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World Trade Center
     
World Trade Center

the World Trade Center

the WTC a group of buildings in Manhattan, New York City, which included two very tall skyscrapers that were destroyed by terrorists in 2001. Thousands of people were killed when the terrorists flew two planes directly into the buildings.
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