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# World Trade Centre

Last year
2022
# 9/11 anniversary
US marks 21st anniversary of September 11 terror attacks
Victims’ relatives and dignitaries will gather at sites where hijacked jets crashed – the World Trade Centre, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
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# 9/11 Attacks
World leaders pay tribute to 9/11 victims
Jihadists carried out multiple attacks in the US 20 years ago today.
The commemorations will take place at the Pentagon, Shanksville in Pennsylvania and at the World Trade Centre in New York.
# Front Pages
'A declaration of war': How the world's media covered the 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers
The US is marking the 20th anniversary of the tragedy this weekend.
# Twin Towers
Here's how the US is marking 20 years since the September 11 attacks
The US and other countries, including Ireland, are remembering the victims of 9/11 on its 20th anniversary.
# September 11
US pays tribute to 9/11 victims as pandemic forces socially distanced commemorations
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will pay their respects at the same memorial today.
# come from away
A musical about 9/11: 'It has allowed me to define what happened in a way I never thought possible'
The show opened last night at the Abbey Theatre.
# World Trade Centre
22,000 pieces of human remains still being tested in the hope of identifying 9/11 victims
Today marks 17 years since two hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers in 2001.
# World Trade Centre
Waterford 9/11 memorial to be made out of steel girder from Twin Towers
The memorial would be located in the Viking Triangle part of the city.
# World Trade Center
The most expensive train station in the world opens its doors in New York today
There will be no official ceremony to mark the opening of the station, next to the site of the Twin Towers.
# New York
Woman in iconic 9/11 'Dust Lady' photo dies of cancer
Marcy Borders said her cancer diagnosis was as a result of inhaling toxic air from the attack.
# World Trade Centre
World Trade Centre base jumpers told they 'sullied the memories' of 9/11 victims
They got a lot of community service.
# Going Up
This is what it will look like inside a lift in the new World Trade Centre
It includes the destroyed Twin Towers.
# Top of the World
You're going to be able to go to the top of the World Trade Centre again - here's what you'll see
Not for those who don’t like heights.
Voices
Opinion: The Irish handprints on the world's most symbolic site – One World Trade Centre
Many Irish and Kerry men spent more than five years working at the resurrected World Trade Centre site.
# Arrrrrrgh
Two window cleaners rescued from outside the 69th floor of the new World Trade Center
Their scaffolding collapsed while they were working at the building.
# shovel ready
The Viewing: Your vital round-up of property news from the week
Everything you need to know in one quick guided tour.
# Centre of attention
One World Trade Centre's first tenants are moving in today
Publishing giant Conde Nast will move 170 staff into “America’s most secure office” today.
# The Turn to War
DECLASSIFIED: CIA intelligence official describes spending 9/11 with the US President
A fascinating account of 9/11 with the US President.
Voices
Opinion: The murder of James Foley will backfire spectacularly on Isis
Western powers were growing increasingly weary of military engagements in the Middle East – but this provocation will ensure a sustained, focused campaign to eliminate Isis.
# World Trade Centre
Unidentified 9/11 remains returned to Ground Zero
Families of those who died on the day criticised the move.
# Truther
9/11 conspiracy theorist arrested after interrupting Super Bowl conference
The intruder grabbed the microphone from MVP Malcom Smith.
# pretty big i guess
Expert panel declare World Trade Center as western hemisphere's tallest building
The panel decided in the tower’s favour in a dispute over whether the spire on top could be counted when measuring height.
# NYC
Leaked images of proposed Manhattan football stadium are amazing, but will it ever happen?
I want to go there.
# marble cathedral
Is the new World Trade Centre subway station swanky enough for you?
Marble everywhere and a design from Santiago Calatrava. Nice.
# 9/11
NYPD confirms piece of wreckage comes from hijacked 9/11 plane
The twisted piece of wreckage, believed to be part of a wing flap, was discovered in a narrow space between two buildings.
# World Trade Center
PHOTOS: Views from the 100th floor of the new World Trade Center
Don’t look down. Though you should. But also, don’t.
# 9/11
'Important step' as WTC health programme adds 50 types of cancer
They were added to a list of World Trade Center attack-related illnesses covered by a health coverage programme. Today marks the 11th anniversary of the attacks.
# Anniversary
On the 11th anniversary of 9/11, agreement finally reached on memorial museum
Politicians have been instructed not to take part in the commemoration at Ground Zero in New York City later today.
# Prime Numbers
Rain, post offices and skyscrapers: the week in statistics
Plus: Where does Ireland rank in the world press freedom index – and how many people are visiting Ireland this year?
# Security scare
Toy grenade sparks evacuation of building near Ground Zero
A fake explosive was intercepted by mailroom staff – mounted on a plaque that read “Complaint department: Take a number”.
# New York
1 World Trade Centre reaches 100 floors
The skyscraper being built to replace the terror-wrecked twin towers is now 100 stories high — on its way to becoming New York’s tallest building.
# 9/11
Some 9/11 victims' remains went to landfill - Pentagon report
A report by the Pentagon has found that “several portions of remains” of people who died in the terrorist attacks were put in a landfill.
# Gaffe
Mark Wahlberg apologises for saying he could have prevented 9/11 hijackings
Wahlberg had suggested he could have single-handedly prevented the tragedy if he had been on one of the planes.
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Sunday
In tonight’s Fix: 9/11 remembered on emotional day in New York and elsewhere; the latest on David Norris’ possible Áras race re-entry; and why India’s sexiest woman is coming to Dublin…
# 9/11
In pictures: Emotional memorial at Ground Zero
Images from the emotional ceremony held at the National September 11 Memorial in New York today.
# September 11
In numbers: the September 11 terrorist attacks
2996 people died in the attacks on September 11, 2001. Here, in numbers, is the story of the actions that took place that day.
# 9/11
Watch: Paul Simon performs The Sound of Silence at Ground Zero
Simon performed an emotional tribute at Ground Zero in New York today.
# 9/11
Watch Live: America remembers 9/11 ten years on
Watch live as memorial ceremonies continue in the US on the anniversary of 9/11…
# 9/11
9/11: What the rest of the world is saying
As commemorative services take place across the US, we take a look at the rest of the world’s take on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America.
# 9/11
Watch: How 11 September 2001 unfolded
The key moments of one of the worst days in US history in words and video.