There are about 110 floors in the twin towers.
Twin towers floors hit.
The south tower tower two would be struck at 9 03am.
Jets impact the twin towers.
Eastern time and collapsed at 10 28 a m.
One world trade center wtc 1 the north tower was hit at 8 46 a m.
The jet that hit the north tower flew in perpendicular to the tower s northeast face and impacted around the center of the 95th floor producing an impact gash that extended from the 92nd to the 98th floor.
And collapsed at 9 59 a m.
Two world trade center wtc 2 the south tower was hit at 9 03 a m.
First since it was the first building impacted those on high floors in the opposite tower had time to begin evacuating more on that shortly.
For example a bright late summer morning could serve as a reminder of sept.
Even the south tower was able to stand for a remarkable 56 minutes after being hit at 9 03 a m.
The second jet hit the south tower on lower floors between floors 78.
A big chunk of building falling down made the next floor fall down and then they all came down like a deck of cards.
Less than two hours after the first tower was hit at 9 59 am the south tower.
The north tower was hit at 8 46 a m.
The original world trade center in lower manhattan new york city was destroyed during the terrorist attacks of september 11 2001 after being struck by two hijacked commercial airliners.
Et between floors 94 and 98 it did not collapse until 10 29 a m which gave most people one hour and 43 minutes to evacuate.
The1st plane hit the 101st floor and the second hit somewhere between the 95th and 100th the plane tilted so it hit more floors floors.
11 2001 and touch off memories of the planes taking aim at the twin towers.
That caused the top floors of both towers to collapse on to the floors below.
There are three reasons that the death toll was comparably high in the north tower.