Clips titled World Trade Center circulate mainly as short soundboard uploads rather than as one widely identified scene, so listeners usually recognise the reference rather than a specific line or performer. On editing timelines it functions less like a joke sound and more like a tonal marker, used when a creator wants scale, seriousness or a sudden shift in mood. That flexibility explains its staying power: the same few seconds can frame parody, commentary or dramatic montage, depending entirely on the images placed around it.