NYC WTC - New York City World Trade Center, June 2000
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2011
- Historical (and somewhat spooky) amateur video recorded at & within close range of Ground Zero 15 months before 9/11.
Note/Disclaimer: There may be some copyright concerns regarding the Visitor Center footage taken by W. Pfeiffer.
I went to NYC twice before 9/11. The first time in 1998 to celebrate my sweet 16th birthday and my Dad's 50th birthday. The second time in 2000 on a bus trip to NYC was to see the Lion King on Broadway musical.
I remember we used to take trips to NYC and they were always so great. I was on that observation Deck on top of WTC2 and it just took your breath away. We were there for new year's eve and our hotel room at the Sheridan Manhattan looked right out into Time's Square, we went outside and it was a gigantic party ( even the cops had champagne!). It was just such a cool time back in the mid nineties and even though I was a kid, I'll never forget the experience. I'll also never forget the Majesty of the twin towers! R.I.P. WTC
Thank you for sharing this personal and touching story. The Twin Towers were indeed majestic and magical too. Hence the video tour called "Manhattan Magic". There is *no* doubt that if they were to be rebuilt that magic and majesty would come back again immediately.
I dobt it. that hallowed ground is a cemetary to the mass murdered.@@dvchel
I had similar experiences in cities in North Carolina in the 90s. Some of our cities resemble NYC and I remember similar experiences. I'd go to music halls in the cities here for music performances with my parents when I was 6 7 8 years old and you'd walk out the to all the striped cement architecture, jazz, and everyone even security guards were a part of the party. You can't beat the 90s aka the second 80s.
@@pickle4034que hagan las torres gemelas de nuevo
I love the Old WTC, it showed the magnificence of NYC and Modern Western Civilization.
Goly days with WTC aka twins towers
@The Sniper Well sorta modern
I don’t care about western civilization, but yes, the twin towers were truly a sight to be hold, it is really terrible of what became of their fate.
The skyline isn’t the same without them :(
In pictures they looked massive compared to surrounding buildings. Can’t imagine how big they really looked in person.
The world felt so chill and innocent back then. I feel bad for anyone who didn't get to experience it
We'll get the world chill and innocent again.
I feel the same way. The old world ended on 9/11. It hasn't felt the same since really.
right
@@reneastle8447 lol those days are over thjis world is beyond broken no fixing it for sure now
@@NickyD I wouldn't say that, there's always a solution to everything.
Nice footage. It’s an unimaginable nightmare that this all came crashing down. The enormity of the rescue and recovery through the rubble must have been unreal.
I feel like in 2001 the 90s really ended. People changed a lot. But that hope that one day it would return went away around 2010-ish.
Morgan Franks how did they change ? not being rude , i just really want to know because i was born that year
Let's hope that the 20's are going to be great
Steel Penguin Great idea!
Nah. More like 2004 is when the 90s ended
It still hasn’t returned. The innocence of the country was taken. It will never come back. It’s like being sexually abused as a child you never seem to think of people the same way ever again. 9/12/2001 to 2004 was a great time in the country. People loved it like they had never before. And then after the initial hurt went away people returned to the 90s. Just smug and don’t give a shit about anybody. We would have to get attacked again to have that. What the lying piece of shit politicians can’t do. Bin laden did in 102min he brought every American together. Then 3 presidents and a bunch of senators and reps brought the country apart again because it’s in there best interest to divide everyone. If people are together it makes it difficult for them. The 90s is what caused it. Had Clinton did his job instead of screwing young girls. Bin laden would’ve been dead. The cia started in 93-95 saying he needs to be killed. Instead he did nothing even though we had been attacked multiple times by bin laden. The bush admin then brand new and they looked at what Clinton did and just assumed it would be fine to keep treating it as a law enforcement problem. Before 9/11 terrorism was a law enforcement issue when it should have been a military issue. They would find the guilty party, arrest them, take them to court, and put them in prison. When all the other countries treated it as a military issue. Nobody had any sense. Then Clinton has documents stolen to cover up the fact he did nothing about it. The 90s was the downfall that caused people to have to chose to burn alive or jump.
