The original Two World Trade Center (also known as the South Tower, Tower 2, Building Two, or 2 WTC) was one of the Twin Towers in the original World Trade Center Complex in New York City. The Tower was completed and opened in 1973 at a height of 1,362 feet (415 m) to the roof, distinguishable from its twin, the North Tower (1 World Trade Center), by its outdoor observation deck and the absence of a television antenna. Both the South Tower and the North Tower had mechanical floors, and the same type of walls. On the 107th floor of this building was a popular tourist attraction called "Top of the World Trade Center Observatories," and on the roof was an observation deck accessible to the public and a disused helipad at the center. The address of this building was 2 World Trade Center with the WTC complex having its own ZIP code of 10048.
The South Tower was destroyed along with the North Tower in the September 11 attacks. At 9:03 a.m,[b] seventeen minutes after its twin was hit, the South Tower was struck by United Airlines Flight 175. Although it was the second of the two skyscrapers to be hit by a hijacked airliner, it was the first to collapse, at 9:59 a.m.,[c] after burning for 56 minutes. Of the 2,977 victims killed in the attacks, around 1,000 were in the South Tower or on the ground.
The new 2 World Trade Center, which is currently on hold, is planned to have a diagonally-pointed roof, with no observation deck, and no mechanical floors. At the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the southern pool marks the spot where the South Tower stood.
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Note: Floor numbers in red are part of United Airlines Flight 175's impact area during the September 11 attacks, with floors above this zone marked in dark gray.
SOURCES: CoStar Group Inc.; Skyscrapers, An Architectural Type of Modern Urbanism; compiled from AP wire reports.
The South Pool of the present-day National September 11 Memorial & Museum, marking the spot upon which the original Two World Trade Center stood.The South Tower shortly after being struck by United Airlines Flight 175.
NOTE: Atlantic Bank of New York had moved out in July 2001, but they were still paying for the rent as of September 2001.
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^The collapse began at 9:58:59 a.m.; ergo it would not have been fully destroyed until 9:59.
^The exact time is disputed. The 9/11 Commission report says 9:03:11,[3][4] NIST reports 9:02:59,[5] some other sources report 9:03:02.[6]
^NIST and the 9/11 Commission both state that the collapse began at 9:58:59 a.m.,[7]: 80 [8]: 322 which is rounded to 9:59[9]: 84 [10]: 322 for simplicity. If the Commission's claim that the South Tower was struck at 9:03:11 is to be believed, then it collapsed after 55 minutes and 48 seconds, not 56 minutes.
^Building and Fire Research Laboratory (September 2005). Visual Evidence, Damage Estimates, and Timeline Analysis(PDF). National Institute of Standards and Technology (Report). United States Department of Commerce. p. 27. Archived(PDF) from the original on September 11, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
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