World Trade Center (Andromeda)

The World Trade Center or sometimes referred to as the Twin Towers are a group of seven buildings in New York City. The tallest of them being the Twin Towers, 1 WTC and 2 WTC and is currently New York City's tallest skyscrapers and the second tallest in the Americas after Chicago's Lowes Tower. On 1970, 1 WTC surpassed the Empire State Building at 1,368 ft. Currently there is a building being built in Boston known as the Freedom Tower, which is expected to surpass both the World Trade Center and the Lowes Tower at 1,776 ft. The Twin Towers were almost destroyed after a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Luckily soldiers and military war planes had been hurried into New York City to shoot down the second plane - instead of the military being a bunch of reluctant slow pokes (like they did here in the Milky Way Timeline, yes guys - there were military planes in action during 9/11 in our Milky Way Timeline, but the dumbasses were told not to fire a shot - totally stupid idea).

History
David Rockefeller needed a project that would stimulate the area of Lower Manhattan. Midtown Manhattan had been the bustling part of New York City in the 1950s. Rockefeller developed the concept of a World Trade Center. The Twin Towers were designed by by Minoru Yamasaki, an American architect of Japanese descent. He had help from Emory Roth and Sons as an associate architect. The site at which the World Trade Center would be located at was Radio City which was demolished to make way for the building of the Twin Towers. Yamasaki's design originally planned for 80 story towers, but due to the government of New York it was raised to 110 stories (which was positive - because it made the Twin Towers the tallest buildings). The Towers were simple designs and were to have the fastest elevators. Construction started on 1 WTC on August 1968 and was completed on December 23, 1970. Construction on 2 WTC started on January 1969 and was completed on July 19, 1971. In 1970, 1 WTC surpassed the Empire State Building at 1,368 ft. The Empire State Building had been New York City's tallest building ever since its completion at 1,250 ft. The others buildings followed, 4 WTC, 5 WTC and 6 WTC were completed in 1975 and 7 WTC was completed on 1987. The World Trade Center contained the world's fastest elevators and a plaza in the middle of the two towers. In 1973, Chicago's Lowes Tower (also called Sears Tower) surpassed 1 WTC at 1,450 ft. For a while, the World Trade Center was hated by New Yorkers alike, but eventually New York City and the world grew up to love them. They became an attraction along many of New York City's existing attractions such as the Grand Terminal, Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty.

February 26, 1993 Bombing
The Soviet Union was the top hater against the United States. In 1992, the Soviet Union nearly collapsed but instead Mikhail Gorbachev used military force to keep it together. At 12:17 PM on February 26, 1993 a truck full of explosives planted by Sasha Pozharov exploded in the garage of 1 WTC. United States troops were rushed into the area. Pozharov fled back to the Soviet Union where he was arrested in Leningrad and extradited back to the United States to face trial where Soviets were also present. Through the help of Russian defector Viktor Reznov, other Russians involved in the plotting like Yevgeny Glebov, Vladimir Golovastov and Ivan Makarov were arrested and convicted. Bojan Ivanović who actually a Yugoslav (Yugoslavia was under Soviet control), was also arrested and convicted.

September 11, 2001 Attacks
Osama Bin Laden, a Pakistani militia rebel leader hated both the United States and the Soviet Union. Through Bin Laden, a series of attacks would be planned against the United States and the Soviet Union. At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001 a hijacked Flight 11 of the American Airlines crashed into the upper facade of 1 WTC setting the top part of the skyscraper ablaze. U.S soldiers were rushed into the area. John Kerry the commander in chief of the United States military was sure that the Soviets planned the attacks. It is not until the Russian media revealed that a hijacked Aeroflot (Russian airlines) plane crashed into the Kremlin and a truckload of explosives into St. Basil's cathedral in Moscow. John Kerry knew it couldn't be the Soviet Union. U.S war planes and soldiers were rushed into New York City. At about 8:55 AM, the entire streets of New York City was filled with NYPD and U.S troops armed with launchers and AA guns. Everybody had been evacuated out of 1 WTC and were on the way to get out of 2 WTC. The soldiers, armed with M72 LAW launchers, Javelines and small AA guns poured into 2 WTC since they could not get into 1 WTC due to the blazing top part of the building. The soldiers were notified by U.S war planes that another plane headed for New York City. The Empire State Building too, was evacuated among many other tall buildings in New York City. The soldiers used the elevators and crossed onto the observation deck and aimed their weapons abroad. At 9:02 AM, the soldiers could see the second plane approacing. As the plane reached 98 miles of 2 WTC, the soldiers fired their Jevalines successfuly shooting down the second plane.

Outcomes and Post 9/11 Reconstruction
Only 1 WTC was majorly damaged as well as a messy plaza. A total of 40 people were killed and some 100 injured. In the total attacks combined in the United States, Mexico and the Soviet Union, 2,113 people were killed. The World Trade Center remained closed for the meantime, and only soldiers and bomb squads could enter the World Trade Center to examine the existances of any possible explosives. After the bomb squad cleared the site and assured that no explosives were present, construction workers were allowed in to begin reconstruction on the damaged part of 1 WTC. Reconstruction on 1 WTC began September 20, 2001 and was completed on October 28, 2001. Newer and stricter policies applied to all visiting the World Trade Center. Soldiers were required to stand post at the World Trade Center and check people for any suspicious means. A memorial was dedicated in the site towards the attacks.

Features
The World Trade Center has several features that make it a world famous attraction. In 1 WTC there is a famous five-star restaurant known as Windows on the World. In 2 WTC there are both outdoor and indoor observation decks. Both skyscrapers included gift shops and food kiosks. The indoor was at the top few floors and the outdoor was the top of the building. The World Trade Center complex also features a PATH station filled with shopping malls and such. The center of the site included a plaza that featured the Keonig Sphere in the center where one could look up and see the towers above them. The plaza also contains food kiosks. Although the Lowes Tower surpassed the World Trade Center, 2 WTC's Observation Deck is ranked about the Lowes Tower's 102nd floor Skydeck. 2 WTC's Windows on the World is ranked about the John Hancock Center's Signiture Room in Chicago. The other buildings other than the Twin Towers also contain cafes, gift shops and functional office uses.