Facts and Figures:
WTC 1: North Tower—110 Floors
WTC 2: South Tower—110 Floors
WTC 3: Hotel—22 Floors
WTC 4: South Plaza Bldg—9 Floors
WTC 5: North Plaza Bldg—9 Floors
WTC 6: US Customs House—8 Floors
WTC: 47 Floors
- 110 stories in each tower
- 1368 feet high—the North Tower
- 1362 feet high—the South Tower
- 10,000,000 square feet of rentable space in the Twin Towers
- 1 acre of rentable space on each floor of the Twin Towers
- 50,000 people worked in the Twin Towers
- 150,000 people used the World Trade Center subway stations daily
- 7 underground levels—included services, shopping, and a subway station
- 200,000 tons of steel used in the construction of the World Trade Center complex
- 425,000 cubic yards of concrete used in the construction of the World Trade Center complex
- 43,600 windows in the twin towers—over 600,000 square feet of glass
- 239 elevators in the World Trade Center complex
- 71 escalators in the complex
- 2,000 parking spaces in the complex’s 5 underground parking levels
- 70 feet of foundation excavated so that the Twin Towers rested on solid bedrock
- 3,500 people worked at the site during peak construction
- 60 people died during construction
- 10048 the zip code of the World Trade Center
- 1,500,000 tons—the weight of the Twin Towers
- 198 miles of heating ducts in the Twin Towers
- 250,000 gallons of paint used to spruce up the towers each year
- 30,000 cups of coffee served each day
- 87 tons of food delivered daily to the complex
- 19 murders committed at the World Trade Center
- 17 babies born at the World Trade Center
- 3 men parachuted from the top of the towers
- 12 mountain climbers scaled the outside of the towers
- 1 man walked a tightrope between the two towers
- 3,800 gold bars weighing 12 tons and worth $100 million stored in the basement vaults
- 60,000 tons of cooling capacity generated by the World Trade Center’s refrigeration plant—the largest in the world