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The morning of September 11, 2001 terrorist intentionally crashed two of the airlines into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both building collapsed within two hours damaging other buildings nearby from this other countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. It also caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan. The south tower fell at approximately 9:59 a.m. after burning for 56 minutes to the fire impact, The north tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m.. There was a total of 2,996 deaths including nineteen hijackers and 2,977 victims. The New York City fire department lost 341 firefighters and 2 paramedics, The New York City police department lost 23 officers,and The Post Authority Police department lost 37 officers.