The last year of 20th century... The 21st century started terribly and continues to be terribly in many ways, and I say this as a European. Unfortunately, Europe and the world have, in many respects, gone in the wrong direction.
As a New Yorker watching this, it really makes me sad. WTC was so iconic. I grew up loving these buildings. I only went to the top of these buildings only once when I was a child. Im thankful that i got to experience that moment. I'll never forget it. It was awesome! A week before 9/11 happened..my brother's and I were planning to go experience that again as we rode the ferries. Unfortunately, a week later the world changed forever and will never experience that again. R.I.P. to those that died that day. Thank you for sharing this experience. 😔
it's almost as if once a certain type of inbred, fanatical race of people was introduced to a first world society it all went to shit. who were those people again?
I never really got to see how massive those buildings were, those videos did give an amazing feel on their actual size. Put a smile on my face seeing you and your friends just enjoying the moment, you seem so carefree. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, we were pretty young. I was in my 20's, younger and thinner. We were having a great time. My friend Alex lost two colleagues who were in tower 1 on the day. 😟
I visited the WTC on the 9th of September 2000. The day was very similar to this one. We were in the last group allowed to go on the observation deck due to the bad weather.
This is gold. I am a lifelong NYer and am 41 yo right now. I was 19 when the towers went down. I was 12 the first time I went up there but it was cloudy and couldnt see anything. I returned sometime in summer of 1999 and again in June of 2000, and it was one of the most beautiful days ever. Being on the rooftop of the south tower has never been replicated by any other skyscraper in nyc or anywhere else. And I am an Empire State Building is the best kind of guy but the feeling of being in a skyscraper that high and feeling that wind and that sunlight and just staring up was epic. The last time I was down there I had been to the statue of liberty with my gf of the time and when she went home I stayed in that plaza beneath the towers and in those benches right there by the golden ball you see there in the middle of the plaza which somehow survived the collapse and is now a monument in Battery Park. I had completely forgotten what that plaza looked like to the north. Man just seeing that all of a sudden opens a rush of memories. I remember as I laid down looking up at the towers from the benches while hearing the sound of skateboarders doing tricks on the steps and seeing those two behemoths kind of lean into each other and looking like they would fall on you was a cool view. Little did I know that 2 months later they would be gone.
Fantastic memories there Joe, thanks for sharing those with us. I didn't know the golden ball had survived. Anyone who went up the buildings will always remember the experience 👍
I live in Northern Ireland and was fortunate to visit the WTC back in the '70s. Now, you must understand that at that time, the tallest building in Belfast was Windsor House, 23 stories, 80m tall and I thought that that was big, but I could not take in the sheer size of the towers. From the ground, looking up I had to lie flat on the sidewalk to prevent my being dizzy. From the top looking down, I could detect the imperceptible sway of the tower. It was a magnificent experience and one that I have always treasured.
Looking from the perspective of where the guys were filming at ground level, up at the towers they give such an Impression of strength and solid construction that you couldnt concieve of anything causing them to collapse. Thinking too of the courage of the emergency crews going into what mustve been a hell on that terrible day RIP to everyone who lost their lives and those whose lives were changed forever.Never Forget.
Just think - there are people who were on that observation deck on Monday, September 10th, 2001. Imagine how utterly shocked and freaked out they all were the next morning! Far moreso than the rest of us watching on TV from distant places around the country and around the world.
Hello Jules your video literally brought me to tears, these buildings were truly iconic throughout their 30 year lifespan, movies songs and commercials and such made them legends in their own time. I was one of the truly lucky children to go up to the observation deck at the tender age of 9 with my history class, we were taking a history lesson on NYC and the Lower Manhattan skyline and our history teacher decided that the WTC was the place to go, so she bought the tickets we all took yhe elevator ride up to the 107th floor my ears literally popped due the intense speed of the ride, when we finally reached the top the views were absolutely beautiful and breathtaking, i couldn't believe my eyes they were as wide as an owls eye 👀, the people on the streets looked like ants and the cars looked like little toy vehicles, so many buildings all around and the sky plainly blue and white clouds like marshmallows, it was just so surreal that only a month later all that was reduced to a pile of rubble and dust 😢 this was 8/1/01 and after we went to the observation deck and the flight simulator she treated us to the Warner Brothers Studio Store in the underground mall and bought everyone gifts for being on our best behavior, so i wanted a Tasmanian Devil plush which i still have to this day, can't believe it's been nearly 23 years ago that i was there. Now today being 30 years old i will always remember a little 9 year old elementary school boy (me) was actually there in person in a building that is no longer there but the memories shall always live on forever and ever ❤️
Such a amazing Camera Quality back at the time, im getting always sad when i see The Towers, and to think 2000 was the last good year of lost Lives, and September 10 the last views, before everything changed. Miss those Buildings. Wish they would come back at the Skyline, the Sky doesnt look right. We never forget 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Love and greetings From Germany 🇩🇪🇩🇪
Did the same tour of the World Trade Towers in 1990. The I took the South Ferry to the Statue of Liberty. I spent over an hour on Liberty Island and climed into the top of Lady Libery's head. It was a wonderfu day I'll never forget. Thank you for sharing your warm memories.
Incredibly moving personal documentary of an two iconic structures, whose shockingly horrific and devastating fates are so deeply etched into the memories of everyone who saw it, and an event that changed the world.
Went to the WTC nearing sunset in late August 1993 and watched with my gf on the observation deck. Just an incredible experience and unforgettable views.
Thank you very much for this video. I was on the observation deck in 1997 and 1999. And I was really excited to get back there again with a flight ticket from Germany for 9/15 2001 in my pockets. So many things have changed since 9/11 2001, but I will always remember this place before the terror. 👍
1:11 I stood in that exact spot back in the 80's and then stared back at the towers from the Empire State building the next day. Great footage, wish i had a camera back then, bet it would have looked almost like this, well done sir!
Yep, it was a top tourist spot and essential if you ever visited NY. I went back in 2009 on honeymoon and visited Ground Zero. Hope to get back to see the museum and memorial soon.
it's almost as if once a certain type of inbred, fanatical race of people was introduced to a first world society it all went to shit. who were those people again?
September 2000 was still a time when I dreamed of visiting New York City, see the World Trade Center and tour the vast subway system. I also started college not too long ago, meaning I was broke but saving up to travel while I was still living with my dad and still supported by him. Fast forward to 9/11, totally unexpected of what I saw on the news on TV. I finally saved enough to finally visit New York City in March of 2002 and made my way to Ground Zero, which was what the WTC site was called before it was rebuilt. Instead of enjoying the beautiful World Trade Center towers, I ended up mourning them and all the innocent lives lost on 9/11.
