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Do not fill this in! === Damage === {{further|Collapse of the World Trade Center}} [[File:World Trade Center Site After 9-11 Attacks With Original Building Locations.jpg|thumb|The [[World Trade Center site]], called [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]], with an overlay showing the original buildings' locations]] Along with the 110-floor [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]], numerous other buildings at the World Trade Center site were destroyed or badly damaged, including WTC buildings 3{{spaces}}through{{spaces}}7 and [[St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church]].<ref name="wtcstudy">{{cite web|url=http://www.fema.gov/rebuild/mat/wtcstudy.shtm |title=World Trade Center Building Performance Study |date=May 2002 |publisher=[[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016101226/http://www.fema.gov/rebuild/mat/wtcstudy.shtm |archive-date=October 16, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The North Tower, South Tower, the [[Marriott World Trade Center|Marriott Hotel (3{{spaces}}WTC)]], and 7{{spaces}}WTC were destroyed. The U.S. Customs House ([[6 World Trade Center]]), [[4 World Trade Center (1975–2001)|4{{spaces}}World Trade Center]], [[5 World Trade Center]], and both pedestrian bridges connecting buildings were severely damaged. The [[Deutsche Bank Building]] (still popularly referred to as the Bankers Trust Building) on 130 Liberty Street was partially damaged and demolished some years later, starting in 2007.<ref name="The Eleventh Day pp 75">Summers and Swan (2011), p. 75.</ref><ref name="130 Liberty Finally Gone from Ground Zero">{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Chaban |title=130 Liberty Finally Gone from Ground Zero |date=February 9, 2011 |url=http://www.commercialobserver.com/2011/02/130-liberty-finally-gone-from-ground-zero/ |work=[[The New York Observer]] |access-date=April 10, 2012 |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511062921/http://commercialobserver.com/2011/02/130-liberty-finally-gone-from-ground-zero/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The two buildings of the [[Brookfield Place (New York City)|World Financial Center]] also suffered damage.<ref name="The Eleventh Day pp 75" /> The last fires at the World Trade Center site were extinguished on December 20, exactly 100 days after the attacks.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/20/september11.usa |title=Ground Zero stops burning, after 100 days |website=The Guardian |date=December 20, 2001 |access-date=May 5, 2018 |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713032752/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/20/september11.usa |url-status=live }}</ref> The Deutsche Bank Building across Liberty Street from the World Trade Center complex was later condemned as uninhabitable because of toxic conditions inside the office tower and was [[Deconstruction (building)|deconstructed]].<ref>''World Trade Center Building Performance Study{{snd}}Bankers Trust Building'', pp. {{page needed|date=September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Deutsche Bank Building at 130 Liberty Street|publisher=Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center|url=http://www.renewnyc.com/plan_des_dev/130Liberty/default.asp|access-date=September 2, 2011|archive-date=August 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820043655/http://www.renewnyc.com/plan_des_dev/130Liberty/default.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Borough of Manhattan Community College]]'s Fiterman Hall at 30 West Broadway was condemned due to extensive damage from the attacks, and then reopened in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shapiro |first=Julie |title=Students Return to Rebuilt Fiterman Hall 11 Years After 9/11 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120827/financial-district/students-return-rebuilt-fiterman-hall-11-years-after-911 |url-status=dead |website=DNAinfo New York |date=August 27, 2012 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027125835/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120827/financial-district/students-return-rebuilt-fiterman-hall-11-years-after-911 |archive-date=October 27, 2017 }}</ref> Other neighbouring buildings (including [[90 West Street]] and the [[Barclay–Vesey Building|Verizon Building]]) suffered major damage but have been restored.<ref name="nyconstruction">{{cite web |title=Verizon Building Restoration |url=http://newyork.construction.com/projects/TopProjects04/Verizon.asp |url-status=live |publisher=New York Construction (McGraw Hill) |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511183933/http://newyork.construction.com/projects/TopProjects04/Verizon.asp |archive-date=May 11, 2011}}</ref> [[Brookfield Place (New York City)|World Financial Center]] buildings, [[One Liberty Plaza]], the [[Millenium Hilton]], and 90 Church Street had moderate damage and have since been restored.<ref>''World Trade Center Building Performance Study{{snd}}Peripheral Buildings'', pp. {{page needed|date=September 2020}}</ref> Communications equipment on top of the North Tower was also destroyed, with only [[WCBS-TV]] maintaining a backup transmitter on the [[Empire State Building]], but media stations were quickly able to reroute the signals and resume their broadcasts.