United Airlines Flight 175

You are approaching the site where the South Tower of the World Trade Center once stood, a location defined by the impact of United Airlines Flight 175 on the morning of September 11, 2001. At 9:03 in the morning, the Boeing 767, which had been hijacked shortly after departing from Boston, struck the tower between the 77th and 85th floors. This specific event, broadcast live across the globe, transformed the nature of the attacks from what many initially assumed was a tragic accident into a clear and coordinated act of terror. The collision claimed the lives of everyone on board the aircraft and hundreds of individuals within the building, forever altering the landscape of Lower Manhattan.