*I never had the opportunity to visit to this day ever since i was a kid it was part of my bucket list to visit such buildings but that dream will never come true*
it's almost as if once a certain type of inbred, fanatical race of people was introduced to a first world society it all went to shit. who were those people again?
Haven't watched WTC videos in probably 10 years, so many new ones on youtube now. Your video is very lovely. At the time of this video, I worked one building away from WTC at 100 Church Street. I was a freshman in college, and it was my first real job:) I would grab lunch at the black building to the right (WTC 5), they had nice salad bar there, and sit by the Sphere on the benches and eat lunch, with friends, or alone. I remember those huge flower pots now, thanks to your video. If this was filmed during the lunch time on a weekday I could be somewhere in your video too:) Thank you for sharing!
I miss the pre 9/11 World. No social media, no computer phones, no excessive political correctness, and no excessive stupidity. It was so much better then versus now. I am at least fortunate to live almost 21 years of it, but sadly, I never got to visit the Twin Towers. Even the new one doesn’t phase me at all.
I share a similar sentiment, but it's important to acknowledge how technology has greatly assisted us in modern times. One prime example is the access we have to historical footage, which would not have been possible without the development of the internet and platforms such as UA-cam. It's crucial to embrace and adapt to these changes. While it's okay to indulge in nostalgia, we shouldn't dwell on it excessively :)
Computer and the internet did exist back in 2000 but it was dial up. Phones did exist as well but it was landline phone and cell phones was different back then.
Thanks for sharing this. Definitely a bit different from your normal content but this adds a real personal touch. It must be surreal to have watched that event unfold knowing that you had been on top of those very buildings. Unfortunately I never got to see the towers up close. I did see the damage a year later in 2002. At that time it was just two giant holes in the ground. Haven't been to NYC since.
Absolutely. I thought quite a bit about putting it up at all but I have a really great audience who I think would appreciate seeing it. Definitely a bit surreal watching footage of the attacks, even after all this time.
I remember 1999 at Windows on the World restaurant. This is some amazing footage, brings me right back. Thank you for sharing this memory that connects us all.
Watching videos like this is the only thing I have left to keep my memories fresh of the city before the attacks. For those fortunate to take those towers from granted understand growing up in the city as those building people the backdrop of our lives to not having them exist anymore is just so hard to comprehend. Those buildings not only was a backdrop to my childhood but my father worked at the deutsche bank originally once called bankers trust. So not only being born and raised in the city. But visiting the site regularly. So many memories from school field trips to windows on the world dinners. But for me holiday season was just magical downtown. While everyone including me would see the tree in midtown Manhattan I would also go downtown for my fathers Christmas work Parties. That site meant so much to me as a child. For those who got the chance to see the towers or lived around the area know no matter how many times you seen them you always seemed to stare. They had this illusion since the twins were offset on an angle thst when driving around the city and New Jersey they looked as if they rotated. At night it was beautiful. Since the attacks with the new site I just don’t care enough to go back down there anymore. It doesn’t mean anything to me anymore. For me they should have rebuilt that site exactly the same. Or at minimum make world trade building 2 identical to one world trade so we would have twin buildings once again to restore what once was. So when you look fast it still looks like the original site as if nothing happened. I know it’s s memorial now which is needed for those who lost loved ones. And I would never think the site meant more than those who lost their lives that morning. But people don’t understand not only we lost our American brothers and sisters. We also lost peoples memories growing up in the city. Our iconic skyline that once was. Anyone fortunate enough to visit the site before the attacks and was fortunate enough to grow up around Manhattan you should be grateful. So many others wish they stood still so they could have witness what once stood. My point is I have to watch videos like this so it doesn’t seem like a dream my memories I once had. Losing people that morning on 9/11 was devastating. But people need to also understand losing those towers and the site that also meant a lot to people might not be equally as devastating but it hurts as well. Now every time I go back into the city taking the bridge into Manhattan I always find myself still looking downtown for those towers wishing they still were standing tall. With the new construction around midtown Manhattan where building are now bigger than the Empire State drowning out the original skyline that was iconic. It’s like a cluster now that’s unrecognizable. I know it’s the city and things always happen but it’s not what I grew up knowing. It doesn’t have that iconic look anymore. It’s not the New York skyline I once fell in love with and made memories around.
it's almost as if once a certain type of inbred, fanatical race of people was introduced to a first world society it all went to shit. who were those people again?
Thank you for posting this! This video reminds me so much having been there in May of 2000. Unfortunately the day we had planned to go to the WTC the observation deck was closed to the public and I just got to see the building inside from the lobby, and took some pictures. I didn't have a camcorder back then, would have taken only pictures. It probably would have been a very emotional and heart wrenching feeling to this day if I had had footage from the top as well... :(
@@JulesBurt That is very likely correct. It was cloudy that day, no sunshine, probably foggy with no vision from the observation deck... On the following day we had already planned other activities including a boat trip to Liberty Island, the weather had totally changed by then and I have some nice beautiful pictures of the skyline (including the Twin Towers)... I'm sure at that moment I was convinced I'd be going back to NY some day anyway and visit the observation deck...
September 2000 was also my one and only time visiting the WTC, when I was 15. Outdoor deck was closed due weather so only toured the top floor. We almost didn't go up because of the weather. "We can go up next time", said my Dad. Just as well we did it.
Thanks for showing me this ! It was stolen from me from going on October 1,2001. I saved for a very long time ! Many many things were stolen and murdered so now I only watched these videos and the few of when the towers were being built. Strange. I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to go to Liberty Tower - or One World Trade- it’s like it doesn’t even belong there !! Over twenty years and still feels so empty 😞
Until somewhat recently my morning commute took me on a ferry from south Brooklyn to north Brooklyn, past Staten Island and across from Liberty Island, past the Freedom Tower (actually, just One World Trace Center now) and up to Brooklyn Bridge Park. I arrived in NYC 7 years after the attacks and, living with the Freedom Tower, I have to say the new building simply doesn't have the staggering sense of scale of the twin towers (even on videotape). The sleekness makes it blend more, which is very much in line with the less blunt approach to skyscrapers today (notwithstanding the escalating supertall heights of buildings further north on Manhattan). There are good arguments for the more contemporary approach, but I think only time can tell you what a building might mean to people when considered over several eras (the Twin Towers were loathed by many, especially upon their debut). The attacks were the worst possible way for a world to reflect on the meaning of architecture.
@@JulesBurt I really miss the twin towers. I remember visiting these buildings during the 1990's. I remember being on top of the South Tower in 1995. That is a view that I will never forget. R.I.P to the people who died on September 11, 2001.
