September 11: images of the south tower collapse
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September 11: images of the south tower collapse

SIC Notícias11 September 2026 at 06:00

The second tower of the World Trade Center, the south tower, collapsed in just 10 seconds after burning for 56 minutes. The building was struck by terrorists from the Al-Qaeda organization during the September 11 attacks.

The collapse of the south tower caused the death of more than 800 people. This was one of the most devastating moments of the attacks on that date.

The September 11, 2001 attacks represent one of the most tragic episodes in recent history, having caused thousands of deaths in the various actions carried out by Al-Qaeda against targets in the United States.

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