The beginning of the new millennium. I was in middle school at the time. I love those days so much.
I wasn't even around back then but this video is Giving me nostalgia
I would've loved to live on new york in the 90s
Ikr
This is one of the best tourist-made videos I've seen yet. Those presentations inside the WTC Visitor's Center were awesome. I have never seen either one.
These videos are priceless and sadly the only way we will ever see the original WTC towers as they once were, I love looking at pictures of them from before 9/11, but these videos are a beautiful reminder of those iconic buildings and help remember the good times.
In Respect
I just want to understand Why it's seemed like the towers were Always Portrayed in some destruction and Forshadow-ment, like they were Never Meant to Be ?!
And now that they're Actually Gone Why weren't they Rebuilt !!!??
And if it was iNsIde jOb why not Overthrow the Government LoL !?
VR is a Nice way experience them also
every time I see a video of the Towers. I miss them but am glad to see them. knowing how New York had the most distinguishable skyline in the world. But sad we lost so many people.
9/11 should never have happened. Too many people died. The loss is still enormous.
I love New York
I miss it dearly
It's like missing your best friend or something.
So many great memories!
How time changes.... The old WTC was amazing..
it sure was since 1973.
I missed the late 1990’s and the early 2000’s
me too
I don’t miss the first 2000’s, but the late 1990’s yes.
I miss the early 2000s
2000 and 1999 is same thing
I missed those good old days too
2000 - 2002 were the best years of the 2000s.
After that things really began to derail
@@theumbrellacorporation1523
I worked and played in NYC from 2000-2008 when I was in my late teens-mid 20's. Man that was a great time.
@@timetowakeup6302 I still think the 2000s were a good decade (for the most part).
The years I like the most are 2000 - 2002.
2003 04 05 and 06 were still very good.
2007 onwards were just depressing.
I’d say 2006 was the last good year
2000 was a great start of the 21st century, but 9/11 destroyed it that fast.
Nooooot, century is 2001!
Yeah I like to think at least the stupid Terrorist gave us One Year of Splendor :P
America lost its innocence on 9/11. We were never the same. Trips like this were never really the same, but great video.
No it didn’t change anything lol the only thing that changed was the rights that Usa citizens traded because they got a little scared lol war on terrorism starts, patriots act is mass surveillance, labeling people with terrorism lose rights and torture is legal where people labeled as terrorists can experience. Invading countries in Middle East with public support and international community and dod and intelligence agencies are useful now after 9/11 . Military industrial complex is making money. USA taxpayers don’t know what they are talking about when they say 9/11 changed everything lol
Innocence? America has never been innocent at all, but 9/11 was an end of a feel a theme those towers gave it all.
It's sad that the new WTC won't capture the same awe and history as the original twin towers did.
That is sad
Remember the film the Matrix, when Morpheus is talking to Neo about what it is? He shows Neo a video of the world Neo knows, and says "It exists now only as part of a simulation."
In many ways the old world, which forever vanished on 9/11, exists now only in the memory of those who were old enough to experience it, and in videos such as this one. It was a good time, and I'm glad I got to grow up in the 80s and 90s.
Also in the Matrix 1999 have a look at Neo's passport expiry date when he is first brought into interrogation by agent Smith. His passport expires September 11/2001 take the blue or the red pill.
New York was perfect and beautiful back then. It still kinda is but it's not the same. I was only two when the towers went down, so I obviously had no clue what was going on, but it's just sad that I'll never get to see them in person.. 😔😔
me too I was 2 years old and lived on the west coast I wish I had seen them in person
I was only 10 and I also wish I had a chance to see them in person.
there's not much difference wtf...
Why does everybody bash the current NYC? It’s just as fun and beautiful as it was back then
@@Wrestling316 Maybe because the Twins weren't Rebuilt Leaving a Difficult Concept to bear
The irony when the speaker was talking about the empire state building getting hit by a plane...little did they know.