I really love the building's architecture, I wish I could rebuilt them in a alternate dimension and letting them continue to wow the visitors that visit there. Even though one day they may not be the tallest building in the city anymore, it will still hold a dominant place in the skyline.
@@slabbusterrtr7690 Same here honestly, but it would've been insensitive to the New Yorkers. You could argue that all of them born 1990 or before (so the vast majority) were victims, so to have to see those same towers they saw collapse on top of their loved ones everyday would be difficult.
They were quite beautiful buildings. Thanks for sharing this, as I never got a chance to visit. I even now, find it all hard to take in what happened on that day.
@@JulesBurt oh and something to add, my great grandma visited the World Trade Center in 1981 with three photos to show off. Since then, I've scanned them to share others with
Man thy where so beautiful its sad there gone and the younger generation couldn't enjoy them. My heart goes out to those who lost everything on 9/11 god bless the USA.
I visited NYC in the 1990s several times and on the last visit, we had a pretty packed agenda. One of my friends from NYC asked me if us if we wanted to go to the top of the World Trade Centre and I said our schedule was too busy to squeeze it in and we could see it next time we visited. I didn't make it back to NYC before 9/11, so I never got to visit the iconic Twin Towers.
hypothetically speaking: If ya did an extra effort to make it happen, today your life could be any different from you know today about never made it happen? So Doing this exercise ya can travel to future remembering that day, today! Then in other hand ya can figured out some moments really counts and we have to be sometimes “sensitive” and don’t aloud it drift away….life is magical n strange at same time, sometimes. Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷
Such beautiful and iconic buildings and a place of work for many people. It's hard to imagine the absolute horror that occurred a year later on that fateful day on the 11th of September 2001. RIP to all the innocent lives lost that horrible day😢❤ Thanks for sharing this.
Life in the U.S. & around the world changed after 9/11/2001, and not for the better. It will never be the carefree days most of us have known. RIP to those that are no longer here.
That view from the top gave me the creeps. Knowing that was the last view of the people who died there, especially the jumpers! What a beautiful memory you had filmed.. RIP to the lives lost in that tragedy that day.. The world will never forget until the end of time.. ❤
I visited the WTC for the first time in the 1990's, only a few months after the first terrorist incident when the bomb went off in the basement, not realizing what was to come 10 years later. The spirit of NYC will never die!
In 97, I visited the World Trade Center. We came up from the subway trip over from Newark, NJ, and I was amazed at how there was a subway station under the World Trade Center. We exited out of the Sam Goody in WTC 2 and were able to get some photos of the exterior. Of course, I wanted to go to the top. But my cowardly sister used my chatterbox of a nephew to ignore me cause she's afraid of heights. Sadly, I was thwarted again in 2001 as I wanted to visit New York again and visit the Twin Towers only to be talked into taking another summer course in college by said sister. And the trip required money, money that went into that single course.
The architect for the towers was also the architect for the Dhahran International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Minoru Yamasaki. If you search it they look identical at the base. It’s where his inspiration was from. That airport was funded by the Bin Laden group. A terrible fate.
Jules..this is perhaps the one time i dont know what to say.....I see the younger you and i laugh...but then i see what came later.. May we regardless of nationality never have to exprience or witness such a tragedy...( or any for that matter ) I hope and pray..Sobering. Thanks you my friend...and till then stay safe...🖖🙏
The big metal ball in the quadrangle...if I'm not mistaken it was placed down in Battery Park, all bashed in, as a memorial. I think it has been moved now.
I went up there in November 2000. It was cold and windy, so there were only a handful of other people out on the deck. I remember most in our group did not want to go up there because of the wind and they stayed inside.
Awesome Video! The Complex was really beautiful! I have a other question: Is it possible that you could upload the whole footage of the Plaza without overlayed Music and Voice commentary? Im asking because regulary there would be Muzak playing from the Speakers around the whole complex, like in the Mall or WTC 4 and 5 Entrances, I bet you heard the Music when you where there. I and other people are trying to find many of this Songs that played at the World Trade Center. So it would be awesome if its possible to upload the Raw footage of the Plaza and when Music played from the Speaker! And it would also be interesting if you remember some names of the Music that was played? Greetings!
I was in NYC on a fifth grade field trip and saw the towers in the fall of 1998. I also rode the ferry and went to Ellis and Liberty Islands. It was breath taking seeing those towers rise up. Every time I see the towers in old tv shows or movies, I always get a weird feeling in my stomach.
I have a question. If the Twin Towers were still standing today, would the observation deck platform on the South Tower's roof eventually had been closed down? The observation deck platform on the South Tower's roof was only about 300 feet away from the North Tower's antenna. They did not allow visitors to the top of the North Tower because of the antenna there. The thought was they would get too much RF expose if they were that close for too long. If you're in close enough proximity for a certain length of time to that high of wattage of TV/radio signals, it can cause health problems. Apparently, the South Tower was far enough away to safely allow visitors, hence the observation deck there. Back in the 1970s, it was deemed safe to stand on the roof of 2 WTC, but in many videos, you can clearly hear and watch the radio interference. If you look at some videos taken on the observation, you can still hear analogue TV interference in their audio. If the twin towers were built today, I don't believe that they would surely allow anyone on the roof of the South Tower because of those interferences.
Ich war das erste mal 2010 in NYC, dort war am Ground Zero noch eine Baustelle und der Freedom Tower gerademal 1/5 gebaut. Im Jahr 2013 waren wir nochmal dort, da war er immer noch nicht eröffnet und die Antenne fehlte noch.
I could have been there at the same time as you, Jules, but because the travel agency I was working for in Norway was too busy in September 2000, I had to change my destination and time of travel.
It's still difficult to comprehend how tall those buildings were . And I just can't imagine what it was like for those people who were trapped and had to bust out windows so high up . I get the urge to move away from the computer while watching because it's so high up .
Hey! Would you be willing to release any potential audio of the video? I’m apart of a group that archives music heard at the Trade Center, and your video has great shots of the plaza, where Environmental Muzak was usually pumped through during normal days. I’m also sure many other archival groups would appreciate any potential audio recorded in the video. Please let me know if you are able to release the audio of this video. Thanks!
