I had been to the observation deck earlier that summer. I took the girl I was dating at the time to New York. We ate a slice of pizza there. Your photos reminded me of it. I had eaten at Windows on the World a couple of times a few years earlier.
I have also been there 5 month earlier as a 10 year old tourist. I bought a magnet there and we took many photos, also from the roof. it was shocking what happened 5 month later...those pictures in the vid bring memories back to life...its very deep to watch...
This is heartbreaking...Do you know, if any magnets of the gift shop have also been found? I bought one.. 5 month earlier...And i am thinking of bringing it to the wtc museum if i will ever go back to ny...=(
My husband and son went up to the observation deck about a year before 9/11. I do not like heights so I stayed downstairs and walked around the underground mall. I also visited some of the stores in the area and had a drink at a bar that was close by. I remember standing in front of the towers and looking up only to not be able to see the top of the buildings. They were beautiful. May all of the souls murdered that day Rest In Peace.
We were in NYC 11 months earlier too, my dad refused to go up to the etc observation deck because he thought it was too much of a terrorist target. We went up the empire state building instead, but have a few photos with the etc in the back. Makes me sad to look at the pictures.
I was supposed to be there 9/9. I was at the Red Sox/Yankees game with my friends and we decided to do touristy NYC things afterward but my friend didn't want to go to the WTC and I said, "Eh, we can go another time." Yeaaaah.
I've always wondered about Home Alone 2 since 9/11. How Kevin wasn't really checked properly through security and then little later ends on top of the towers. I just imagine those hijackers watching Home Alone trying to copycat it.
Travelled all the way from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 in August 96 to visit the WTC and go up to that observation deck. I was a teenager at rhe time. It was heartbreaking seeing the devastation on 9/11 and a thought later dawned in me that my own kids would never experience being up their.
This style of building won’t ever come back. Relates to the twins and also reminds people of 9/11 so people would be scared to go in and also it would make 9/11 families upset they brought a tower back looking like the ones that got destroyed. But personally for me I would loved if they made the twins again but made it stronger and a lot of fire proof cuz the fire proof they had in the twins wasn’t worth a crap it came off if you used ur hands. I’ve seen lots of documentaries About 9/11
@@jacob_boi91that style of building isn't used much anymore. The towers was built with huge steel columns on each side giving it its unique look. We haven't built this way do to the ammount of steel used. The one world trade center used about 20,000 tonnes of steel. While one of the twins used 100,000 tons of steel.
@@jacob_boi91 I read an article somewhere that said a large percentage of New Yorkers as well as families of victims, and survivors were in favor of building the towers back as they were. Or at least 1 tower
I remember September 10, 2001. It rained in the afternoon. Heavy downpours. I got drenched coming home and then it was sunny. It cleared up. It rained again that night.
Still remember my visit to the roof viewing platform in 1983, as a 14 yo Brit visiting America and NYC for the first time my mind was already blown, and seeing helicopters flying around below me and the crazy view has burned itself into my mind. Was unbelievable to watch those towers fall.
I was an American from New Hampshire visiting it in the same year, April 1983. Went up on the roof of the South Tower. Looked down on twin engine plane flying along the East River. Thought to myself, what would happen if it flew off course and hit the building?
@AdamKlownzinger At least Depressed Ginger has the balls to make videos and put himself on camera to the world to see and hear. I bet you wouldn't have the balls to do the same so stop hanging shit on him. He makes interesting and informative videos that a lot of people appreciate, so please be grateful he makes these for all of us.
those two buildings were just absolutely massive… the amount of rubble they produced upon falling, is mindblowing.. where did all of it get taken off to?
@@eaglevision993 “Kil“/“Kill[e]“ means “creek“ or “river“ in 17-18th century Dutch. New York City was originally Dutch city New Amsterdam, in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, and many Dutch names are retained especially on Staaten Eylandt (which officially restored Dutch name _Staten Island_ in 1975 in lieu of the English name of _Borough of Richmond_ only now used as the name of _Richmond County_ ). Cf. the neighborhood of _Great Kills_ , the roads and bodies of water named _Arthur Kill_ , _Kill van Kull_ ; also Upstate NY has the _Catskill_ (“Cat's Creek“) Mountains.
Taken away before the Police could cordon off the area and declare a crime scene. The evidence was taken away by a fleet of trucks that were on standby weeks if not years beforehand.
The only time that I went up there, we weren't allowed to go outside as it was too windy. The view at 0:40 is what I recall in 1992. Of course,I did see them being built in the late 60's,being a twice a day NJ to NY messenger.(No e-mails or faxes at that time).
hope your keeping well man,, you've establish a large following of people who LOVE what you do. Your doing everything and phase of "being down" will defiantly be over., just like myself.
Yeah, but many others would have done the same thing if they were trapped above the inferno though. You basically had to "choose" your own death if you were above the impact zone in Tower #1/the North Tower, since you had no way out in that case. It's like would you rather take a bullet to the head and die immediately, or five to the chest, and bleed to death? Obviously the quicker, far less painful way is what you'd want if death is indeed inevitable too.
It wasn't a "Choice" the Human body will do ANYTHING to get away from fire and smoke. It wasn't a choice, they just did what they had to get away from it. Not one single human on earth would say I'm going to run into the flames and die by being burned to death. That would never happen. It would probably be better if you became overcome with smoke and passed out and be unconscious than to fall out of the tower or burn to death. I can't believe people still say they "chose" to jump. It's not even a choice. They were either forced out, or did anything they could to get away from the fire and heat that was getting worse and worse.
@@victorpeirce4753 Well I know most who were trapped did whatever they realistically could when their survival instincts kicked in, even if there was nothing they could do when all was said and done. It's not like EVERYBODY trapped above jumped at first, if even at all. But if that was your only way out, it was pretty much the best thing you could do, if you knew you weren't getting out alive though. It's what I too would have done myself if I was caught between that rock and a hard place, with no way out either.
The observation level and desk on tower 2 were great spots. I went up a few times, the last time in early 2001. The interior observation level was interesting in that it was possible to fit between the columns right up against the glass. It was almost like there was no wall. Even more amazing was looking to the north and seeing the massive tower 1 right outside the window. The experience at the new trade center tower is completely different with lots of noise and distractions.
I was on the south tower observation deck in 1978. The view was terrific. It was very windy at the outdoor deck. To get to the top of the tower you had to take the express elevators and your ears would pop during the ride.
In 2019, I visited the Willis tower and while riding the elevator to the observation deck my ears started popping as well. High rise buildings truly are marvels
My buddy and I visited in '87. Low clouds kept most people from going up. On the way down the elevator operator gave us a zero gravity ride. Amazing experience floating with both feet off the floor for over 30 seconds.
I actually wonder if some of the broadcast engineers (there is a list of them available) were trying to get up on the antenna to get away from the smoke. They did shutdown the transmitters and had roof access. But according to some transcripts of the radio channels, the roof access did not work anymore after the impact since it relied of a card reader and activation from the 22nd floor WTC operations center, which was soon abandoned.
There's a story and even a vid of a guy and his coworker showing their daily work on the roof of the north tower and the radio equipment below. The guy narrating it says his coworker (the other guy in the vid) died on 911.
Donald DiFranco, a Broadcast Engineer was working on the roof that day. I'd like to see a video made about him and the the other people who worked with him.
In August of 2001 I went to NYC to do a job. I used to travel all over the world installing satellite earth stations and I had one to do just a few miles from the towers. I really wanted to go to the top of the tower so i took a day off to make the trip. I got up that morning and just had this compulsion to buy a camera. I had been looking at a Sony digital camera that used Floppy disks for storage but had decided to wait for a few more months but on that morning I just had this overwhelming urge to get a camera. I walked around the area by my hotel until I found a shop that sold the Sony camera and I bought one and took it with me to the tower. I took a bunch of pictures that day. Also, I kept the ticket stub, something I normally didn't do. A week after I got home the towers came down. Creepy...
I was in NYC on a school trip in 1999. I saw them with my own eyes from the Statue of Liberty. It was a sight. Every time I see shots of the towers in movies or tv shows, I always get a strange feeling in my gut.
Thank god it was too early in the morning for there to be tourists and kids up there. That would have been awful if there were kids on field trips up there or families
I went 1999 to NYC and only saw a glimpse of the city out of the plane window. Stopover for some 5 hours before boarding DL107 back to Frankfurt. Been twice to NYC recently. The first time I visited ground zero…
I have a happy picture my mom took of me at age 14, standing on the top of the South Tower, smiling, sunny day, with Lady Liberty in the backround. It was 1997.
I visited in 1989. 1990 and 1994. I only got to go on the roof the second visit but went to the observatory 3 times. loved it and the views. I like to see pictures of the indoor observatory to refresh my memory. the first trip was in 3rd grade.
there where about 12 cleaning workers cleaning the roof when the plane hit luckily they made it to about 45 in an express elevator before the plane hit they survived you ca hear them talk about their expirence on a podcast
Im surprised you didnt mention the limp bizkit music video filmed up there. It won best music video at the MTV music awards on september the 10th 2001.
@@Pissgremlin5964didn't have a damn thing to with the next day. They was making a video. And actual people working at the trade center actually thanked them for choosing to shoot a video on top of the building
@@Pissgremlin5964oh yeah cause bin laden was a huge fan of limp bizkit and actually took inspiration from the video to pull off the attack. see i can sound dumb too
@@-valmetal- it's pretty widely known that bin laden was BIG into the Bizkit! He could be seen on numerous occasions blasting Rollin' while riding his iced out camel through Bora Bora. In fact during the final raid of his compound, Nookie was heard coming from the upstairs bedroom. That's how they knew they got him. Sure enough when they kicked the door in, there he was with a backwards fitted hat, vans, and khakis standing in a piece of plywood pretending he was crowd surfing at Woodstock! Fred Durst was given a medal of valor for his contributions. I'm surprised you never heard of this.
I was uo there 3 times the first being my senior trip in H.S in 1998 and last being June 29th 2001 . I have a pic of me sitting on that railing on observation walkway.
As a kid our parents took us to the observation deck. Late 1970s. We used the paid binoculars and my dad found found his powder blue small Toyota in the parking lot.
I took that tour in December of ‘99. Beautiful December evening, went on the roof deck. The whole of 9/11 was extra weird because of that personal connection.
Discovered your channel today and it’s great, subscribed. Not just the 9/11 videos - you cover interesting topics alongside your narration which is captivating, clear, and to the point - makes for seriously enjoyable content. Thanks.
i was there twice as a child. one time we went and it was closed due to wind which was a bummer. the deck felt like you were on an outdoor track. i have a photo it in one of my youtube shorts titled “you get what you give”
I've never been to USA, I am in the UK, but I felt a great affinity for the towers. They were quite beautiful indeed. Still very hard to take in that day.
I have been there...On April, 9 2001, as a 10year old tourist...It was so impessive...I have a magnet from there...And photos...And i am still shocked, thinking of the people who worked there on 9/11...I will always remember 9/11.. It's haunting me...23 years later...hard to imagine how the relatives and families of the victims must be feeling..R.I.P
Visited the observation deck November 1999. It was a beautiful, sunny Sunday. So lucky.We originally booked a table at Windows but foolishly cancelled it to go on tour of the city and a meal. Cab driver took us to wrong place and we didn’t make it.
The observation deck did not open till 9:00 AM. Even if they had not made the decision to close the observation deck when the North Tower was hit, it still would not have made a difference. The South Tower had already been hit by the time the observation deck would have opened.
I thought the South Tower was hit at 9:02am? Obviously whoever was in charge of opening up the deck had more important things to do after the opposite tower had been hit.
all of the pictures i see from these towers….. make them look fancy as fuck. i hate that we will never get to explore these ever again. may the new towers be even more stunning. rip.
I was there in August 2001 when I was in the German Navy, called my grandma in Germany from a phone booth with a prepaid card and told her what a solid building it was.... Still have the $ 0,00 military discount ticket somewhere. The unique thing for people afraid of heights at the observation deck and 107th floor was that there was no way to look down directly. You always had a distance from the windows so it felt more like standing on a mountain than a building. Contrary to the Empire State Building
As I understand it, the 107th floor of the north tower was the restaurant. The 108th and 109th floors were basically open to each other as mechanical areas. The 110th floor of the north tower was where the TV transmitters were (I have the blueprints of those floors). I'm guessing it was the same situation in the south tower. So, was the inside observation area on the 110th floor? I don't think there were any outside windows on the 110th floor of either building. Seems like the inside observation deck in the south tower would have to be on the 107th floor with a super long escalator to the roof. Please correct me if I'm wrong on any of this. I am pretty sure there were no windows on the 110th floor of the north tower where the TV transmitters were housed. Again, please correct me if I am wrong on any of this!
The indoor observation deck shown in the video was on 107 in the south tower. There were two escalators almost up against the windows which ran through the 108/109 mechanical floors up into 110 (which had no windows, unlike the claim in another comment here). In 110 there were two L-shaped corridors which linked these escalators from 107 to the ones you see poking out through the roof. You can faintly see the north escalator passing through 108/109 in some of the other 9/11 footage of the towers.
I went to the observation deck, but it was on the 78th floor sky lobby. At the time I couldn't go up to the top. It was freaky being up that high. Can't imagine the helplessness of being up that high, and trapped.
The one documentary about 9/11, interviews the man who flew up in a helicopter w a pilot to see if they could rescue people off the roof. The south tower was completely engulfed in smoke. The north tower did have a clear area, but there was no one there. They flew around for a while, but saw no one. They did see a lot of people leaning out of the north tower windows, but were unable to help them. They apparently didn't know that the doors to the roofs were locked.
When it comes to the artifacts from the buildings, I wish one of the elevators could have been saved. I hear they had some massive elevators that could hold 60+ people in some. I havent even seen pictures of them.
I know you are the person who can answer this: what was that thing on the top of the North Tower on the very edge that looked like a small crane of some kind?? It’s been burning a hole through my brain trying to determine what it is. Thanks!!! Keep ‘em coming! 👏
In theory I think its possible to survive on the roof depending on how the collapse happened. The record for survivng a drop without a parchute is 20 times that of the WTCs height. The person fell into heavy forest cover with snow. Here you aren't falling the floor beneath you is and it might not be severed from the floors beneath it that are above the crash area. It would require everything to happen the right way though. If someone locked themselves into the cage at 2.55 perhaps. If people could survive the Halifax explosion point blank anything is possibe.
If only the new WTC observatory matched the old one in height. The rooftop observatory in the old WTC was 1,377 ft high. That’s even higher than the Skydeck in Willis Tower (1,354 ft). The new one is unfortunately 109 ft lower at 1,268 ft. Let’s make them give us a higher one.
Actually, no, it didn’t matter if you held onto anything if you were located above the impact zone, you were dead. The fall alone would have killed you.
In the South Tower, several people DID survive from above the impact zone. The managed to get through the one remaining passable (barely) emergency stairwell. I believe the total was 18 people that survived from above.
When the South tower came down, it's core stood up for around 20 seconds after the perimeter wall had fallen away. That's why the roof would have been impossible to survive since it would have broken apart and then have the core fall on top
That plane that hit the south tower went over 520 mph and nearly missed the tower but it hit the back of the tower at around 520 mph at 9:02 am creating an giant explosion around the tower and the plane even hit at a weak spot where the tower couldn’t handle it. It only stood for less than an hour it got hit at 9:02 and collapsed at 9:59 so that’s less than an hour.
Next video idea should be what would've happened if the south tower was hit first/just like the north tower, and the north tower hit second/just like the south tower
I wonder about that too, or what if the hijackers hit lower or if they came from a different direction to ensure hitting the buildings lower... could have been a lot worse. I think the north tower was first because Atta followed the Hudson River down straight to manhattan and the north tower was the closer, more in line target.
@@Queue26 Yet I wonder why the North Tower/Tower #1 was hit so high though? Granted Atta did hit it straight down the middle, which caused every stairwell to be severed, making escape impossible if you were above the impact. But at least there were less casualties, while more people below where the plane crashed had ample time to escape. The South Tower/Tower #2 being hit lower obviously caused more floors to be impacted, along with the building collapsing much sooner. But at least one stairway was still intact, which 18 people did both find, and got out alive who were above where the plane hit as a result though.
@@freakyfornash Atta was with the plane already in a relatively steep descent. I'm not a pilot, but I could imagine that it's not easy for a not very experienced pilot to calculate how steep the descent has to be to be low enough but not so low that you hit another of the skyscrapers in Manhatten. It was a matter of seconds after all.
@@rittersportfan that’s what I’ve thinking too.., I do believe he wanted to be sure he would be clear of all other buildings so he could hit his target., and once he knew he was low enough his main focus was lining up the plane and keeping it on target. At the last second he turned his wings so he could impact the most floors possible.
I still like to think it's possible to ride down the Observation Deck when the South Tower came collapsing down. And yes... no matter how crazy it might be.
Since the roof was supported by the large truss, it might actually keep integrity on the way down. But the sudden stop which comes with the spike in G forces would kill you.
The top portion of the South tower tilted at an angle when the collapse began and that top portion fragmented to pieces as it smashed into the lower portion of the building as that portion was collapsing as well.
As far as a helicopter rescue the South tower was out of play with too much smoke billowing out and over it even if there were people there. The Northwest corner of the North tower was accessible but there was no one on the roof, not to mention the top of the world opened at 9.30am-9.30pm, it was too early.
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As the south tower fell, the top section tipped quite severely and was nearly 30 degrees over by the time it popped back out of the smoke, still hundreds of feet in the air. Any one standing on the deck would have been unceremoniously dumped off the side like a sinking ship.
The g forces during the collapse alone would have ensured death for anyone on the roof. You would have reached terminal velocity along with the jumpers. Then a sudden end when you reached the ground. 0% chance of survival. The roof would have been pulverized before it reached the bottom. There would also have been slabs of concrete, steel girders, glass shards, wires, furniture, doors, and other large pieces of destruction slamming into you as you fell.
5:34 if you look to the lower right hand side of the picture there you'll see bench like seats at floor level. You could sit down on a bench and have a 100% unobstructed view. I was there in August 1977 and snapped a pic (I found it days after 9/11 and I've misplaced it - ). I've read reviews of the observation deck of One World Trade Center. None of them are good and you might wish to save your $ and time before devoting it to visit there.
I think there was a minimal but a slight, miracle of a chance that someone could've survived the fall from the top. But it would've had to have been the perfect scenario. Not very likely. There have been people before, like a few in the Surfside Miami Condo Collapse in 2021, that out-survived those on bottom floors because they were able to ride the pancake down to the bottom. Yes they were injured pretty bad, but survived. But that was what 12 stories or something? and WTC was obviously wayyyyy more floors than that. It would've been really cool survival story. But heck that one guy that survived the WTC collapse by being in the right place, that IS a crazy story in it's own right.
I myself have been wondering how come the topmost sections of the buildings did not survived in on piece on top of everything the fell through? (possibly with survivors inside).. In the first few moments of the collapse, U can clearly see the top of bort tower plowing through the parts below, possibly slowing or softening it's landing on top of the ruins it created(?)..
I was 20 on 9/11, and I'll never forget where I was. However, as I have gotten older that day and its consequences have had a much deeper, more profound impact on me. I didn't fully comprehend its sheer magnitude at the time but in subsequent years, especially since the 20th anniversary when I revisited that day and went down the 9/11 rabbit hole, I have become much more interested and watched many videos and read articles. At the time I was a young man, still a kid really, and totally occupied with day to day life and supporting my young family as my wife and I had only been married for 2 years and our daughter was 2 and we had just celebrated her 2nd birthday. I never took time to grapple with the devastating ramifications as in those days the internet, though it existed, was in its infancy and information was not as available although it was in the media for months. I considered enlisting in the military, and many of my friends did enlist. Unfortunately, some never made it back. It's a shame how the Afghanistan withdrawal went. All those lives lost only to hastily pull out, leaving so much equipment behind, just for the Taliban to immediately assume control. The politicians and defense contractors padded their already substantial fortunes, though. The government took advantage of the post 9/11 emotions to pass the sweeping infringement that is the Patriot Act riding the wave of patriotic sentiment and fear that permeated the American collective consciousness to a new level of intrusion on our own citizens and everything changed. It's all history now. Gone forever was the last shred of innocence that lingered after the turbulent 60s and 70s. So much was lost that day, and the hope was to glean something positive from all that tradgedy. If their were few survivors to pull from the rubble, perhaps we could gain unity, and in the immediate aftermath, there was a surge of patriotism, but it wasn't to last. In the final analysis, what we ended up with was a fractured, broken, sick society, though still a shining light of hope and a beacon of freedom to the world. America is still a great nation and worth saving.
I was on top of the WTC observation deck, including Windows of the World, just a few days before 9/11. At the observation deck, it was possible to record a video and have it sent to an email adr. That was so new in 2001. and in the bar when "99 air ballons" was played I was looking outside the window and there was fog, but suddently the sky opened and I could see the northtower clearly plus the NYC. Still cannot believe what happened back then ....
Interesting to note, if you watch that FDNY video of the first plane hitting within just a few seconds you see smoke rushing out the 107th floor, just to give perspective of how quickly things diminished
The ticket to the World Trade Center Observation deck says 9/1O/O1 and 18.16 at night. That's why it says "Roof Closed" because it wasn't open at night. If you look closely you can see the details.
On 9/10/01 there was a heavy thunderstorm in New York. It's absolutely plausible that the roof was closed for that reason and not only because of the time.
@@rittersportfan Yeah I remember 9/1O/O1 raining through the afternoon. I just assumed that the observation deck on the roof was closed at night for safety reasons.
Wow this is pretty cool story about the ticket and the bad weather the night before ppl wanting to come the next day. What would be the odds of being in on a trip to NYC of all days.
I went up to the observation deck on one of the towers in 98. Didn’t go outside tho and I remember there was like a 3D ride up there and the handrails next to the big windows were made of clear plastic. Was I in the north or south tower? I don’t remember seeing an entrance to windows on the world, but I was also pretty young at the time, 10 years old.
I had been to the observation deck earlier that summer. I took the girl I was dating at the time to New York. We ate a slice of pizza there. Your photos reminded me of it. I had eaten at Windows on the World a couple of times a few years earlier.
I have also been there 5 month earlier as a 10 year old tourist. I bought a magnet there and we took many photos, also from the roof. it was shocking what happened 5 month later...those pictures in the vid bring memories back to life...its very deep to watch...
How expensive was Windows on the World? Did you need to get reservations or could you just walk in?
@@DuBrot Do you still have the magnet?
@@carystorm1863 yes i still have it.
@@carystorm1863 I was thinking the same.
There is a teddy bear from the 107th floor observation deck in the South Tower that survived the descent and I believe is in the museum today
If I remember correctly. A rescue worker found found the teddy bear among the rubble of former roof of the South Tower observation deck gift shop.
I’ve read a few souvenirs from the observation deck were found. The bear is in the museum, but think there was some more.
This is heartbreaking...Do you know, if any magnets of the gift shop have also been found? I bought one.. 5 month earlier...And i am thinking of bringing it to the wtc museum if i will ever go back to ny...=(
@@DuBrot That's yours, its a piece of history. you should keep it, probably will be valuable some day if it isn't already.
@@MattAShine A crystal paperweight was found intact.
My husband and son went up to the observation deck about a year before 9/11. I do not like heights so I stayed downstairs and walked around the underground mall. I also visited some of the stores in the area and had a drink at a bar that was close by. I remember standing in front of the towers and looking up only to not be able to see the top of the buildings. They were beautiful. May all of the souls murdered that day Rest In Peace.
We were in NYC 11 months earlier too, my dad refused to go up to the etc observation deck because he thought it was too much of a terrorist target. We went up the empire state building instead, but have a few photos with the etc in the back. Makes me sad to look at the pictures.
I was on the outdoor observation deck on 09/09/2001.
I was supposed to be there 9/9. I was at the Red Sox/Yankees game with my friends and we decided to do touristy NYC things afterward but my friend didn't want to go to the WTC and I said, "Eh, we can go another time." Yeaaaah.
@@SRGotsyou can now
@@SRGotsI was there that awful day next to it.
@@keyshawnscott12People say the new one sucks 👎
@@johneckert1365it kinda does.
The more you post these videos the more I regret never getting to visit these towers. As a kid I always wanted to see them since Home Alone 2.
I've always wondered about Home Alone 2 since 9/11. How Kevin wasn't really checked properly through security and then little later ends on top of the towers. I just imagine those hijackers watching Home Alone trying to copycat it.
“What happened to the South Tower Observation Deck?”
“Gone… reduced to atoms…”
You were just on the deck 2 days ago!!!!
Let's discuss this for 8 minutes.
LMFAO 😂
@@ivanovolgovich1382and 16 seconds 😆
Yep I would be embarrassed to have title of my video like this 😂
RIP my beautiful sweet sister. You was always very kind and sweet to me ❤
Travelled all the way from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 in August 96 to visit the WTC and go up to that observation deck. I was a teenager at rhe time. It was heartbreaking seeing the devastation on 9/11 and a thought later dawned in me that my own kids would never experience being up their.
I went up there on my visit to NY back in 1990. I took lots of photos so that when you line them up together they show the view all the way around.
You may know this, but the south tower observation deck and a view of the north tower antenna as well as a shot of the twins are all in Home Alone 2
In retrospect, one of the best scenes in Home Alone 2. 👍🏾
Have you ever noticed that when the play Home Alone 2 on TV, they edit out the observation deck scene?
@@smorris281 when I see it on Tv the scene is usually there, might be the channel or smth
When the freedom tower was finished, I was so disappointed they didn't being this style back.
This style of building won’t ever come back. Relates to the twins and also reminds people of 9/11 so people would be scared to go in and also it would make 9/11 families upset they brought a tower back looking like the ones that got destroyed. But personally for me I would loved if they made the twins again but made it stronger and a lot of fire proof cuz the fire proof they had in the twins wasn’t worth a crap it came off if you used ur hands. I’ve seen lots of documentaries
About 9/11
@@jacob_boi91that style of building isn't used much anymore. The towers was built with huge steel columns on each side giving it its unique look. We haven't built this way do to the ammount of steel used. The one world trade center used about 20,000 tonnes of steel. While one of the twins used 100,000 tons of steel.
@@jacob_boi91 You can't fire proof a building from a fully loaded 600,000 pound aircraft traveling at several hundred miles per hour.
@@jacob_boi91 I read an article somewhere that said a large percentage of New Yorkers as well as families of victims, and survivors were in favor of building the towers back as they were. Or at least 1 tower
One World Trade Center. It was never called freedom tower
I remember September 10, 2001. It rained in the afternoon. Heavy downpours. I got drenched coming home and then it was sunny. It cleared up. It rained again that night.
Still remember my visit to the roof viewing platform in 1983, as a 14 yo Brit visiting America and NYC for the first time my mind was already blown, and seeing helicopters flying around below me and the crazy view has burned itself into my mind.
Was unbelievable to watch those towers fall.
I was an American from New Hampshire visiting it in the same year, April 1983. Went up on the roof of the South Tower. Looked down on twin engine plane flying along the East River. Thought to myself, what would happen if it flew off course and hit the building?
@@danebutton6289Colebrook born and raised. What part of NH are u from?
Something about the “youtuber voice” mixed with a discussion of 9/11 makes me laugh. This channel is goofy and very niche but its awesome
I'm curious about the type of people who make up the channels community
@AdamKlownzinger At least Depressed Ginger has the balls to make videos and put himself on camera to the world to see and hear. I bet you wouldn't have the balls to do the same so stop hanging shit on him. He makes interesting and informative videos that a lot of people appreciate, so please be grateful he makes these for all of us.
I don't see why he's goody. He covers interesting, niche topics.
@@mu0FFpu0FFI find what he has to say interesting, he’s very knowledgeable about the topics he covers
It’s only because you can tell by his voice he probably wasn’t even alive in 2001😂
those two buildings were just absolutely massive… the amount of rubble they produced upon falling, is mindblowing.. where did all of it get taken off to?
Fresh Kills (yeah nice name for it) land fill.
Fresh Kills Land Fill, then the largest in the world, on Staten Island. Freshkills Park on the site will soon be the largest park in NYC.
@@eaglevision993 “Kil“/“Kill[e]“ means “creek“ or “river“ in 17-18th century Dutch. New York City was originally Dutch city New Amsterdam, in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, and many Dutch names are retained especially on Staaten Eylandt (which officially restored Dutch name _Staten Island_ in 1975 in lieu of the English name of _Borough of Richmond_ only now used as the name of _Richmond County_ ). Cf. the neighborhood of _Great Kills_ , the roads and bodies of water named _Arthur Kill_ , _Kill van Kull_ ; also Upstate NY has the _Catskill_ (“Cat's Creek“) Mountains.
It was a crime scene, like any other, just on a much grander scale. And yet, a crime scene it was and they wisked away all the evidence. 🤨
Taken away before the Police could cordon off the area and declare a crime scene. The evidence was taken away by a fleet of trucks that were on standby weeks if not years beforehand.
The only time that I went up there, we weren't allowed to go outside as it was too windy.
The view at 0:40 is what I recall in 1992.
Of course,I did see them being built in the late 60's,being a twice a day NJ to NY messenger.(No e-mails or faxes at that time).
Ummm faxes definitely existed in the 60s. It was invented in 1860, actually.
I am always fascinated with these WTC videos
I visited the south tower in about 1998. Remember it like it was yesterday. Glad to see these pictures. 😊
hope your keeping well man,, you've establish a large following of people who LOVE what you do. Your doing everything and phase of "being down" will defiantly be over., just like myself.
The jumpers bother me more than anything that happened that day. I cant imagine making that choice
Yeah, but many others would have done the same thing if they were trapped above the inferno though. You basically had to "choose" your own death if you were above the impact zone in Tower #1/the North Tower, since you had no way out in that case. It's like would you rather take a bullet to the head and die immediately, or five to the chest, and bleed to death? Obviously the quicker, far less painful way is what you'd want if death is indeed inevitable too.
It wasn't a "Choice" the Human body will do ANYTHING to get away from fire and smoke. It wasn't a choice, they just did what they had to get away from it. Not one single human on earth would say I'm going to run into the flames and die by being burned to death. That would never happen. It would probably be better if you became overcome with smoke and passed out and be unconscious than to fall out of the tower or burn to death. I can't believe people still say they "chose" to jump. It's not even a choice. They were either forced out, or did anything they could to get away from the fire and heat that was getting worse and worse.
I agree with you completely.@@victorpeirce4753
@@victorpeirce4753 Well I know most who were trapped did whatever they realistically could when their survival instincts kicked in, even if there was nothing they could do when all was said and done. It's not like EVERYBODY trapped above jumped at first, if even at all. But if that was your only way out, it was pretty much the best thing you could do, if you knew you weren't getting out alive though. It's what I too would have done myself if I was caught between that rock and a hard place, with no way out either.
@@victorpeirce4753some definitely consciously jumped.
The observation level and desk on tower 2 were great spots. I went up a few times, the last time in early 2001. The interior observation level was interesting in that it was possible to fit between the columns right up against the glass. It was almost like there was no wall. Even more amazing was looking to the north and seeing the massive tower 1 right outside the window.
The experience at the new trade center tower is completely different with lots of noise and distractions.
I was on the south tower observation deck in 1978. The view was terrific. It was very windy at the outdoor deck. To get to the top of the tower you had to take the express elevators and your ears would pop during the ride.
In 2019, I visited the Willis tower and while riding the elevator to the observation deck my ears started popping as well. High rise buildings truly are marvels
My buddy and I visited in '87. Low clouds kept most people from going up. On the way down the elevator operator gave us a zero gravity ride. Amazing experience floating with both feet off the floor for over 30 seconds.
I was up there in 1986. Spectacular views.
I actually wonder if some of the broadcast engineers (there is a list of them available) were trying to get up on the antenna to get away from the smoke. They did shutdown the transmitters and had roof access. But according to some transcripts of the radio channels, the roof access did not work anymore after the impact since it relied of a card reader and activation from the 22nd floor WTC operations center, which was soon abandoned.
There's a story and even a vid of a guy and his coworker showing their daily work on the roof of the north tower and the radio equipment below. The guy narrating it says his coworker (the other guy in the vid) died on 911.
