Another colleague who watched in horror on September 11, as the first hijacked plane swerved around the Empire State Building at 8:40 a.m. to fly straight down to the Twin Towers, feels safe in ...

Another colleague who watched in horror on September 11, as the first hijacked plane swerved around the Empire State Building at 8:40 a.m. to fly straight down to the Twin Towers, feels safe in ...

But by 2006 the Empire State Building was part of a money-losing package of buildings of steadily declining value and appeal that simply could not compete with the sleek new towers.

In 1945, a military plane accidentally crashed into the Empire State Building. There were 14 casualties and $1 million in damage, but the 1,250-foot-tall structure stayed upright.

While a new project will rise on the site of ground zero, the Twin Towers' legacy survives throughout metropolitan New York. Policy. Management. ... Like the Empire State Building before it, ...

A man jumped to his death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building, New York City police said on Saturday.

Since the public opening on April 4, 1973, New York’s iconic Twin Towers remained a symbol of the city up until the tragic September 11 attacks. Take a look back at the iconic structures thro… ...