<ref name="wtcstudy" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Bloomfield |first=Larry |url=http://sysdesignshowcase.broadcastengineering.com/ar/broadcasting_new_york_broadcasters |title=New York broadcasters rebuild |publisher=Broadcast Engineering |date=October 1, 2001 |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604040210/http://sysdesignshowcase.broadcastengineering.com/ar/broadcasting_new_york_broadcasters |archive-date=June 4, 2008}}</ref>[[File:Aerial view of the Pentagon during rescue operations post-September 11 attack.JPEG|thumb|A September 14 aerial view of [[the Pentagon]] during cleanup operations]]The [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] train system's [[World Trade Center station (PATH)|World Trade Center station]] was located under the complex. As a result, the station was demolished when the towers collapsed, and the tunnels leading to [[Exchange Place station (PATH)|Exchange Place station]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], were flooded with water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panynj.gov/drp/wtcpath/pathinfo.php|title=Downtown Restoration Program |publisher=The Port Authority of NY&NJ|date=January 11, 2009|access-date=February 7, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111002148/http://www.panynj.gov/drp/wtcpath/pathinfo.php|archive-date=January 11, 2009}}</ref> The station was rebuilt as the $4{{spaces}}billion [[World Trade Center Transportation Hub]], which reopened in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=World Trade Center transportation hub, dubbed Oculus, opens to public |publisher=[[WABC-TV]] |date=March 3, 2016 |url=http://abc7ny.com/1229181/ |access-date=July 8, 2018 |archive-date=July 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162414/http://abc7ny.com/1229181/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=2353|title=Port Authority Announces Opening of World Trade Center Transportation Hub|date=January 19, 2016|publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|access-date=January 29, 2016|archive-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203034610/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=2353|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[WTC Cortlandt station|Cortlandt Street station]] on the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] was also in close proximity to the World Trade Center complex, and the entire station, along with the surrounding track, was reduced to rubble.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/04/nyregion/subway-line-in-attack-may-reopen-much-earlier.html|title=Subway Line in Attack May Reopen Much Earlier|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=January 4, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 7, 2018|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423024227/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/04/nyregion/subway-line-in-attack-may-reopen-much-earlier.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The latter station was rebuilt and reopened to the public on September 8, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=WTC Cortlandt Subway Station Reopens for 1st Time Since 9/11 Attacks |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/WTC-Cortlandt-Subway-Station-Reopens-for-1st-Time-Since-9-11-Attacks-492777501.html |access-date=September 8, 2018 |publisher=[[WNBC-TV]] |agency=Associated Press |date=September 8, 2018 |archive-date=September 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909111234/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/WTC-Cortlandt-Subway-Station-Reopens-for-1st-Time-Since-9-11-Attacks-492777501.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Pentagon was extensively damaged by the impact of American Airlines Flight 77 and the ensuing fires, causing one section of the building to collapse.<ref>''The Pentagon Building Performance Report'', pp. ??{{page needed|date=September 2020}}</ref> As the aeroplane approached the Pentagon, its wings knocked down light poles and its right engine hit a power generator before crashing into the western side of the building.<ref>''Flight Path Study – American Airlines Flight 77'', pp. {{page needed|date=September 2020}}</ref><ref name="fdr">''American Airlines Flight 77 FDR Report'', pp. ??{{page needed|date=September 2020}}</ref> The plane hit the Pentagon at the first-floor level. The front part of the fuselage disintegrated on impact, while the mid and tail sections kept moving for another fraction of a second.{{sfnp|Goldberg et al.|2007|p=17}} Debris from the tail section penetrated the furthest into the building, breaking through {{convert|310|ft|m|0}} of the three outermost of the building's five rings.{{sfnp|Goldberg et al.|2007|p=17}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Maclean |first=John N |title=America Under Attack: A chronicle of chaos and heroism at the Pentagon |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/29/AR2008052903149.html |date=June 1, 2008 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218104155/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/29/AR2008052903149.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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