Wow, thanks for sharing this footage. Your the only UA-camr i know that's willing to reply to each comment. Something I'd do if people commented on my videos. Looks peaceful back then. So very high up. It's devastating to know at least 200 people saw this view and thought jumping off was the only way to survive...... 😨. Nice to see happy smiles
Hey Yo, What's up, man? I was born in 2000, but I love the 80s, I love the 90s and I love the early 2000s. I'm from Peru, but I will never forget those buildings because they were a symbol of New York in my favorite times. Yeah, They were the most beautiful buildings in the world and I think that old is beautiful. Yo, This is a masterpiece, Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. 🏢🏢👍👍👌👌🙂🙂😢😢
I used to draw these towers as a kid, along with other towers like the CN Tower, Eiffel Tower, etc. The twin towers always stood out for me though, and I wanted to go on the top like Kevin did in Home Alone 2 someday. I had just turned 7 a month prior to that terrible morning. And because I was in school, just starting grade 1, I didn't see what had actually happened until my mom brought me home. I was in eastern Canada, so 1:30+ of EST (NST)
What was on the other side of that fence? Was it a drop straight down? Also the plaza didn't seem busy. I would have expected it to be packed as a tourist attraction at any time. I dare say it is busier now?
We were just there about 10.00am in the morning. It certainly wasn't too busy and I don't think we even queued long to get in. I really don't remember what was on the other side of that fence, sorry.
Yes, there had been a previous terrorist attack on the complex and the theory was that it was their intention to collapse the towers into each other and I remember thinking that nobody could be that wicked, so when they did succeed with their evil plan, I just couldn't believe it!
That’s the end of the “living” world, now we just “surviving”! It’s shocking how the atmosphere from those days are unique, it’s completely distinct. Amazing footage, tks! Cheers from Brazil Ps: 2018 I visited the new world tower, museum n statue and battery park monument, always loved nyc since kid (from the movies, books, etc).
2000... our last truly carefree year. Glad you had that time there, thank you for sharing!!!
Thanks my friend 👍
@bartpitt2991 I guess you had to be there?
It's just it was a different time, after the attacks everything changed 😔
The last year of 20th century... The 21st century started terribly and continues to be terribly in many ways, and I say this as a European. Unfortunately, Europe and the world have, in many respects, gone in the wrong direction.
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As a New Yorker, thank you for this beautiful memory. ❤
My pleasure 👍
for 23 years.. nearly a quarter of a century, the quality looks amazing
Thanks, this footage was stuck on an old videotape for about fifteen years, converted remarkably well 👍
As a New Yorker watching this, it really makes me sad. WTC was so iconic. I grew up loving these buildings. I only went to the top of these buildings only once when I was a child. Im thankful that i got to experience that moment. I'll never forget it. It was awesome! A week before 9/11 happened..my brother's and I were planning to go experience that again as we rode the ferries. Unfortunately, a week later the world changed forever and will never experience that again. R.I.P. to those that died that day. Thank you for sharing this experience. 😔
Thanks for those memories 👍
@@JulesBurt so looking at the start foot of the towers are pools and everything around is a garden now?
@nikolabakich9709 not sure about how it looks today tbh
it's almost as if once a certain type of inbred, fanatical race of people was introduced to a first world society it all went to shit. who were those people again?
9/11 is one of the most shocking unbelievable things in my lifetime. Cant believe it was so long ago.
Your right, 20 years, it's amazing it's been so long. I'll never forget the two visits I made to the towers.
@@JulesBurt New York City is not the same anymore without the twin towers.
I can't believe it was only 20 years ago. For me it feels so much longer, like another life.
It's true, amazing to think it's been that long 👍
Time just doesn't stop..... mind blowing how long ago yet seems like it wasn't
I never really got to see how massive those buildings were, those videos did give an amazing feel on their actual size. Put a smile on my face seeing you and your friends just enjoying the moment, you seem so carefree. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, we were pretty young. I was in my 20's, younger and thinner. We were having a great time. My friend Alex lost two colleagues who were in tower 1 on the day. 😟
@@JulesBurt oh so sorry to hear that may rest in peace
For sure👍
One of my dream when i was a kid was to visit them
It was an amazing experience 👍
My dad worked in WTC 1 but luckily was out of the office that day.
That was so lucky he wasn't there on that fateful day.
I visited the WTC on the 9th of September 2000. The day was very similar to this one. We were in the last group allowed to go on the observation deck due to the bad weather.
Amazing, it was an unforgettable experience 👍
This is gold. I am a lifelong NYer and am 41 yo right now. I was 19 when the towers went down. I was 12 the first time I went up there but it was cloudy and couldnt see anything. I returned sometime in summer of 1999 and again in June of 2000, and it was one of the most beautiful days ever. Being on the rooftop of the south tower has never been replicated by any other skyscraper in nyc or anywhere else. And I am an Empire State Building is the best kind of guy but the feeling of being in a skyscraper that high and feeling that wind and that sunlight and just staring up was epic. The last time I was down there I had been to the statue of liberty with my gf of the time and when she went home I stayed in that plaza beneath the towers and in those benches right there by the golden ball you see there in the middle of the plaza which somehow survived the collapse and is now a monument in Battery Park. I had completely forgotten what that plaza looked like to the north. Man just seeing that all of a sudden opens a rush of memories. I remember as I laid down looking up at the towers from the benches while hearing the sound of skateboarders doing tricks on the steps and seeing those two behemoths kind of lean into each other and looking like they would fall on you was a cool view. Little did I know that 2 months later they would be gone.
Fantastic memories there Joe, thanks for sharing those with us. I didn't know the golden ball had survived. Anyone who went up the buildings will always remember the experience 👍
I live in Northern Ireland and was fortunate to visit the WTC back in the '70s. Now, you must understand that at that time, the tallest building in Belfast was Windsor House, 23 stories, 80m tall and I thought that that was big, but I could not take in the sheer size of the towers. From the ground, looking up I had to lie flat on the sidewalk to prevent my being dizzy. From the top looking down, I could detect the imperceptible sway of the tower. It was a magnificent experience and one that I have always treasured.
Excellent memories. I think you can't really appreciate just how tall they were unless you saw them in person 👍
Looking from the perspective of where the guys were filming
at ground level, up at the towers they give such an
Impression of strength and
solid construction that you
couldnt concieve of anything
causing them to collapse.
Thinking too of the courage of
the emergency crews going into what mustve been a hell
on that terrible day RIP to everyone who lost their lives
and those whose lives were
changed forever.Never Forget.
@gahctep thankyou 😔
@@JulesBurt Just wondering, does one get the same feeling from the new One World Trade Center?
@Kosmas.9284 I hope to find out one day 🙂
Just think - there are people who were on that observation deck on Monday, September 10th, 2001. Imagine how utterly shocked and freaked out they all were the next morning! Far moreso than the rest of us watching on TV from distant places around the country and around the world.
True 😔
Someone on youtube posted a video of that observation deck like, a WEEK before they were destroyed. Truly nuts.
