A ranar 11 ga Satumba, 2001, tsarin ya lalace ta hanyar tarkace lokacin da Hasumiyar Tsaro ta Arewa ta Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya ta rushe. Har ila yau, tarkace ya haifar da gobara, wanda ya ci gaba da ƙonewa a duk rana a kan ƙananan bene na ginin. Tsarin wuta na ciki na ginin ba shi da matsin lamba na ruwa don yaƙi da gobara, kuma ginin ya rushe gaba daya a 5:21:10 pm, a cewar FEMA, yayin da binciken NIST na 2008 ya rushe lokacin ƙarshe a 5:20:52 pm. Rushewar ya fara ne lokacin da wani ginshiƙan ciki mai mahimmanci ya karye kuma ya haifar da gazawar tsarin, wanda aka fara gani daga waje tare da rushewar rufin rufi a 5:20:33 pm. Rushewar Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya ta 7 ita ce ginin farko da aka sani ya rushe da farko saboda rashin kulawa da wuta da karfe, a lokacin da karfe ya ci gaba da ƙonewa a kan ƙananan bene na ginin.
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