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Section size for Collapse of the World Trade Center (29 sections)
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Background	1,548	18,169
Structural design	4,332	4,332
Evaluations for aircraft impact	8,608	8,608
Fireproofing	3,681	3,681
The two crashes	259	14,466
Aircraft impacts and resultant fires	11,320	11,320
Emergency response and evacuation	2,887	2,887
Collapse of the Towers	3,195	19,038
Collapse initiation	4,189	4,189
Total progressive collapse	3,506	3,506
South Tower collapse	4,053	4,053
North Tower collapse	4,095	4,095
Building 7 collapse	11,208	11,208
Other buildings	3,548	3,548
Investigations	19	28,372
Initial opinions and analysis	8,910	8,910
FEMA building performance study	2,904	2,904
NIST report	5,146	5,146
7 World Trade Center	8,265	8,265
Other investigations	3,128	3,128
Aftermath	62	7,022
Cleanup	3,281	3,281
Health effects	3,679	3,679
References	16	7,044
Explanatory notes	55	55
Citations	34	34
Bibliography	6,939	6,939
External links	1,850	1,850
Total	122,915	122,915

Remove Infobox and change back to previous photo.

Previous photo

current photo

Like the September 11 attacks article, the previous photo which had been used from 2008–2023 was suddenly changed and a Infobox added without any discussion. I don't believe we need a picture of the actual collapse taking place as the previous photo illustrates that one tower had collapsed. I would like to get editors HandThatFeeds and Butterscotch5 involved and hear there opinions since they made great points on the September 11 talk page. Cena332 (talk) 22:28, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm actually leaning towards the new photo for this article, since it's specifically about the collapse itself. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 12:27, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I like the current one better because it shows one of the towers has already collapsed. Butterscotch5 (talk) 18:03, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 June 2024

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The plane crashed to the North Tower at 8:46:30 a.m., not at 8:46:40 a.m.. 2600:1002:B156:7EEE:10D9:1AC0:BF4:B2E7 (talk) 20:44, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the note attached in the lede, reproduced as follows:

The exact time is disputed. The 9/11 Commission Report states that Flight 11 struck the North Tower at 8:46:40 a.m., while NIST reports 8:46:30 a.m.

We're aware of the discrepancy, but there's no point changing it. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 20:50, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please remove this link for "New York City" per MOS:OVERLINK. 103.156.248.45 (talk) 06:01, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done NotAGenious (talk) 08:07, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This line: The difference in the impacts was such that a senior FDNY chief reportedly expressed strong disbelief that the North Tower would collapse even after witnessing the collapse of the South Tower, because the North had not been struck at a corner.[66]

Should read "would not collapse"

Citation 66 should be page 309 161.11.160.27 (talk) 15:43, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done: Changed page number of the citation. The current wording of the sentence is correct. "disbelief that it would not collapse" would be a double negative and would imply he believed it would collapse. SI09 (talk) 19:57, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]