Little Did YOU know About that !
Did you even know about that Accident in 1930s BEFORE 2001 !?
@@mrandrossguy9871 I think you misunderstood what that person meant...
Thanks for sharing. I had a lot of great memories around the WTC, especially in the summertime.
Am I the only one that is so curious about 1998-2001
The bill clinton years when he made the economy so enormous.
The NYC I grew up.. I miss them everyday..
Agree friend
Not only was 2000 the start of the new millennium, it was the last full year of the ‘90s setting, which ended on September 10, 2001.
The 90's officially ended in December 31st 1999 but according to calendar rules it ended in January 1st 2001.
@@redlightning9130
No
🤝
9/11 didn’t really end the 90s.
The personality of a decade would only be developed after a few years into the decade.
The 2010s didn’t start until 2012, the third year of the decade is when the decade begins to develop its own personality.
@@theumbrellacorporation1523 damn
In June 2000, the head hijackers were already in the USA and learned to fly planes.
damn
And told the flight instructor that he didn’t wanna know how to land or take off !!! HUGE RED FLAG
Maybe they were remote controlled...
Landmarks that NYC never should have lost, but that should have been rebuilt.
Agree friend
I was hoping back in 2001 that they'd rebuild the towers. However having had time to think, I don't think it'd be appropriate. The 9/11 memorial pools are essentially a grave for the victims whose bodies were never found.
@@Sh0ckmaster I don't believe the two are mutually exclusive. The original Twin Towers had a compatible memorial for the '93 victims. It was a difference in scale, not nature.
@@Sh0ckmaster Yes but However they should have Memorialized the WHOLE 16 ACRES because people died in the other buildings as well !
@@Sh0ckmaster They could've rebuilt the towers but on the opposite side of the area, leaving the original spots of the towers for the pools.
8:50 damn, and 9/11 would happen the next year.
Ahedo Burrito yeah very cringy moment
amazing footage dude!
What's even sadder is that two of the AA 11 hijackers (the plane that went into the North Tower) were IN New York during the month of June 2000. If you don't believe me, look up full 9/11 timeline.
and FBi was aware that an attack was imminent in the WTC. same with 1993
OFFICIAL VERSION IS BULLSHIT.
BLESS YOUR INNOCENT SIMPLE MIND.
@@TAWS-wq3hx your brain dead
this is super! i went on top of the twins as well, something like a year before this video was recorded
8:41. Eerie to be in the WTC hearing about a plane crashing into one of NYC's iconic buildings so long ago when in just a little over a year....
What’s scary is that people who died in 911 we’re probably working in the twin towers as this was being filmed not knowing what was gonna happen a year later.
No duh
I love watching these types of videos because makes me feel nostalgic
Two beautiful ladies, struck down in their prime. Canada will always remember the twin towers of the World Trade Centre.
They sure did in 2001, in Ottawa. The grounds of city hall filled with 1.000.000 people.
Brother and Sister Twin buildings I like to think..
Okay who DOESN'T like this? What is wrong with people? We all have a right to our opinions but 2 dislikes to this video is stupid. Someone took the time to post a loving tribute to the towers and documented video footage. What could be wrong about that? Thanks to you for posting this margitrudy and I love the comments about the Yankees in the commentary. Three-peat! :-)
People are trying to build the bottom of the lightsaber, duh.
I'm smart ok
"We all have a right to our opinions but 2 dislikes to this video is stupid" - This statement itself is a contradiction. You have no rights to call someone stupid just because he/she clicked that dislike button. In other words, you're the stupid one in this particular case, hopefully not in reality.
the last part when the woman appears gives me a rare warm feeling, like some throwback memories as a child back in those years 2000-2002, and there was something in the world that now doesn't have this feeling anymore, i suppose they are waiting their flight, and i get this exciting feeling like in those years everything was more exciting, hidden, misterious, like you could easily get lost in the world, nowadays everything is so connected, globalized, that this feeling of "ohhh im traveling from New York to Thailand, ohh its a rare culture, im really far away from home" does not feel anymore, that feeling is lost, the world does not have soul anymore, everything felt too cold, and is the same everywhere...