Donald DiFranco, a Broadcast Engineer was working on the roof that day. I'd like to see a video made about him and the the other people who worked with him.
@@CritterHouseUSA Was he the one who called the station and said he was powering down the equipment? One of the engineers got a phone line out.
yup@@eaglevision993
Dick Crocco was on the roof that day
I went up to the observation deck sometime in the 1970s when I lived in Westchester County NY
I can't believe we're having this discussion. To even suggest that one can "ride" down with the building when it collapsed and survive, is ludicrous.
In August of 2001 I went to NYC to do a job. I used to travel all over the world installing satellite earth stations and I had one to do just a few miles from the towers. I really wanted to go to the top of the tower so i took a day off to make the trip. I got up that morning and just had this compulsion to buy a camera. I had been looking at a Sony digital camera that used Floppy disks for storage but had decided to wait for a few more months but on that morning I just had this overwhelming urge to get a camera. I walked around the area by my hotel until I found a shop that sold the Sony camera and I bought one and took it with me to the tower. I took a bunch of pictures that day. Also, I kept the ticket stub, something I normally didn't do. A week after I got home the towers came down. Creepy...
That ticket stub is probably a valuable piece of memorabilia now 💰💰💰
@@johneckert1365 I keep it in the picture frame with all the money I collected in my travels.
I was in NYC on a school trip in 1999. I saw them with my own eyes from the Statue of Liberty. It was a sight. Every time I see shots of the towers in movies or tv shows, I always get a strange feeling in my gut.
Thank god it was too early in the morning for there to be tourists and kids up there. That would have been awful if there were kids on field trips up there or families
I went 1999 to NYC and only saw a glimpse of the city out of the plane window. Stopover for some 5 hours before boarding DL107 back to Frankfurt. Been twice to NYC recently. The first time I visited ground zero…
I have a happy picture my mom took of me at age 14, standing on the top of the South Tower, smiling, sunny day, with Lady Liberty in the backround. It was 1997.
I visited in 1989. 1990 and 1994. I only got to go on the roof the second visit but went to the observatory 3 times. loved it and the views. I like to see pictures of the indoor observatory to refresh my memory. the first trip was in 3rd grade.
there where about 12 cleaning workers cleaning the roof when the plane hit luckily they made it to about 45 in an express elevator before the plane hit they survived you ca hear them talk about their expirence on a podcast
Does that mean that THEY were the ones responsible for locking the doorway to the rooftop?
I was on the observation deck of South tower in 1976 @10 yrs old with my pops and have vivid memories!!! Its a tragedy indeed!!!
Im surprised you didnt mention the limp bizkit music video filmed up there. It won best music video at the MTV music awards on september the 10th 2001.
That must be why the towers were targeted then! I don't know why nobody has investigated that!
@@Pissgremlin5964didn't have a damn thing to with the next day. They was making a video. And actual people working at the trade center actually thanked them for choosing to shoot a video on top of the building
@@Pissgremlin5964oh yeah cause bin laden was a huge fan of limp bizkit and actually took inspiration from the video to pull off the attack. see i can sound dumb too
@@-valmetal- it's pretty widely known that bin laden was BIG into the Bizkit! He could be seen on numerous occasions blasting Rollin' while riding his iced out camel through Bora Bora. In fact during the final raid of his compound, Nookie was heard coming from the upstairs bedroom. That's how they knew they got him. Sure enough when they kicked the door in, there he was with a backwards fitted hat, vans, and khakis standing in a piece of plywood pretending he was crowd surfing at Woodstock! Fred Durst was given a medal of valor for his contributions. I'm surprised you never heard of this.
@@-valmetal-you did. Imagine that.
I love how much your channel has grown dude , your gonna hit 100k by the end of the year for sure! Shoutout depressed ginger
I was uo there 3 times the first being my senior trip in H.S in 1998 and last being June 29th 2001 . I have a pic of me sitting on that railing on observation walkway.
As a kid our parents took us to the observation deck. Late 1970s.
We used the paid binoculars and my dad found found his powder blue small Toyota in the parking lot.
Awesome :)
I took that tour in December of ‘99. Beautiful December evening, went on the roof deck. The whole of 9/11 was extra weird because of that personal connection.
The ending scene of the musical ...'Godspell' was filmed up there. The dance number is called 'It's All For The Best'
Discovered your channel today and it’s great, subscribed. Not just the 9/11 videos - you cover interesting topics alongside your narration which is captivating, clear, and to the point - makes for seriously enjoyable content. Thanks.
Perfect narration. He is a great journalist.
i was there twice as a child. one time we went and it was closed due to wind which was a bummer. the deck felt like you were on an outdoor track. i have a photo it in one of my youtube shorts titled “you get what you give”
I was up there on 8-11-2001
I've never been to USA, I am in the UK, but I felt a great affinity for the towers. They were quite beautiful indeed. Still very hard to take in that day.
2:57 ‘It’d be a major issue’ 😂 bit of an understatement
An antenna from south tower is in Gibsonburg Ohio, on permanent display in our town park
I have been there...On April, 9 2001, as a 10year old tourist...It was so impessive...I have a magnet from there...And photos...And i am still shocked, thinking of the people who worked there on 9/11...I will always remember 9/11.. It's haunting me...23 years later...hard to imagine how the relatives and families of the victims must be feeling..R.I.P
They also had the Limp Busiquit package where you can play the drums ontop of the tower
Visited the observation deck November 1999. It was a beautiful, sunny Sunday. So lucky.We originally booked a table at Windows but foolishly cancelled it to go on tour of the city and a meal. Cab driver took us to wrong place and we didn’t make it.
I remember going onto the roof about a year before the parking garage bombing. It was an amazing view, but weird to think about now.
The observation deck did not open till 9:00 AM. Even if they had not made the decision to close the observation deck when the North Tower was hit, it still would not have made a difference. The South Tower had already been hit by the time the observation deck would have opened.
I thought the South Tower was hit at 9:02am?
Obviously whoever was in charge of opening up the deck had more important things to do after the opposite tower had been hit.
@@johneckert1365yeah it wasn’t open til 9:30am
all of the pictures i see from these towers….. make them look fancy as fuck. i hate that we will never get to explore these ever again. may the new towers be even more stunning. rip.
I was there in August 2001 when I was in the German Navy, called my grandma in Germany from a phone booth with a prepaid card and told her what a solid building it was.... Still have the $ 0,00 military discount ticket somewhere. The unique thing for people afraid of heights at the observation deck and 107th floor was that there was no way to look down directly. You always had a distance from the windows so it felt more like standing on a mountain than a building. Contrary to the Empire State Building
As I understand it, the 107th floor of the north tower was the restaurant. The 108th and 109th floors were basically open to each other as mechanical areas. The 110th floor of the north tower was where the TV transmitters were (I have the blueprints of those floors).
