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American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center

Number 20647
Subject Construction
Source Atlantic Monthly
State None
Year 2002
Publication Date July/ August 2002
Summary The author examines the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks from an engineering perspective. He discusses how the rescue teams went about deconstructing the collapsed towers, the physics behind the building structures and how different engineers involved in the original construction felt about the attacks.
Category General
Pages 33
Keywords September 11;engineering
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