😲 wow
@@michlo3393you mean. posted it 4 years later. In 2005. When youtube was created.
@@GuitarSolosInc. No, I mean they had a time machine. YES, that's what I meant, don't be pedantic.
Hello Jules your video literally brought me to tears, these buildings were truly iconic throughout their 30 year lifespan, movies songs and commercials and such made them legends in their own time. I was one of the truly lucky children to go up to the observation deck at the tender age of 9 with my history class, we were taking a history lesson on NYC and the Lower Manhattan skyline and our history teacher decided that the WTC was the place to go, so she bought the tickets we all took yhe elevator ride up to the 107th floor my ears literally popped due the intense speed of the ride, when we finally reached the top the views were absolutely beautiful and breathtaking, i couldn't believe my eyes they were as wide as an owls eye 👀, the people on the streets looked like ants and the cars looked like little toy vehicles, so many buildings all around and the sky plainly blue and white clouds like marshmallows, it was just so surreal that only a month later all that was reduced to a pile of rubble and dust 😢 this was 8/1/01 and after we went to the observation deck and the flight simulator she treated us to the Warner Brothers Studio Store in the underground mall and bought everyone gifts for being on our best behavior, so i wanted a Tasmanian Devil plush which i still have to this day, can't believe it's been nearly 23 years ago that i was there. Now today being 30 years old i will always remember a little 9 year old elementary school boy (me) was actually there in person in a building that is no longer there but the memories shall always live on forever and ever ❤️
Wow, this is one of the most amazing comments I have ever seen on UA-cam. Thank you for sharing your memories! Greetings from Bulgaria!
For sure 👍
She sounds like she was a great teacher!
@@mimilangelier4425 indeed she was
I always wanted to go up there as a kid after watching Home Alone 2. Amazing you were able to experience that view. Thanks for sharing your video.
Such a amazing Camera Quality back at the time, im getting always sad when i see The Towers, and to think 2000 was the last good year of lost Lives, and September 10 the last views, before everything changed. Miss those Buildings.
Wish they would come back at the Skyline, the Sky doesnt look right.
We never forget 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Love and greetings From Germany 🇩🇪🇩🇪
Thanks Eddy, I know exactly what you mean👍
Did the same tour of the World Trade Towers in 1990. The I took the South Ferry to the Statue of Liberty. I spent over an hour on Liberty Island and climed into the top of Lady Libery's head. It was a wonderfu day I'll never forget. Thank you for sharing your warm memories.
My pleasure
It's my belief that there is an alternate universe somewhere out there where the Towers still stand proud and tall.
That would be fantastic 👍
@@JulesBurt Yeah, just need to figure out how to go there
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
So now there is a heaven for buildings?😂😂😂
I visited New York from London in February 2000 and will never forget being in awe at the World Trade Center.
I find the cathedral look at the base so interesting.
The interior of the ground level was more fascinating than the top.
It was a terrific looking building 👍
Incredibly moving personal documentary of an two iconic structures, whose shockingly horrific and devastating fates are so deeply etched into the memories of everyone who saw it, and an event that changed the world.
Absolutely, thanks Bill👍
Went to the WTC nearing sunset in late August 1993 and watched with my gf on the observation deck. Just an incredible experience and unforgettable views.
Fantastic 🙂
Thank you very much for this video. I was on the observation deck in 1997 and 1999.
And I was really excited to get back there again with a flight ticket from Germany for
9/15 2001 in my pockets. So many things have changed since 9/11 2001, but I will always
remember this place before the terror. 👍
Absolutely, thanks for sharing those memories 🙂
1:11 I stood in that exact spot back in the 80's and then stared back at the towers from the Empire State building the next day. Great footage, wish i had a camera back then, bet it would have looked almost like this, well done sir!
Thankyou Joe🙂
This made my heart ache. I took those same pictures as a happy tourist on the observation deck two before you.
Yep, it was a top tourist spot and essential if you ever visited NY. I went back in 2009 on honeymoon and visited Ground Zero. Hope to get back to see the museum and memorial soon.
it's almost as if once a certain type of inbred, fanatical race of people was introduced to a first world society it all went to shit. who were those people again?
September 2000 was still a time when I dreamed of visiting New York City, see the World Trade Center and tour the vast subway system. I also started college not too long ago, meaning I was broke but saving up to travel while I was still living with my dad and still supported by him. Fast forward to 9/11, totally unexpected of what I saw on the news on TV. I finally saved enough to finally visit New York City in March of 2002 and made my way to Ground Zero, which was what the WTC site was called before it was rebuilt. Instead of enjoying the beautiful World Trade Center towers, I ended up mourning them and all the innocent lives lost on 9/11.
I too visited ground zero but I've not been back to NYC for about fifteen years, it's on the list.
*I never had the opportunity to visit to this day ever since i was a kid it was part of my bucket list to visit such buildings but that dream will never come true*
Sadly true, I am grateful I was able to visit it twice, unforgettable experience.
it's almost as if once a certain type of inbred, fanatical race of people was introduced to a first world society it all went to shit. who were those people again?
Haven't watched WTC videos in probably 10 years, so many new ones on youtube now. Your video is very lovely. At the time of this video, I worked one building away from WTC at 100 Church Street. I was a freshman in college, and it was my first real job:) I would grab lunch at the black building to the right (WTC 5), they had nice salad bar there, and sit by the Sphere on the benches and eat lunch, with friends, or alone. I remember those huge flower pots now, thanks to your video. If this was filmed during the lunch time on a weekday I could be somewhere in your video too:) Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for those great memories, really lovely. It was indeed midweek and could easily have been a Wednesday.
Thank you Jules. I visited the WTC late Oct 2000 - one month after. Your views are my views. God bless.
Fantastic!
Amazing and pretty surreal. Almost a year to the day when the attacks happened. I had goose bumps watching this. Thank you for sharing
Thanks Paul, I know exactly what you mean👍
I miss the pre 9/11 World. No social media, no computer phones, no excessive political correctness, and no excessive stupidity. It was so much better then versus now. I am at least fortunate to live almost 21 years of it, but sadly, I never got to visit the Twin Towers. Even the new one doesn’t phase me at all.
👍It was a different time.
I share a similar sentiment, but it's important to acknowledge how technology has greatly assisted us in modern times. One prime example is the access we have to historical footage, which would not have been possible without the development of the internet and platforms such as UA-cam. It's crucial to embrace and adapt to these changes. While it's okay to indulge in nostalgia, we shouldn't dwell on it excessively :)
👍 Thanks.
Computer and the internet did exist back in 2000 but it was dial up. Phones did exist as well but it was landline phone and cell phones was different back then.