I'm guessing it was the same situation in the south tower. So, was the inside observation area on the 110th floor? I don't think there were any outside windows on the 110th floor of either building. Seems like the inside observation deck in the south tower would have to be on the 107th floor with a super long escalator to the roof. Please correct me if I'm wrong on any of this. I am pretty sure there were no windows on the 110th floor of the north tower where the TV transmitters were housed. Again, please correct me if I am wrong on any of this!
South tower had windows on 110th floor
The indoor observation deck shown in the video was on 107 in the south tower. There were two escalators almost up against the windows which ran through the 108/109 mechanical floors up into 110 (which had no windows, unlike the claim in another comment here). In 110 there were two L-shaped corridors which linked these escalators from 107 to the ones you see poking out through the roof. You can faintly see the north escalator passing through 108/109 in some of the other 9/11 footage of the towers.
@@paulstewart3216Did the emergency stairwells go all the way up to the 110th floor?
I went outside on the observation deck years ago, was really neat.
It's always so haunting to see the old photos, and think what happened to it all.
How about a video on objects they were found that survived?
I went to the observation deck, but it was on the 78th floor sky lobby. At the time I couldn't go up to the top. It was freaky being up that high.
Can't imagine the helplessness of being up that high, and trapped.
The one documentary about 9/11, interviews the man who flew up in a helicopter w a pilot to see if they could rescue people off the roof. The south tower was completely engulfed in smoke. The north tower did have a clear area, but there was no one there. They flew around for a while, but saw no one. They did see a lot of people leaning out of the north tower windows, but were unable to help them. They apparently didn't know that the doors to the roofs were locked.
i remember going up onto the South Tower Observation Deck
$13.50 to visit the observation deck in 2001. $74 now??? And it's not even close to what it was??? NYC is becoming Vegas East. SMH..
When it comes to the artifacts from the buildings, I wish one of the elevators could have been saved.
I hear they had some massive elevators that could hold 60+ people in some. I havent even seen pictures of them.
I believe, If I'm not mistaken, this was destroyed in the collapse of the South Tower.
What happened to the toilet from the ladies room in the first floor lobby? It was turned to dust just like the observation deck!!!
Could you make a video on the construction of the World Trade Center?
I remember being up there, it was quite exhilarating. In my wildest dreams I would never imagine that it would not exist in my present timeframe.
I went and it was awesome. RIP ❤
I know you are the person who can answer this: what was that thing on the top of the North Tower on the very edge that looked like a small crane of some kind?? It’s been burning a hole through my brain trying to determine what it is. Thanks!!! Keep ‘em coming! 👏
No timestamp?
@@krashd it’s not pictured in this video, embarrassingly enough i only thought to ask from here bc the thread is about the top of the south tower.
@@krashd from memory, the object I’m asking about really stand out in Cynthia Weil’s footage which now has a NIST label in the title. If that helps??
4:33 is this what you talking?
@@Dido01239 YES, that’s it!
I'm wondering about if and how they handled snow removal.
Same here
In theory I think its possible to survive on the roof depending on how the collapse happened. The record for survivng a drop without a parchute is 20 times that of the WTCs height. The person fell into heavy forest cover with snow. Here you aren't falling the floor beneath you is and it might not be severed from the floors beneath it that are above the crash area. It would require everything to happen the right way though. If someone locked themselves into the cage at 2.55 perhaps. If people could survive the Halifax explosion point blank anything is possibe.
If only the new WTC observatory matched the old one in height. The rooftop observatory in the old WTC was 1,377 ft high. That’s even higher than the Skydeck in Willis Tower (1,354 ft). The new one is unfortunately 109 ft lower at 1,268 ft. Let’s make them give us a higher one.
Yea that sucks
Actually, no, it didn’t matter if you held onto anything if you were located above the impact zone, you were dead. The fall alone would have killed you.
If you held on, wouldn't the rest of the floors break your fall at least a little bit
In the South Tower, several people DID survive from above the impact zone. The managed to get through the one remaining passable (barely) emergency stairwell. I believe the total was 18 people that survived from above.
I am going too vist yhe deck next month for Christmas.
When the South tower came down, it's core stood up for around 20 seconds after the perimeter wall had fallen away. That's why the roof would have been impossible to survive since it would have broken apart and then have the core fall on top
That is insane. I would be fine inside, but that would be terrifying on the open platform.
That plane that hit the south tower went over 520 mph and nearly missed the tower but it hit the back of the tower at around 520 mph at 9:02 am creating an giant explosion around the tower and the plane even hit at a weak spot where the tower couldn’t handle it. It only stood for less than an hour it got hit at 9:02 and collapsed at 9:59 so that’s less than an hour.
Thank you, i was waiting for a video like this
Next video idea should be what would've happened if the south tower was hit first/just like the north tower, and the north tower hit second/just like the south tower
I wonder about that too, or what if the hijackers hit lower or if they came from a different direction to ensure hitting the buildings lower... could have been a lot worse. I think the north tower was first because Atta followed the Hudson River down straight to manhattan and the north tower was the closer, more in line target.
@@Queue26 Yet I wonder why the North Tower/Tower #1 was hit so high though? Granted Atta did hit it straight down the middle, which caused every stairwell to be severed, making escape impossible if you were above the impact. But at least there were less casualties, while more people below where the plane crashed had ample time to escape. The South Tower/Tower #2 being hit lower obviously caused more floors to be impacted, along with the building collapsing much sooner. But at least one stairway was still intact, which 18 people did both find, and got out alive who were above where the plane hit as a result though.
@@freakyfornash Atta was with the plane already in a relatively steep descent. I'm not a pilot, but I could imagine that it's not easy for a not very experienced pilot to calculate how steep the descent has to be to be low enough but not so low that you hit another of the skyscrapers in Manhatten. It was a matter of seconds after all.
@@rittersportfan that’s what I’ve thinking too.., I do believe he wanted to be sure he would be clear of all other buildings so he could hit his target., and once he knew he was low enough his main focus was lining up the plane and keeping it on target. At the last second he turned his wings so he could impact the most floors possible.
I still like to think it's possible to ride down the Observation Deck when the South Tower came collapsing down.
And yes... no matter how crazy it might be.
You’d still most likely die the moment it reaches the ground.
Since the roof was supported by the large truss, it might actually keep integrity on the way down. But the sudden stop which comes with the spike in G forces would kill you.
The top portion of the South tower tilted at an angle when the collapse began and that top portion fragmented to pieces as it smashed into the lower portion of the building as that portion was collapsing as well.
