The original 2 World Trade Center (also known as the South Tower, Tower 2, Building Two, or 2 WTC) was one of the Twin Towers in the original World Trade Center in

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. The Tower was completed and opened in 1973 at a height of 415 meters (1,363 ft) to the roof, distinguishable from its twin, the North Tower (1 World Trade Center), by its outdoor observation deck and the absence of a television antenna. Both the South Tower and the North Tower had mechanical floors, and the same type of walls. On the 107th floor of this building was a popular tourist attraction called " Top of the World Trade Center Observatories," and on the roof was an

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accessible to the public and a disused

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at the center. The address of this building was 2 World Trade Center with the WTC complex having its own ZIP code of 10048. The South Tower was destroyed along with the North Tower in the

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. At 9:03 a.m, seventeen minutes after its twin was hit, the South Tower was struck by

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. Although it was the second of the two skyscrapers to be hit by a hijacked airliner, it was the first to

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, at 9:59 a.m., having stood for 56 minutes after the crash. Of the 2,977 victims killed in the attacks, around 600 were in the South Tower and on the ground. The new 2 World Trade Center, which is currently on hold, is planned to have a diagonally-pointed roof, with no observation deck, and no mechanical floors. At the

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, the southern pool marks the spot where the South Tower stood.

Tenants

Note: Floor numbers in red are part of

's impact area during the September 11 attacks, with floors above this zone marked in dark gray . NOTE: Atlantic Bank of New York had moved out in July 2001, but they were still paying for the rent as of September 2001.

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