One world government like a modern Pangaea is the goal.
@@George-xb5eyIf it's a one world government that isn't waging wars, things might be better.
The trip to the twins looks beautiful and the ending seemed kinda fun too ^^
Not rebuilt these great buildings is such a shame...
You can’t never replace originals
I never knew about the WTC until 9/11. Living in Illinois at 10 years old, I just never had any introduction to it. Now though, videos like these give me a chance to at least see how it was.
The tourist displays are so innocent & exciting. 😢
My favorite song "Lady" by Modjo was a hit that year.
It was so beautiful
It's so sad that the year 2000 was the last year that the US economy was prospering, and new jobs were happening. What a great year it was for all of us in the year 2000.
What a day 9/11 was the craziness of what was happening just consumed every thought you had for that day and post like something bad was going to come out of this that would last a long time and affect the world.
Wow, how I miss these times so much, the year 2000 was amazing! I wish I could go back in time...
Just like our old homevideo when we visited new york :D. Also recorded that visitor video, lol.
I'm no expert but If I had to hazard a guess I'd say the 90's ended in 1999..
However, that said, the years 2000 and 2001 are kind of like 'buffer' years between two decades... these are the years you use to transition into a new decade, or help you transition into a new decade.
Somebody below mentioned how the 90s ended in 2006, all because of an Apple iPhone arriving on the scene. That is laughable at best. I don't think the Apple iPhone changed the way the world was working and running in 2006, majority of earths inhabitants did NOT own an Apple device never mind actually having an apple to eat lol
The 90s ended on a very high note at least from the arts pov. Cinema was great, we had amazing movies released in 1999 and some great PC and Console Games too. 1999 would be bettered by 2000 though. I look at the final year in a decade as the closing chapter of a book and the first new year of a decade as the beginning or prologue. However each year is connected, they're all books in a series. They tell stories from a previous time preceding the current year.
2001 was a great year, an excellent year up until 11th September. A complete juxtaposition pre 9/11 2001 and post 9/11/2001 felt worlds apart. Prior to that it was one of the best summers on record and the music wasn't bad that year either. 2001 was mostly about free games, software and music - god bless Napster/Kazaa/eDonkey/Limewire and indeed mIRC.
I really like your comment :)
Have you yourself been to the WTC in its Prime !?
@@mrandrossguy9871 I did indeed visit the old WTC Twin Towers yes. Late 90s. :-)
@mR andross guy yes. August 1998.😢
I remember I went to NYC in that summer of 2000 to watch to Puerto Rican Parade...
The nice clicking sounds from all the disposable cameras :D
This video makes them look much shorter than they were in person.
I left new york in 2000
Why?
Yeah why ?
Lucky bc something could have happened to u that next year
( 1:50 - 2:20 ) 20 years later, that mall still looks EXACTLY the same lmao.
It's not even the same mall 😂
@@leeriches8841 The mall is Brookfield, I'm in there every so often its def the same mall
@@e.e.5236Are you sure they're not showing a mall in the bottom or near the bottom of the WTC ?
I hate to admit this but 2000 still had 80s feel to it the 90s we were all trying to run away from the 80s gang violence was at a all time low and the crack era damage was still there. Y2k also had a 60s vibe with marijuana and acid being real popular with raves also mtv was at it's downfall with all those boy bands rap music was having a small hayadas with Jay z dmx and lil troy and a few southern rappers emerging and Eminem. Rock had Korn orgy pod limb Bizkit Deftones and more. Even though gang violence wasn't as bad as the late 80s early 90s the murder rate was still higher then all of the 2010s
[I turned 23 during 2000]😅😅!
2000 -2001 best days ever ❤😅!
Watching this as a gen z makes me sad and yearn for time travel, just a day in the WTC towers
Oh hey I think I was there when this was being recorded as a kid!
