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One of the towers’ defenders, aerospace engineer Bud Goldstone, persuaded city officials to leave the towers alone if the structure proved its soundness in a stress test.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2021

Two decades after the twin towers’ collapse, people are still coming forward to report illnesses that might be related to the attacks.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2021

When the central and east sections of the building broke from the towers’ south side, it tore the 04 apartments in half.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

“The buildings were not buildings anymore, and the place where they fell had become a blank slate,” William Langewiesche writes of ground zero, the site of the World Trade Center towers’ destruction on Sept. 11.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2019

I had borrowed Ma’s tape measurer from her closet so we could keep track of our towers’ heights.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore