Event Summary

Terrorist attacks on WTC cause major damage to infrastructure and disruptions to critical services; bridges and tunnels close; tracks and stations under the WTC shut down after first attack; trains running to Lower Manhattan lose power and have to be evacuated; two substations lose power; portions of Con Edison's infrastructure in Lower Manhattan are destroyed; broadcast capabilities are disrupted because 1 WTC housed many television and radio broadcast antennas; nearly 3,000 fatalities