"Rise and Fall: The World Trade Center” takes a chronological look at the conception, construction and destruction of the World Trade Center towers through a unique architectural and engineering lens. The two-hour documentary airs September 10 at 8/7c. | HISTORY

Egon Zippel's 9/11 Footage shows the total collapse of the South Tower from West Street. The South Tower (2 WTC) of the World Trade Center was struck by United Airlines Flight 175 at 9:03 a.m. on 9/11, impacting floors 77-85, and collapsed at 9:59 a.m., 56 minutes later, due to the extreme heat from burning jet fuel and office contents weakening its steel structure, leading to progressive collapse and massive casualties, with only a few survivors escaping from above the impact zone. The structur