@iphone8fan1 absolutely 👍
This is a really well narrated and well put together video Jules.
Thanks my friend 🙂
Some great footage jules, thanks for sharing. RIP to those effected that day
Absolutely, my pleasure to share this footage.
Wow. Thanks for this one Jules.
You're welcome my friend.
Hey Jules,Do you know what's the name of the backround song?@@JulesBurt
@Ben82545 afraid not, so sorry, it was from my editing program, Filmora.
thank you for sharing this amazing footage. they were beautiful buildings.
My pleasure, they certainly were.
A really fascinating video Jules. Thanks for sharing 👍
My pleasure Lenny🙂👍
Thanks for sharing this. Definitely a bit different from your normal content but this adds a real personal touch. It must be surreal to have watched that event unfold knowing that you had been on top of those very buildings. Unfortunately I never got to see the towers up close. I did see the damage a year later in 2002. At that time it was just two giant holes in the ground. Haven't been to NYC since.
Absolutely. I thought quite a bit about putting it up at all but I have a really great audience who I think would appreciate seeing it. Definitely a bit surreal watching footage of the attacks, even after all this time.
I remember 1999 at Windows on the World restaurant. This is some amazing footage, brings me right back. Thank you for sharing this memory that connects us all.
Thanks, my pleasure.
Watching videos like this is the only thing I have left to keep my memories fresh of the city before the attacks. For those fortunate to take those towers from granted understand growing up in the city as those building people the backdrop of our lives to not having them exist anymore is just so hard to comprehend. Those buildings not only was a backdrop to my childhood but my father worked at the deutsche bank originally once called bankers trust. So not only being born and raised in the city. But visiting the site regularly. So many memories from school field trips to windows on the world dinners. But for me holiday season was just magical downtown. While everyone including me would see the tree in midtown Manhattan I would also go downtown for my fathers Christmas work
Parties. That site meant so much to me as a child. For those who got the chance to see the towers or lived around the area know no matter how many times you seen them you always seemed to stare. They had this illusion since the twins were offset on an angle thst when driving around the city and New Jersey they looked as if they rotated. At night it was beautiful. Since the attacks with the new site I just don’t care enough to go back down there anymore. It doesn’t mean anything to me anymore. For me they should have rebuilt that site exactly the same. Or at minimum make world trade building 2 identical to one world trade so we would have twin buildings once again to restore what once was. So when you look fast it still looks like the original site as if nothing happened. I know it’s s memorial now which is needed for those who lost loved ones. And I would never think the site meant more than those who lost their lives that morning. But people don’t understand not only we lost our American brothers and sisters. We also lost peoples memories growing up in the city. Our iconic skyline that once was. Anyone fortunate enough to visit the site before the attacks and was fortunate enough to grow up around Manhattan you should be grateful. So many others wish they stood still so they could have witness what once stood. My point is I have to watch videos like this so it doesn’t seem like a dream my memories I once had. Losing people that morning on 9/11 was devastating. But people need to also understand losing those towers and the site that also meant a lot to people might not be equally as devastating but it hurts as well. Now every time I go back into the city taking the bridge into Manhattan I always find myself still looking downtown for those towers wishing they still were standing tall. With the new construction around midtown Manhattan where building are now bigger than the Empire State drowning out the original skyline that was iconic. It’s like a cluster now that’s unrecognizable. I know it’s the city and things always happen but it’s not what I grew up knowing. It doesn’t have that iconic look anymore. It’s not the New York skyline I once fell in love with and made memories around.
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it's almost as if once a certain type of inbred, fanatical race of people was introduced to a first world society it all went to shit. who were those people again?
The Twin Towers was my childhood here in NYC. I went on the roof of it back in 1994. I was fourteen when they were destroyed. I miss them everyday.
Totally understand 😕
Thank you for posting this! This video reminds me so much having been there in May of 2000. Unfortunately the day we had planned to go to the WTC the observation deck was closed to the public and I just got to see the building inside from the lobby, and took some pictures. I didn't have a camcorder back then, would have taken only pictures. It probably would have been a very emotional and heart wrenching feeling to this day if I had had footage from the top as well... :(
I know what you mean, it must have been bad weather that day you visited.
@@JulesBurt That is very likely correct. It was cloudy that day, no sunshine, probably foggy with no vision from the observation deck... On the following day we had already planned other activities including a boat trip to Liberty Island, the weather had totally changed by then and I have some nice beautiful pictures of the skyline (including the Twin Towers)... I'm sure at that moment I was convinced I'd be going back to NY some day anyway and visit the observation deck...
@trezegol2007 probably like a lot of people to be honest 👍
Can’t believe it was so long ago. As a New Yorker, thank you for this beautiful memory.
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September 2000 was also my one and only time visiting the WTC, when I was 15. Outdoor deck was closed due weather so only toured the top floor. We almost didn't go up because of the weather. "We can go up next time", said my Dad. Just as well we did it.
Thanks my friend 🙂
Thanks for showing me this ! It was stolen from me from going on October 1,2001. I saved for a very long time ! Many many things were stolen and murdered so now I only watched these videos and the few of when the towers were being built. Strange. I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to go to Liberty Tower - or One World Trade- it’s like it doesn’t even belong there !! Over twenty years and still feels so empty 😞
Thanks Leanne. Totally understand. I've not been to the new tower yet either.
Until somewhat recently my morning commute took me on a ferry from south Brooklyn to north Brooklyn, past Staten Island and across from Liberty Island, past the Freedom Tower (actually, just One World Trace Center now) and up to Brooklyn Bridge Park.
I arrived in NYC 7 years after the attacks and, living with the Freedom Tower, I have to say the new building simply doesn't have the staggering sense of scale of the twin towers (even on videotape).
The sleekness makes it blend more, which is very much in line with the less blunt approach to skyscrapers today (notwithstanding the escalating supertall heights of buildings further north on Manhattan).
There are good arguments for the more contemporary approach, but I think only time can tell you what a building might mean to people when considered over several eras (the Twin Towers were loathed by many, especially upon their debut).
The attacks were the worst possible way for a world to reflect on the meaning of architecture.
Thanks for those words Jeb, really insightful and thoughtful.
@@JulesBurt I really miss the twin towers. I remember visiting these buildings during the 1990's. I remember being on top of the South Tower in 1995. That is a view that I will never forget. R.I.P to the people who died on September 11, 2001.
I was there in 2000 too Jules. Does not seem like 20 years!
For sure mate. We would both have been quite a bit younger! How the time has flown Tim.
