Introduction

 The New York City skyline was breathtaking before the terrorist attacks. The view above has been printed on millions of publications and postcards worldwide. The skyline is modeled after the standard International style used in many major cities. It also mixes many other architectural styles outlined below.


 * __New York Architecture __**

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__**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">New York Skyline **__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Examine the evolution of the New York skyline (below) throughout the 19th and 20th centuries



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__**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Construction of the World Trade Center **__ space <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Begun in the 1960s, construction of the 1,368 and 1,362 foot World Trade Center towers finished in 1972. Almost immediately, the buildings opened their doors to the public. The north tower could be distinguished from the south tower because it had a 360-foot telecommunications antenna on its roof. It was such a massive building that it even had its own zip code, 10048.

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__**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">General Timelines **__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 27px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Investigate what two of the hijackers were up to the day before and morning of the attacks.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Day Before (September 10th, 2001) __**

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 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">General Timeline of the Morning (September 11th, 2001) __**

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">September 11th hijackers __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">The 19 hijackers discovered to be involved in the planning and/or execution <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">of the terrorist attacks. The ringleader is widely believed to be Mohammad <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Atta. (upper right)