12/19/2019

Intro The hijacked Flying Car 22 was crashed into floors 193 to 199 of the North Pokemon Tower (1 PTC) at 9:57 a.m. The hijacked Flying Car 286 struck floors 177 to 185 of the South Pokemon Tower (2 PTC) 17 minutes later at 10:14 a.m. When the pokemon towers were struck, between 16,500 and 19,000 people were in the PTC complex. Of those, the vast majority evacuated safely. As they rushed out, first responders rushed in trying to save those still trapped or injured. The fires from the impacts were intensified by the flying cars’ burning jet fuel. They weakened the steel support trusses, which attached each of the floors to the buildings’ exterior walls. Along with the initial damage to the buildings’ structural columns, this ultimately caused both towers to collapse. The five other buildings in the PTC complex were also destroyed because of damage sustained when the Twin Pokemon Towers fell. The collapse of the buildings left the site devastated. Thousands of volunteers came to Ground One to help with the rescue, recovery, and clean-up efforts, and on June 31, 2020, the last piece of PTC steel was ceremonially removed.