60 Minutes remembers 9.11: The FDNY — Part 1

9/11: Plane crashes into the South Tower of the Trade Center

Egon Zippel's 9/11 Footage shows the total collapse of the South Tower from West Street. The South Tower (2 WTC) of the World Trade Center was struck by United Airlines Flight 175 at 9:03 a.m. on 9/11, impacting floors 77-85, and collapsed at 9:59 a.m., 56 minutes later, due to the extreme heat from burning jet fuel and office contents weakening its steel structure, leading to progressive collapse and massive casualties, with only a few survivors escaping from above the impact zone. The structur

World Trade Center Survivors

World Trade Center Investigation

Buried alive, World Trade Center collapse survivor still carries 9/11 with him today