Off topic, but W pfp.
@@TransNFLGirl Why thank you. :)
As far as a helicopter rescue the South tower was out of play with too much smoke billowing out and over it even if there were people there. The Northwest corner of the North tower was accessible but there was no one on the roof, not to mention the top of the world opened at 9.30am-9.30pm, it was too early.
Unfortunately there were employees at the restaurant already though 😢
I'm actually working on my own lego version of the twin towers their pretty iconic
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Limp Bizkit’s music video for Rollin’ was partly filmed on the south tower observation deck
As the south tower fell, the top section tipped quite severely and was nearly 30 degrees over by the time it popped back out of the smoke, still hundreds of feet in the air. Any one standing on the deck would have been unceremoniously dumped off the side like a sinking ship.
It fell. The end. Thanks for watching
Thanks for spoiling it for me.
True but kind of disrespectful
The g forces during the collapse alone would have ensured death for anyone on the roof. You would have reached terminal velocity along with the jumpers. Then a sudden end when you reached the ground. 0% chance of survival. The roof would have been pulverized before it reached the bottom. There would also have been slabs of concrete, steel girders, glass shards, wires, furniture, doors, and other large pieces of destruction slamming into you as you fell.
What happened to the deck? It was lost on 9/11 also. It didn’t just stay floating up there.
5:34 if you look to the lower right hand side of the picture there you'll see bench like seats at floor level. You could sit down on a bench and have a 100% unobstructed view. I was there in August 1977 and snapped a pic (I found it days after 9/11 and I've misplaced it - ). I've read reviews of the observation deck of One World Trade Center. None of them are good and you might wish to save your $ and time before devoting it to visit there.
short answer: it colapsed
I think there was a minimal but a slight, miracle of a chance that someone could've survived the fall from the top. But it would've had to have been the perfect scenario. Not very likely. There have been people before, like a few in the Surfside Miami Condo Collapse in 2021, that out-survived those on bottom floors because they were able to ride the pancake down to the bottom. Yes they were injured pretty bad, but survived. But that was what 12 stories or something? and WTC was obviously wayyyyy more floors than that. It would've been really cool survival story. But heck that one guy that survived the WTC collapse by being in the right place, that IS a crazy story in it's own right.
The miracle of stairwell B. Many people survived in that spot.
Is it possible to see it during Its collapse?
Only during the beginning of it it bend down toward the street and the smoke cover it,
@@NFL_guy679 ok thanks
@@757Air eh no problem.
You should do a video visiting the World Trade Center!
Seconded! A trip for a "live" vlog may help get him feeling less stuck.
I myself have been wondering how come the topmost sections of the buildings did not survived in on piece on top of everything the fell through? (possibly with survivors inside).. In the first few moments of the collapse, U can clearly see the top of bort tower plowing through the parts below, possibly slowing or softening it's landing on top of the ruins it created(?)..
I was 20 on 9/11, and I'll never forget where I was. However, as I have gotten older that day and its consequences have had a much deeper, more profound impact on me. I didn't fully comprehend its sheer magnitude at the time but in subsequent years, especially since the 20th anniversary when I revisited that day and went down the 9/11 rabbit hole, I have become much more interested and watched many videos and read articles. At the time I was a young man, still a kid really, and totally occupied with day to day life and supporting my young family as my wife and I had only been married for 2 years and our daughter was 2 and we had just celebrated her 2nd birthday. I never took time to grapple with the devastating ramifications as in those days the internet, though it existed, was in its infancy and information was not as available although it was in the media for months. I considered enlisting in the military, and many of my friends did enlist. Unfortunately, some never made it back. It's a shame how the Afghanistan withdrawal went. All those lives lost only to hastily pull out, leaving so much equipment behind, just for the Taliban to immediately assume control. The politicians and defense contractors padded their already substantial fortunes, though. The government took advantage of the post 9/11 emotions to pass the sweeping infringement that is the Patriot Act riding the wave of patriotic sentiment and fear that permeated the American collective consciousness to a new level of intrusion on our own citizens and everything changed. It's all history now. Gone forever was the last shred of innocence that lingered after the turbulent 60s and 70s. So much was lost that day, and the hope was to glean something positive from all that tradgedy. If their were few survivors to pull from the rubble, perhaps we could gain unity, and in the immediate aftermath, there was a surge of patriotism, but it wasn't to last. In the final analysis, what we ended up with was a fractured, broken, sick society, though still a shining light of hope and a beacon of freedom to the world. America is still a great nation and worth saving.
Great comment, and 100% TRUTH 🇺🇲
I was on top of the WTC observation deck, including Windows of the World, just a few days before 9/11.
At the observation deck, it was possible to record a video and have it sent to an email adr. That was so new in 2001. and in the bar when "99 air ballons" was played I was looking outside the window and there was fog, but suddently the sky opened and I could see the northtower clearly plus the NYC.
Still cannot believe what happened back then ....
You went inside both towers that day? The observation deck was on the South Tower, and Windows to the World restaurant was in the North Tower.
@@johneckert1365 yes, in the morning to south tower and in the evening north tower.
@@maximamuster2013 awesome 😀
Interesting to note, if you watch that FDNY video of the first plane hitting within just a few seconds you see smoke rushing out the 107th floor, just to give perspective of how quickly things diminished
I noticed that too. The explosion must've traveled up the emergency stairwells and elevator shafts and blew those windows out.
I wish they had put a similar outdoor observation deck on the new WTC roof.
The ticket to the World Trade Center Observation deck says 9/1O/O1 and 18.16 at night. That's why it says "Roof Closed" because it wasn't open at night. If you look closely you can see the details.
On 9/10/01 there was a heavy thunderstorm in New York. It's absolutely plausible that the roof was closed for that reason and not only because of the time.
@@rittersportfan Yeah I remember 9/1O/O1 raining through the afternoon. I just assumed that the observation deck on the roof was closed at night for safety reasons.
It is still daylight at 616pm in early September.
Wow this is pretty cool story about the ticket and the bad weather the night before ppl wanting to come the next day. What would be the odds of being in on a trip to NYC of all days.
I remember it vaguely from childhood
Short answer/TLDR: It got destroyed when the tower fell like the rest of it
Long answer: This video
I went up to the observation deck on one of the towers in 98. Didn’t go outside tho and I remember there was like a 3D ride up there and the handrails next to the big windows were made of clear plastic. Was I in the north or south tower? I don’t remember seeing an entrance to windows on the world, but I was also pretty young at the time, 10 years old.
Observation deck was on the South Tower. The North Tower had that big antenna.