Disasters of the Century | Season 3 | Episode 17 | Empire State Building | Ian Michael Coulson 

911 fucked up air travel across the globe not just in the us

I live in Canada and on 9/11 my best friend told me at school that a plane had hit a tower in NY and I remember thinking that it was really strange. It wasn't till I got home that day that I saw what had happened in its entirety, after getting tidbits all day. It was awful.

I actually think the woman has the Guinness World Record for surviving the longest lift/elevator drop in history, so its even more impressive she was able to survive. Still, not really the World Record I'd want to go after.

I know I’m late, but she survived because the air compressed down and cushioned the blow, almost like a syringe if you closed the cap off

Maybe a miracle of God

Survival story? She spent the rest of her life in a lunatic asylum 😳

And the elevator had huge springs at the bottom to absorb the energy.... causing the lift to bounce back up several times... poor girl lost her mind....

Thanks

That incident could have happened on any day of the week.

A B25 is still a substantial aircraft. It's no small feat that the building didn't crumble when that plane hit it

Personally this is pilot error,arrogance of a pilot with good flight heriocs but decided it was ok not to obey the rules but brought the death of 14 people and injured numerous others,because he knew better.

Bud Holland ring a bell at Fairchild AFB in '94?

So true. Global and individual tragedies. I worked for an older couple in Western Australia, they had lived previously in South Africa. In SA they had a large farm and had a small plane that he flew. One day he went out in the small plane and noticed some weather on the horizon. He landed on another rural public airport and walked to the control tower to ask about what the weather was going to do, the direction, the wind etc. This was in the late 50s early 60s and let’s just say that this man was a big supporter of the dreadful Apartheid “system” in that country. When he told me this story he used awful racist language which I won’t repeat, but an African man, employed in this small rural airport control tower began to warn him not to continue his flight, that he should and could wait in the tower or the small airport building for the weather to pass. Being arrogant and dismissive, he immediately ignored the warnings and thinking that he knew better, got back in his small plane and continued his flight. Long story short, he took off, was overcome by the storm, the wind got hold of his plane and in a remote field he crashed. Somehow he survived, was in a coma for months and eventually awoke with serious, life changing brain injuries. He was never the same, his children lost the father they had known and his wife became his care giver. She described it as like looking after a total stranger that looked like her husband. All because he thought that he knew best, was superior and wouldn’t take advice. Advice that would have saved so much pain and heartache in the decades that followed.

@@SecretSquirrelFun Great story and great lesson to everyone. 👍 Thank you for sharing!

@@LadyVoldemort thanks to you too and you’re very welcome 😊🐿

"lighter built Twin Towers"? HARDLY~ stupid

equarg Still doesn't melt steel.

flyinspirals You are an idiot... The steel didn't melt, it didn't need to... The fire weakened the load bearing concrete, leading to the collapse.

Troll, you weren't listening then. The limestone and brick plus steel enforced concrete made it sturdier that the twin towers. The plane was at 200mph, yet both wings penetrated the building. Flame retardants helped to contain the fire. Watch it again and put on a headset and listen also. smh

equarg if you know any pilots, as I know several, they will tell you planes can't fly at 600 miles per hour at that altitude. please explain building #7. nothing hit that building and if you knew what or shall I say who was housed there you might know building 7 could survive a fire, not fall free fall. Also out of his own mouth, Silverstein, said he made the decision to "just pull it." Also the passengers in the 3 planes are NOT listed in the Social Security Death Index. the oy people who are listed in the SSDI are those who died in the building. And, yes, once one dies their Social Security number, their name, birth and death date are all public material. now please explain that.

Similarly, I friend of mine lost a 90-year-old relative the other day, run over in car car accident caused by the driver being so determined to get to his destination on time, and SO confident in his ability that he didn't bother to scrape the ice off more than a little square of his windscreen. He's very sorry that she's dead, but it's too late to be sorry, isn't it? It looks as if this pilot got over-confident in his abilities and over-eager to get to his destination no matter what. Pilots nowadays have it drilled into their brains that no matter how confident they are or determined to get to where they're going, they CAN'T breach protocol. (Car drivers are another matter).

CompetitiveAudio he had to see his family that's what made it so much important than his and 13 other lives he should have been held responsible for it

Because it wasn't planned by the us government. And I don't think that nano thermite was invented yet. A shit load of shape charges brought down the twin towers on purpose.