I really love the building's architecture, I wish I could rebuilt them in a alternate dimension and letting them continue to wow the visitors that visit there. Even though one day they may not be the tallest building in the city anymore, it will still hold a dominant place in the skyline.
Absolutely, they were totally iconic, never forgotten.
I wish they wouldve built them back even taller
120 stories
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@@slabbusterrtr7690 Same here honestly, but it would've been insensitive to the New Yorkers. You could argue that all of them born 1990 or before (so the vast majority) were victims, so to have to see those same towers they saw collapse on top of their loved ones everyday would be difficult.
It doesn’t matter how many times I re watch the harrowing scenes of 9/11, I still can not believe it!
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They were quite beautiful buildings. Thanks for sharing this, as I never got a chance to visit. I even now, find it all hard to take in what happened on that day.
It's true, once seen, never forgotten 👍
Amazing how footage like this turns up even in modern times. Great video, Jules.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Whoa, this is some good documentation with pretty good camera quality of the time. I was born in the prior month of August 2000 before the video
Thanks 👍
@@JulesBurt oh and something to add, my great grandma visited the World Trade Center in 1981 with three photos to show off. Since then, I've scanned them to share others with
Excellent, must have been impressive back then.
Man thy where so beautiful its sad there gone and the younger generation couldn't enjoy them. My heart goes out to those who lost everything on 9/11 god bless the USA.
I couldn't have said it any better Daniel.
I visited NYC in the 1990s several times and on the last visit, we had a pretty packed agenda. One of my friends from NYC asked me if us if we wanted to go to the top of the World Trade Centre and I said our schedule was too busy to squeeze it in and we could see it next time we visited. I didn't make it back to NYC before 9/11, so I never got to visit the iconic Twin Towers.
hypothetically speaking: If ya did an extra effort to make it happen, today your life could be any different from you know today about never made it happen? So Doing this exercise ya can travel to future remembering that day, today! Then in other hand ya can figured out some moments really counts and we have to be sometimes “sensitive” and don’t aloud it drift away….life is magical n strange at same time, sometimes. Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷
I've read people say the USA of pre-9/11 was a lot different than after the fall of the towers, like peaceful, friendly, kinda carefree.
Things seemed more relaxed perhaps. Airport security was much less strict. Obviously, this was tightened immensely after the attacks.
Thanks for sharing this memory. 🙏🏻 Could you please tell me the name of the background music? I liked it very much.
Glad you enjoyed the video, I'm not sure what the background music is but it was part of the Filmora editing software.
I found! The Orchard Enterprises - Dreaming ua-cam.com/video/dsxWQPQSV8w/v-deo.html
I can't believe its been 21 years/almost 22 years since a tragic day occurred.
Yes, it's incredible.
The world has never been the same.
It's true😞
Such beautiful and iconic buildings and a place of work for many people. It's hard to imagine the absolute horror that occurred a year later on that fateful day on the 11th of September 2001. RIP to all the innocent lives lost that horrible day😢❤ Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks my friend, yes a terrible tragedy 😒
I visited the World Trade Center back in 2001 before the attacks and watching this footage brought back so many memories
Thankyou 👍
Glad you safe
Life in the U.S. & around the world changed after 9/11/2001, and not for the better. It will never be the carefree days most of us have known. RIP to those that are no longer here.
Indeed, I couldn't agree more👍
That view from the top gave me the creeps. Knowing that was the last view of the people who died there, especially the jumpers!
What a beautiful memory you had filmed..
RIP to the lives lost in that tragedy that day..
The world will never forget until the end of time.. ❤
😔👍For sure, thankyou.
Cannot imagine jumping from that building under any circumstances. Except perhaps unimaginable and excruciating pain 😔
It must have been awful 😔
I visited the WTC for the first time in the 1990's, only a few months after the first terrorist incident when the bomb went off in the basement, not realizing what was to come 10 years later. The spirit of NYC will never die!
It's true, sad times 😔
In 97, I visited the World Trade Center. We came up from the subway trip over from Newark, NJ, and I was amazed at how there was a subway station under the World Trade Center. We exited out of the Sam Goody in WTC 2 and were able to get some photos of the exterior. Of course, I wanted to go to the top. But my cowardly sister used my chatterbox of a nephew to ignore me cause she's afraid of heights. Sadly, I was thwarted again in 2001 as I wanted to visit New York again and visit the Twin Towers only to be talked into taking another summer course in college by said sister. And the trip required money, money that went into that single course.
👍🙂 Great memories
The architect for the towers was also the architect for the Dhahran International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Minoru Yamasaki. If you search it they look identical at the base. It’s where his inspiration was from. That airport was funded by the Bin Laden group. A terrible fate.
Thanks for the information 👍
Jules..this is perhaps the one time i dont know what to say.....I see the younger you and i laugh...but then i see what came later.. May we regardless of nationality never have to exprience or witness such a tragedy...( or any for that matter ) I hope and pray..Sobering. Thanks you my friend...and till then stay safe...🖖🙏
Thanks Sylvan, this was 21 years ago, literally another time 👍
Brilliant video you have a great piece of history from a time before smart phones and tablets the world was a different place👍
Thanks Paul, yes indeed, the world was very different back then👍
That observation deck was scaring the hell out of me. Just that simple little rail....
True, wouldn't be like that today👍
My sentiments exactly!
The big metal ball in the quadrangle...if I'm not mistaken it was placed down in Battery Park, all bashed in, as a memorial. I think it has been moved now.
I didn't know that👍
Great video guys. I was lucky enough to visit the world trade centres back in february 2000. So sad their not there anymore.
Thanks 👍🙂
@@JulesBurt Most Welcome 🤝
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I went up there in November 2000. It was cold and windy, so there were only a handful of other people out on the deck. I remember most in our group did not want to go up there because of the wind and they stayed inside.
Understood, you forget just how high those buildings were.
Awesome Video! The Complex was really beautiful!
I have a other question: Is it possible that you could upload the whole footage of the Plaza without overlayed Music and Voice commentary? Im asking because regulary there would be Muzak playing from the Speakers around the whole complex, like in the Mall or WTC 4 and 5 Entrances, I bet you heard the Music when you where there. I and other people are trying to find many of this Songs that played at the World Trade Center. So it would be awesome if its possible to upload the Raw footage of the Plaza and when Music played from the Speaker! And it would also be interesting if you remember some names of the Music that was played?
Greetings!
I'll give it another look and see if what original sound has survived 👍
@@JulesBurt Thank you very much!
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Thank you for sharing this home movie 🙌🏻
Thanks
Were you able to access any floor you wanted to in the tower? Did the elevator have the option to request any floor of your choosing?