I lived in Brooklyn at the time NYC was bright exciting and safe for the first time in a decade...I was 20 years old and optimistic little did we know what would happen the next year.....
I was a 1 year 2 months old when this was made April 4th, 1999
That’s pretty cool that they mentioned Philippe Petit
The Police and taxi car was 1995 and 1999 Crown Vic in NYC.
“The Financial Capital of the Universe” - Americans have lost this sense of greatness. It’s sad.
Awesome. Never got to go but Never forget! RIP
beautiful
Somehow i got a feeling that i lived in NYC and egypt in my past lives before this one, i just know it 😇💙💭
A man can be this much down.
It's unbelievable
The world changed a lot since 2001. And the vast majority of what has changed is bad. Especially in the U.S.
It’s sad what happened to those buildings
this is cool!!!
Uff that flight was..amazing
the video in the small cinema of tower 2 is called manhattan magic
What a cheesefest
abderaman alzemouri very nostalgic
Basically I feel like this is how NYC should look in the 2020s with the WTC. RIP to the WTC and any innocent New York or New Jersey people affected by the awfulness of 9/11. God bless from Oregon
This is like time traveling
17:15 that is pre-9/11 Airport security at the time.
How has it been 19 years we will never forget the towers or people
So was this History Lesson Diorama 5:35 made Somewhere Else since This was IN THE TWIN TOWERS ?
It's the 1st WTC video that showed it, I wonder what floor it was on ?
20 years ago.
This Vid Actually has Nice History Lesson along with Pre-Attacks
Was this recorded on dvd
No on video cameras in that time.
For someone who's Never Even Been to NYC but from Chi-Town
The WTC the REAL WTC affects me Dearly and I'm constantly upset on how they Treated the Site Now !
Yet I wonder if the Tragedy never happened the WTC would undergo Massive Change and Upgrades to where it might have been unrecognizable anyway ? As That's what happens Naturally because the SEARS TOWER has undergone a drastic change to its Iconic base :/
So I'm saying if what upsets me is the Nature of Change itself or if how the WTC was really Dishonored !?
Recorded the very month of my birth. World was somewhat different when I came into this world.
Year 2000 looked like 1995
They should’ve rebuilt the originals
Lot of people agree with you. In the end, $$$$ won out as they always do
Yeah, but who tf would want to work in them?? I couldn't bear it.
@@pb4ugo19 who tf is working in the nEw one !?
If that happend once again people will complain about them
This was my last year in mountvernon high mount Vernon ny.
wow
I know everyone likes to say how innocent and easy going the world was back then, but let me tell you it only ever was for a ver small fraction of the population.
The bubble simply burst for us all; a rude awakening.
I must have been taking my high school regents exam at the time before summer break.
was born in november of 94’, so don’t remember an nyc with the twin towers (outside of like older movies and shows)... and as a current day manhattanite, who moved here during college in 2013 and just never left, it’s kinda weird to see something else in the place of one world trade and the memorial
my older cousin moved to the city when he was 17 tho, in 1998, so he definitely remembers nyc with the towers and was in the city getting ready for one of his gallery openings the day they fell. he always tells me that my version of the city and his are two totally different places and that it’s changed so much since he first moved here
Love it 😍 it’s exactly how I remember the twins
what was this shot with?
5:22 North tower tv transmitter interference.
I wonder if they rebuilt this?
Before the bad day good lord eerie
Thank you for sharing this, so sad, that bit at the beginning when you see the people dancing in the Windows of the World restaurant, some of them staff would have definitely been at work that morning and were murdered.
So sorry for Americans, Lennon said it, imagine no religion, seriously, imagine, no religion, especially that most stupid of them all!
look that the old ford crown victoria taxi))))
they aren't around allot now :/
Drago1995 mainly as cop cars but even those are getting replaced
I miss them
they just existed for 9 months and 10 days in the 21st century :(
The year 2000 isn't part of 21st century
@@demirishimov8270 no shit. 9 months and 10 days is Sept 10th 2001.
"... this urban wonderland..."
Nein.
13:48 nice transition
Sad