The Machines That Built The World Trade Center And Choked Workers With Poison

The World Trade Center was one of the greatest construction achievements in American history. But behind the towers were machines that pushed workers to the edge. Slurry wall rigs fought the Hudson River underground. Kangaroo cranes lifted massive steel panels hundreds of feet over lower Manhattan. And one hidden machine, an asbestos spray rig, filled the air with fibers workers could not see, smell, or escape. At its peak, 3,600 men worked on the site. Sixty never made it home. Others carried the danger in their lungs for decades. This is the story of the deadly machines that built the World Trade Center, the workers who risked everything, and the hidden cost buried inside one of the most famous structures ever built.