 years to build at a cost of $750 million. The towers were so huge that each floor was the size of a football field!!!
The buildings were built to show the world that the U.S. is an important international trader. When the world trade center opened 50,000 people worked in the building such as bond trades U.S treasury sales and all other thing trading. Its basicly the trade capital of the U.S. The world trade center wasn't all business, it had apartments, restaurants and places where you can go to view the city of Manhattan. There were around 26,00 visitors a day that went to the towers. The Americans viewed the twin towers as a symbol of the openness American society. The terrorist saw the symbols of things they hated about America.
resources: september 11 2001
the attacks on the world trade center
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