Not that I remember, it was straight to the top but I think you changed elevators half way.
Hi Jules great footage.
Thanks mate, amazed it survived! 🙂
Thank you for sharing, some very interesting film you have there 👍
Thanks 👍
wow the view up there looked spectacular.
I was in NYC on a fifth grade field trip and saw the towers in the fall of 1998. I also rode the ferry and went to Ellis and Liberty Islands. It was breath taking seeing those towers rise up. Every time I see the towers in old tv shows or movies, I always get a weird feeling in my stomach.
I know exactly what you mean.
Your voice and narrating are so pleasant I just want to sit down for an afternoon of tea and crumpets
And I would join you🙂
I have a question. If the Twin Towers were still standing today, would the observation deck platform on the South Tower's roof eventually had been closed down?
The observation deck platform on the South Tower's roof was only about 300 feet away from the North Tower's antenna. They did not allow visitors to the top of the North Tower because of the antenna there. The thought was they would get too much RF expose if they were that close for too long. If you're in close enough proximity for a certain length of time to that high of wattage of TV/radio signals, it can cause health problems.
Apparently, the South Tower was far enough away to safely allow visitors, hence the observation deck there.
Back in the 1970s, it was deemed safe to stand on the roof of 2 WTC, but in many videos, you can clearly hear and watch the radio interference. If you look at some videos taken on the observation, you can still hear analogue TV interference in their audio.
If the twin towers were built today, I don't believe that they would surely allow anyone on the roof of the South Tower because of those interferences.
Interesting, I'd not heard about that....
Ich war das erste mal 2010 in NYC, dort war am Ground Zero noch eine Baustelle und der Freedom Tower gerademal 1/5 gebaut.
Im Jahr 2013 waren wir nochmal dort, da war er immer noch nicht eröffnet und die Antenne fehlte noch.
Thanks for sharing this 👍
I could have been there at the same time as you, Jules, but because the travel agency I was working for in Norway was too busy in September 2000, I had to change my destination and time of travel.
It's interesting isn't it, what might have been...
Thank you for sharing. ❤ from South Africa.
Thanks 👍
Thank you for sharing your memories with us! You used such nice music, where is it from? Is it from youtube?
Yes, it is!
It's still difficult to comprehend how tall those buildings were . And I just can't imagine what it was like for those people who were trapped and had to bust out windows so high up . I get the urge to move away from the computer while watching because it's so high up .
True, hard to imagine these days
This is a wonderful time capsule, a time before the beginning of the madness of the 21st century. Thank you for this Jules!
Thanks Richard, I was a bit unsure weather to even put it online but I'm glad I did. 👍
I was born after 9/11 and I wish I could have experienced the Twin Towers. I went to NYC in 2022 and it was very emotional seeing the 9/11 memorial.
Understood, once seen, never forgotten.
Hey! Would you be willing to release any potential audio of the video? I’m apart of a group that archives music heard at the Trade Center, and your video has great shots of the plaza, where Environmental Muzak was usually pumped through during normal days. I’m also sure many other archival groups would appreciate any potential audio recorded in the video. Please let me know if you are able to release the audio of this video.
Thanks!
I'll see if I can hear anything on the original footage.
@@JulesBurt Great! Keep me updated!
What strikes me is how low the barrier is which the people are leaning over.
It was indeed pretty low. Empire State was pretty much the same back then. I'm sure it would be taller today.
Wow, thanks for sharing this footage. Your the only UA-camr i know that's willing to reply to each comment. Something I'd do if people commented on my videos. Looks peaceful back then. So very high up. It's devastating to know at least 200 people saw this view and thought jumping off was the only way to survive...... 😨. Nice to see happy smiles
You're right, I've often thought about those people who jumped, really awful. 😞
@JulesBurt it sure is, to this day I'm sure this event had most lost lives. Have you seen the place since?
Yes, I was last there in 2009.
@JulesBurt wow how neat. Crazy to see the aftermath and what they done to the buildings
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Any chance of just the raw footage?
Well, the entire thing is about an hour long. I'll ask the other guys in it if they don't mind it being shared online.
Hey Yo, What's up, man? I was born in 2000, but I love the 80s, I love the 90s and I love the early 2000s. I'm from Peru, but I will never forget those buildings because they were a symbol of New York in my favorite times. Yeah, They were the most beautiful buildings in the world and I think that old is beautiful. Yo, This is a masterpiece, Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. 🏢🏢👍👍👌👌🙂🙂😢😢
Thanks so much👍
I was on the observation deck in Sept 2000. Flew out to see my mom when she lived in Manhattan
I was staying with a friend who lived there too.
I used to draw these towers as a kid, along with other towers like the CN Tower, Eiffel Tower, etc. The twin towers always stood out for me though, and I wanted to go on the top like Kevin did in Home Alone 2 someday. I had just turned 7 a month prior to that terrible morning. And because I was in school, just starting grade 1, I didn't see what had actually happened until my mom brought me home. I was in eastern Canada, so 1:30+ of EST (NST)
Wow, thanks for sharing this my friend 👍
I can recall a group of Brits who visited the exact observation deck as you blokes had 10 years prior: they called themselves “Depeche Mode”.
Thanks! I guarantee that wasn't us!
man i can't believe how high that actually is. Its amazing that they can make buildings that high.
It really was incredibly high up 👍
What was on the other side of that fence? Was it a drop straight down? Also the plaza didn't seem busy. I would have expected it to be packed as a tourist attraction at any time. I dare say it is busier now?
We were just there about 10.00am in the morning. It certainly wasn't too busy and I don't think we even queued long to get in. I really don't remember what was on the other side of that fence, sorry.
Is that you? Wow. I worked 2 blocks away on Water Street when you visited. 😉
Yep, definitely me Jerry👍
One of the things I miss the most from that time are the clothes: much simpler than today, with the brands much less prominent.
It's true.
I remember visiting in 1993 and thinking how massive the structures were.
Absolutely enormous 👍
Yes, there had been a previous terrorist attack on the complex and the theory was that it was their intention to collapse the towers into each other and I remember thinking that nobody could be that wicked, so when they did succeed with their evil plan, I just couldn't believe it!
I remember that.
That’s the end of the “living” world, now we just “surviving”!
It’s shocking how the atmosphere from those days are unique, it’s completely distinct. Amazing footage, tks! Cheers from Brazil
Ps: 2018 I visited the new world tower, museum n statue and battery park monument, always loved nyc since kid (from the movies, books, etc).
Thanks my friend 🙂
I was there in 99 and also wondered about the toilet attendant. He was an old Polish guy.
Yes, hoping he hasn't started work by the time of the first attack.