NYC - FiDi: 9/11 Memorial Visitor Center - World Trade Center Aluminum

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:44:54 -0700

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A layer of aluminum covered each structural column that formed the façades of the Twin Towers. The aluminum alloy created especially for the World Trade Center gave the buildings a unique silvery, reflective surface. Thin and lightweight, most of the aluminum cladding separated from the steel during the fall of the buildings on September 11, 2001. Some pieces catapulted to the street below, heightening the danger faced by those in the area. Other pieces crumbled and melted under the intense pressure from the collapse and heat of the fires that rages for months afterward.

The 9/11 Memorial Visitor Center, located at 90 West Street near the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Site allows visitors an opportunity to share their own 9/11 memories and learn about the Memorial and Museum through genuine artifacts and rotating exhibits.

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, located on 6-acres of the World Trade Center site, is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the 2,983 men, women and children killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993.

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NYC - FiDi: 9/11 Memorial Visitor Center - World Trade Center Aluminum