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Noted author, war correspondent, and award-winning writer for the Atlantic Monthly, William Langewiesche furnishes a riveting firsthand account of the excavation of the World Trade Center ruins following its destruction on September 11, 2001. American Ground is an inspiring look at the often contentious mixture of personalities, politics, and emotions that fueled this massive effort. It is also a testament to American ingenuity in the aftermath of a great tragedy.

Conversations that educate and inspire our constituents as they create vibrant ecosystems of economic activity through their access to real estate, trade services, hospitality, and networking.

Top of the World- Lessons from Rebuilding the World Trade CenterAs we pass the 20th anniversary of 9/11, this 11-part podcast series features the people behind the historic rebuilding of the new World Trade Center. They share their lessons from the recovery, and offer insight on how the city and the country can recover and rebuild from the coronavirus pandemic.

Join the World Trade Center Institute and our network of more than 3,500 companies and hundreds of nonprofits, academic institutions, and government agencies every other week for unique insights straight from the experts. Host Michelle Evans is joined by a rotating crop of guests to discuss what’s happening. One week you might learn about the latest elections around the globe, and another might take you inside the succession planning of a small business.

In The Day Wall Street Exploded, Beverly Gage tells the story of a once infamous but now largely forgotten terrorist attack. On September 16, 1920, a horse-drawn cart packed with dynamite exploded in a spray of metal and fire, turning the busiest corner of America's financial center into a war zone. Based on thousands of pages of Bureau of Investigation reports, this historical detective saga traces the four-year hunt for the perpetrators, a worldwide effort that spread as far as Italy and the new Soviet nation.

In August 2005, the New York City Fire Department released approximately 23 hours of radio dispatch audio recordings from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. This came after The New York Times, along with eight 9/11 families, sued to win public dissemination of the transmissions, as well as hundreds and hundreds of pages of transcribed oral histories.