World Trade Center
Events (204)
- February 20, 1981: Boeing 707 Nearly Hits Television Mast atop World Trade Center 1981-02-20
- January 4, 1984: Alleged Terrorist Plot to Bomb WTC Uncovered 1984-01-04
- January 17, 1984: Port Authority Terrorist Intelligence Unit Issues Report on WTC Security 1984-01-17
- September 1, 1992: US Misses Opportunity to Stop First WTC Bombing and Discover Al-Qaeda 1992-09-01
- Shortly After February 26, 1993: Friend of WTC Security Chief Determines that Crashing a Plane into the Twin Towers Would Be a ‘Piece of Cake’ 1993-02-26
- After February 26, 1993: Threat Assessments Predict Possibility of Terrorists Crashing Plane into WTC 1993-02-26
- February 26, 1993: WTC Is Bombed but Does Not Collapse, as Bombers Had Hoped 1993-02-26
- After February 26, 1993: Security Chief Predicts Terrorists Flying Plane into WTC 1993-02-26
- February 27, 1993: WTC Engineer Says Building Would Survive Jumbo Jet Hitting It 1993-02-27
- (March 22-29, 1993): Hearings Held to Discuss WTC Bombing and Continuing Terrorist Threat 1993-03-22
- (March 29, 1993): Former Port Authority Director Recommends that New York Agencies Prepare for a Plane Hitting the WTC 1993-03-29
- May 11, 1995: FBI Memo Fails to Mention Operation Bojinka Second Wave 1995-05-11
- June 6, 1999-Summer 2001: Port Authority and Fire Department Train for a Major Fire at the WTC 1999-06-06
- June 8, 1999: New York Emergency Command Center Opened in WTC Building 7 1999-06-08
- July 14, 1999: Pakistani ISI Agent Promises Attack on WTC in Recorded Conversation 1999-07-14
- July 14, 1999: Pakistani Intelligence Agent Says WTC ‘Are Coming Down’ in Recorded Conversation 1999-07-14
- November 10, 1999: North WTC Tower Suffers Last ‘Significant’ Fire Prior to 9/11; Bigger Fire Occurred in 1975 1999-11-10
- March 6, 2000: Operatic Version of a Renowned Dystopian Novel Includes Mock Footage of the WTC Blowing Up 2000-03-06
- January 25, 2001: WTC Construction Manager Says Tower Could Sustain Multiple Plane Impacts 2001-01-25
- March 4, 2001: Television Show Eerily Envisions 9/11 Attacks 2001-03-04
- May 11, 2001: New York City Practices for Biological Terrorist Attack 2001-05-11
- June 12, 2001: Sting Operation Exposes Al-Qaeda, ISI, and Drug Connections; Investigators Face Obstacles to Learn More 2001-06-12
- July 24, 2001: World Trade Center Ownership Changes Hands for the First Time 2001-07-24
- (Before July 24, 2001): Risk Assessment Identifies Aircraft Striking WTC as One of the ‘Maximum Foreseeable Losses’ 2001-07-24
- August 6, 2001: Bush Receives Briefing Titled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ 2001-08-06
- August 21, 2001: Inmate Warns of Impending Attack in New York 2001-08-21
- August 23, 2001: Former FBI Al-Qaeda Expert Begins Job as Head of Security at the WTC 2001-08-23
- August 23-27, 2001: Minnesota FBI Agents ‘Absolutely Convinced’ Moussaoui Plans to Hijack Plane; They Are Undermined by FBI Headquarters 2001-08-23
- Between September 3, 2001 and September 7, 2001: WTC Structural Engineer Says Trade Center Designed for 707 Crashing Into It 2001-09-03
- September 4, 2001: Secret Embedded Messages Help Show Milan Al-Qaeda Have 9/11 Foreknowledge 2001-09-04
- September 4-10, 2001: Fire Alarm System in WTC 7 Is in ‘Test Condition’ for Several Hours Each Day 2001-09-04
- September 4, 2001: Israeli Company Moves Out of WTC 2001-09-04
- Late August-September 6, 2001: WTC Security Manager Discusses Possibility of Plane Hitting Twin Towers 2001-09-06
- September 6, 2001: New York Student Forecasts Destruction of WTC 2001-09-06
- September 6-10, 2001: Suspicious Trading on Stocks of Two Large WTC Tenants 2001-09-06
- Between September 1 and September 7, 2001: Silverstein Properties Takes Over Control of the World Trade Center 2001-09-07
- September 7, 2001: New Security Director Criticizes Poor Security at the World Trade Center 2001-09-07
- Late August-September 10, 2001: WTC Security Raised, Then Scaled Back, in Weeks Before 9/11 Attack 2001-09-10
- September 10, 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Atta Allegedly Visits the WTC to Enter Coordinates Into GPS Device; One Report Claims Mistaken Identity 2001-09-10
- September 10, 2001: Suspicious Passengers on Flight to Boston Ask about WTC 2001-09-10
- September 10, 2001: New WTC Security Director Warns of Danger of ‘Something Big’ 2001-09-10
- Between September 1999 and September 10, 2001: NORAD Exercises Simulate Plane Crashes into US Buildings; One of Them Is the World Trade Center 2001-09-10
- Between August 6 and September 10, 2001: ’Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ Memo Is Not Acted Upon 2001-09-10
- June-September 11, 2001: CD Cover Depicts Scene Much Like 9/11 Attacks on WTC 2001-09-11
- September 11, 2001: The 9/11 Attack: 3,000 Die in New York City and Washington, D.C. 2001-09-11
- September 11, 2001: Suspected Militants Found with Calling Cards 2001-09-11
- (September 11, 2001-May 2002): Little-Known City Agency Takes Charge of Ground Zero Cleanup Operation 2001-09-11
- September 11, 2001: More Than $100 Million Rushed from WTC 2001-09-11
- 3:56 p.m. September 11, 2001: Five Apparent Israeli Spies Arrested for Puzzling Behavior at Time of First WTC Attack 2001-09-11
- Before September 11, 2001: NEADS Staff Briefed on Possibility of Plane Hitting WTC 2001-09-11