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The twin 110-story towers at the heart of the World Trade Center were designed to surpass New York's iconic Empire State Building -- then the world's tallest building. Building the new towers would marshal unprecedented levels of design innovation, engineering prowess -- and breathtaking risk.
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Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)