Marriott with Twin Towers, July 2001

The Marriott World Trade Center Hotel was a 22-story^[1] steel-framed building with 825 rooms. It opened in 1980 as the Vista Hotel and was located at 3 World Trade Center in New York City. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the building, and was originally owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and was sold in 1995 to Host Marriott Corporation after Governor George Pataki of New York and then-Governor Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey pressured Port Authority officials to sell its less profitable assets. Download high resolution version (592x896, 181 KB)Marriott Hotel with Twin Towers as guardians. ... Download high resolution version (592x896, 181 KB)Marriott Hotel with Twin Towers as guardians. ... A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis. ... 1 World Trade Center redirects here. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John Merrill. ... The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a bi-state agency (operated pursuant to an interstate compact) that runs most of the regional transportation infrastructure including the bridges, tunnels, airports and seaports within the New York-New Jersey Port District. ... George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is the current Governor of New York State, USA and has held that office since January 1995, and as of June 2006 is the longest-serving of the current 50 U.S. governors. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Christine Todd Christie Whitman (born September 26, 1946) is an American Republican politician, a former Governor of New Jersey, and the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ...

The hotel was connected to the North and South tower, and many went through the hotel to get to the Twin Towers. The hotel had a few establishments including Greenhouse Cafe, Tall Ships Bar & Grill, and a hair salon called Olga's. The hotel also had 26,000 square feet of meeting space, and was considered a four-diamond hotel by AAA. ^[2] The AAA logo The AAA (usually read triple-A, or sometimes three As), formerly known as the American Automobile Association, is an American not-for-profit automobile lobby group and service organization. ...

1993 World Trade Center bombing

On February 26, 1993, the hotel was seriously damaged as a result of the World Trade Center bombing. Terrorists took a Ryder truck loaded with 1,500 pounds (682 kilograms) of explosives and parked it in the One World Trade Center parking garage. At 12:18pm (Eastern Time), an explosion destroyed or seriously damaged the lower and sub levels of the World Trade Center complex. After extensive repairs, the hotel reopened in November 1994. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The World Trade Center bombing was the February 26, 1993 terrorist attack in the garage of the New York City World Trade Center. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Ryder (NYSE: R) is a truck rental and leasing company. ...

September 11, 2001 attacks

3 World Trade Center after the attacks

On September 11, 2001, the hotel was at full capacity, and had over 1000 registered guests. In addition, the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) was holding its yearly conference at the hotel. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2076x1088, 377 KB) [edit] Summary Photo of World Trade Center 3 with remains of WTC1 (left background) and WTC2 (right foreground) visible. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2076x1088, 377 KB) [edit] Summary Photo of World Trade Center 3 with remains of WTC1 (left background) and WTC2 (right foreground) visible. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

When the first plane crashed into the North Tower (1 WTC), the landing gear fell into the roof of the Marriott hotel. There were many eyewitness accounts from firefighters who went up the stairs in the Marriott Hotel to the second floor. Firefighters used the lobby as the staging area, and were also in the hotel to evacuate guests that may have still been in the hotel. The South Tower's collapse split the hotel in half (such damage can briefly be seen in the film documentary 9/11). 9/11 is a documentary film about the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks in New York, in which two planes crashed into the two buildings of the World Trade Center. ...

As a result of the collapse of the Twin Towers, the hotel was destroyed. Two hotel employees were killed and about two dozen hotel guests were unaccounted for. Many firefighters who used the hotel as a staging ground and evacuated hotel guests also died in the hotel.

This hotel is not to be confused with another Marriott hotel, located one block south on West Street. The New York Marriott Financial Center Hotel was only slightly damaged on September 11, 2001, and it remains open for business today. In addition, this hotel is not to be confused with the Millennium Hilton Hotel which is across from the World Trade Center, on the east side. The Millennium Hilton was also partially damaged, but is still open for business today. Marriott International, Inc. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

References

2001: A Space Odyssey. ... March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ...

External link

• Marriott World Trade Center Survivors
• Stories by NABE members about the attack