@@kerrymarris4260 , come on dude, stop with the moronic conspiracy bullshit. Anyone who thinks that fire didnt get hot enough to warp and collapse the steel in that building needs to stay off the internet and crack open a physics book

@@haroldburrows4770 Thank you.

sorry if she died it untimely death more like she would not have salvation from God cuz she would have ended up in the darkest of Dark Worlds hellfire my friend..thanks god bless..p.s to make it to Heaven you have to be one of the greatest humans to have ever lived and that is an understatement

@@werearethedreamteam3724 You are a monster.

Different times I guess.

Good eye. I had to go back and make sure.

Great observation, I wasnt even paying attention. I knew it was a model of course but didn't catch the hand towards the tail holding it as if it were flying - ROFLMAO

Ha ha awesome

@@Lucixir you got the timestamp lol

If only that 'hand of God' had been there before the accident. The crash might've been averted!

Because no one planted dynamite at the bottom of the building

Difficult to say. The B 25 is much smaller than the B757 or B767 which hit the WTC. Allso it's tanks were mostly empty since it was at the end of it's flight. And it's max speed is less than half of modern jet planes. Allso the fuel has very differnt properties than jet fuel. So we compare an incident with an 9t plane with mostly empty tanks to a nearly fully tanked jet with a weight of over 100t at probably 3 times the speed. Fuel for the b 25 used to be very high octane petrol which most likely has been used up mostly in in the explosion on impact. causing a short but extrem hot fire. Jet fuel is much less explosive it is more like heating oil, than like petrol.It burns longer but not that hot and has a greater energy density than petrol. In the end this and 9/11 are two very differnt incidents which are not comareable.

@@matekochkoch An engineering study was done which found that the ESB would survive a 767 impact. Yes, jetliners are larger and faster, but are also weaker/ lighter than a bomber. And anyways, the WTC initially survived the impacts themselves just fine structurally. The problem was that they were not reinforced everywhere with a "lattice" of girders like the ESB, and the (poorly installed) fireproofing was knocked off by the shock, meaning that the fire could weaken the already endangered supports to the point of collapse. Also, the fire was mostly fueled by burning paper/ carpet/ etc. which actually burn hotter than jet fuel. Something like 95% of the fuel actually burned off in the initial fireball.

@@lhaviland8602 What about the two guys who were there. The Indian guy who said he dove under his desk and nothing was left but his desk and a bible on it and the other guy named...Brian Clark and Stanley Praimnath. I think I got the details right.

It is also North Americas worst disaster fatality wise until 9/11.......

We did, it's already uploaded :)

what a dumb-ass

Chris Bibber: That's right. The stone they used to repair the holes is slightly lighter in color, so even today you can see the repairs. However, as time goes on and pollution takes its toll on the surface, the difference is harder to spot.

The only difference is that the crash at the Empire State Building was an accident. What happened on 9/11 was definitely not.

Now they are built to maximise floor space and revenue. No heavy walls or partitions.

They used heavy hollow fireproof terracotta blocks for partition walls and in floors, not cheap sheetrock like today

Completely different even from.WTC, tho...

shit thats what i was thinking..

@Kabuki Kitsune That kind of doesn't make sense, tho. I mean, steel cables are HARD, aren't they?

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 it’s not one piece of steel that makes a steel cable, it’s many many thin cables twisted together so I’m presuming they can come undone under high stress

Thanks so much mate really appreciate it! Yah people are starting to share it which is great news for sure.

Thanks so much! We have a ton on the way!

Thank you so much! We will, tons of seasons and other shows to come.

From the Drew Carey Show? I said the same as I just watched him on Space Force, as a Chief of Staff.

@@timorvet1 Yeah, I watched that too.

We need full concrete buildings instead of a steel inside. The empire state building was built to last

Yes, there was a tv antenna...a small one belonging to NBC. Their transmitter was on floor 85, well above the impact zone and fire. NBC had been telecasting from the bldg, experimentally at first, since shortly after it opened in 1931.

Maps are so stupid ~

You're wrong from 1942 to 1945 New Bedford, Mass had a Naval Auxiliary Air Force Base. So you might want to delete your comment. By the way I live about 10 miles from New Bedford. I'm in Fall River, Mass so I kinda know my area just a little bit. But you are right he did take off from Bedford, Mass.

