Sentence examples for struck the tower from inspiring English sources

A crane operated by a student had struck the tower.

The suit, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, accuses the American Airlines and Globe Aviation Services of negligence in letting the hijackers board and take control of one of the planes that struck the tower.

One of these storms, hurricane "Donna" struck the tower in September 1960 with 132 mile per hour winds and breaking waves over 50-foot heights -- both exceeding design specifications.

"Yes, the terrorists struck the towers," he said.

The structural innovations worked; when the planes struck the towers, the load was shifted as Skilling had calculated.

Although parts of the planes that struck the towers were found in the badly damaged loft, the slides were protected by a file cabinet.

He was a volunteer emergency medical technician who headed to the World Trade Center after the planes struck the towers, intending to treat the wounded.

After the planes struck the towers, Mr. Heyward's boss, Hector Serrano, gave Mr. Heyward his city car and told him to drive it out of the area.

It was a gray day, he recalled, with only about 100 passengers, many of whom were interested in where he was when the planes struck the towers.

The two that struck the towers were wide-body jets, and with maximum weights of some 400,000 pounds, would have a devastating impact.

To that end, within six hours of the time the airplanes struck the towers, a New York City Health Department rapid assessment team began assembling information from hospitals, the study said.