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September 11, 2006
September 11th Remembered in 3D in Google Earth
I noticed a popular model at the Google 3DWarehouse today was this one showing the World Trade Center buildings under attack 
viewable in Google Earth. This screenshot is of the GE 4 version, but there is a GE 3 version as well. It is sad to think of the senseless waste of life and material caused by a few misguided individuals - and the resulting increased level of control over everyone's lives to try and protect us from evil insanity. It is hard to believe it has been 5 years already.
[EDIT: added another scene from 9/11] Here is the Pentagon as Flight 77 approached before it crashed into the building. From this post by 'meiradarocha'. Wikipedia on Flight 77.
Posted by FrankTaylor at September 11, 2006 01:27 PM
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Posted by: bjf at September 25, 2006 08:34 AM
The South Tower collapsed at 9:59 am The North Tower collapsed at 10:28 am And 7 World Trade Center collapsed at 5:20 pm. All of the building next to the World Trade Center were destoryed except World Financial Center. At 2006, the buildings next to the World Trade Center site is replaced.
Posted by: David at July 29, 2007 10:12 AM
When I download this 3D model it appears in the sea. On the bar on the left hand side it says temporary places so when i click out of that the towers dissapear completely. Can someone help me with this problem?
Posted by: Dominic at April 27, 2008 04:40 PM
What is truly amazing is the almost 7 years after this attack, the individual who is truly responsible, Osama Bin Laden, is still running around bragging about it!!!
Posted by: Mike Jackson at July 3, 2008 03:53 PM
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since there is such amazing detail, and hard work put into this, I feel obligated to to mention that it is unfortunately backwards. it illustrates the north tower being hit from the south and west ( the location of the impact hole ) with smoke flowing to the north. In actuality the aircraft came down manhattan island from the north and the smoke billowed ( for a week ) to the south, and slightly west. I was a lower manhattan resident at the time of the attack.
nice work otherwise.
BJF