@@froey198033 if we deleted every wrong comment in history we wouldn't be able to learn from them

@@fukkyoutube yeah you're right. Delete was the wrong word. He should edit his comment.

this was demonic and 9/11 too.

mikeylorene She “lay” down on the bed, not she “lied” down. Thanks for your comment about your friend! Imagine seeing that. Gosh!

@Kathy Williams How do you use lying and laying in a sentence? A PERSON is doing the action of lying down. Therefore, to lie (down) is something you DO, whereas you LAY down something an OBJECT, not yourself. Lay is a transitive verb, meaning it needs a direct object for the action to be performed on. Lie is an intransitive verb, meaning it does not take a direct object for the action. You LAY an object on the bed, but a person LIES on the bed. I always remembered this when I majored in English, by remembering it is always PEOPLE that LIE, but OBJECTS only LAY. Hope this clears it up for you.

@@mikeylorene What you say is exactly correct. I was just trying to tell the poster that it was not she "lied" down.

@@49kittypretty1, neither is it she "lay" down.

Souvenirs......shame

Most of us.

any12u Just what I was thinking.

because the building was built with concrete I believe?

That's the difference between masonry and steel, as well as ziggurats vs spires.

don't you know that 9/11 was the start of the end of the world.

It's a fascinating story either way, but I have read the newspaper report where she describes the fall. She claims to have been conscious throughout and there is no mention of any ejection or treatment or subsequent elevator. Also, in the report concerning the investigation by the elevator company, it states that all 6 cables of her car were severed as a result of the crash and the car fell into the sub-basement. There is no mention of any rescue or transfer to a second elevator. Certainly, somewhere along the line the rescue story was introduced and is even mentioned in her obituary. When interviewed later in life, she did not want to talk about it, saying that the publicity embarrassed her. I believe it's possible that the story got embellished over time and since she did not discuss it with her family, the truth got muddled. I would lean towards believing her own report rather than the sensational rescue story. Here are my doubts: There was power failure in the building... would the elevators even have worked? If she was being treated for burns and lowered, why was she alone? It seems unlikely at best. Let me know what you think... and take care!

I'm glad he missed.

Built like a rock, also the airplane was smaller as well.

Thanks so much mate we really appreciate the love and support!

If you make good programmes that are well presented and focussed, people will tune in :) And it looks good to me.

I just found this series. I really like it, the thoughtful way it's done. Definitely subscribing.

@@annalavransdattar5935 same here

Thanks

Right on, make them KILL me to. Bush,Cheney, and wolfowits. Real American hero's. N O T...

Its was terrible ..... a day not to be forgotten.

Hey Dima, I'm uploading them in the order they originally aired but I'm pretty sure those are upcoming. If not I'll talk to the producers directly and see if we can add them to the new seasons.

Please do. I would definitely love to see a reenactment of how everything before, during, and after the Iroquois Theater Fire happened. Plus, you could interview descendants of the survivors and those who were killed at the fire. Same thing on the Happy Land Fire (March 25, 1990) where you could interview Ruben Valladares, Lidia Feliciano, the firemen who put the fire out, and the victims' families about the event.

There needs to be a plaque at the Niedermayer or however it's spelled. The same site but nothing about the deadliest US fire there. Surpassed the Great Chicago fire by twice the victims (602 vs. About 300).

I admit to admiring clothes in vintage docos and recreations.

Really, 3 buildings did not collapse at free fall rate.

Not really. Very different events and planes.

Different building styles.

Well this helped them realize they should even allow a plane to be that low in the first place.YOU die ,the future learns. Because of this and many other tragedies, we have proper regulations. Thats mankind. Population grows, technology grows, we experiment and we adjust to prevent further mistake

But yes, its more than arrogance. Im confused, If he couldn't fly during conditions why did they not push things back?

It was a B-25.

I agree. i couldn't re-find this post to correct my entry. Thanks.

If it had been a B-17 things might have turned out a lot differently.

There was more than one plane that hit ES. I can't find record of the other one...

MsJinkerson and only.

Thanks for the clarification.

yeah I think so.

Not just any NY skyscraper-the WTC.

@@DistractedGlobeGuy • What an unknown macabre precursor that must have been. I couldn’t remember, really; I’m aggravated because I can tell my memory is slowly getting worse. Grrrr