Rebuilding the Site of the Twin Towers

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

After the September 11th attacks brought down the Twin Towers, reconstruction began at the devastated area in New York in April 2006. Rachael Gillman spoke to TJ Gottesdiener, who was a managing partner at the architecture firm tasked with designing a new skyscraper on the site.

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0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:24.9	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to
0:32.1	watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:36.5	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:41.5	telly we share what we've been watching.
0:43.7	Cladie Aide!
0:45.7	Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:48.2	Lovely.
0:49.0	Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:51.2	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:54.7	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds hello and thank you for
1:00.5	downloading our history program witness on the BBC World Service with me
1:04.2	Rachel Gilman. Today I'm taking you back to April 2006 and the reconstruction of the devastated
1:10.4	site of the Twin Towers after the 9-11 attacks shocked New York and the world.
1:17.0	I was just standing here watching the World Trade Center after the first
1:25.0	plane hit I just saw a second plane come in from the south and hit the south
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