Thanks for sharing. My wife was in the towers a few days before the collapse on a tour. I lost my cousin who worked on the top floor for Cantor Fitzgerald. RIP Annie
The corner part of the hotel that didn’t collapse protected like 18 people that survived the collapse of both towers and made it out. The reason it didn’t collapse was because of the 1993 bombing. They had reinforced that area so well that it survived the towers coming down on top of it. There is a whole documentary about it that was fascinating. I think it’s called the 9/11 hotel.
NONSENSE! The reinforcing of the Marriot had NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with how they did on 9/11. The 93 bombing was from underneath. No building could survive having the Twin Towers come down on them, and it would have burned just like WTC7.
I saw that documentary and one of the staff were interviewed. This person had to go from floor to floor with others to make sure people had evacuated the upper floors. One of them said they had gone to the pool or some upper floor terrace, and they witnessed bodies and body parts from victims that had jumped out of the towers. Awful.
@@frankgarrett242 yes! It was horrific. Then there was that guy who made it out and survived both towers falling, only to find out later that his sister was on flight 175.
Thanks for your videos on the twin towers. I was lucky enough to visit the old WTC complex a few times as well as the observation deck of the south tower in the late 90s. The sights from the top, the lobby and plaza are still ingrained in my head.
Cool man, I never got too go but always wished I did. I visited the new complex a few years ago, and while it’s nice, I feel like the original complex would have been far better.
I wish I had, I had visited NYC back in June of 2001 but it sucks that the tour group I was with did not make it a priority to visit the original twin towers and complex because they thought that NYC would always have the twin towers. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
New Yorkers did not "hate" the look of the Twin Towers in 2001. Most thought they were beautiful and iconic including myself. Just look at the pictures of the mighty Twins in the background of the Brooklyn Bridge and tell me that the new garbage looking glass building even holds a candle to that. They were iconic and loved. MAYBE some New Yorkers didn't like them when they were first built, but by 2001 almost nobody thought they looked bad. Their beauty was in their simplicity yet when you get closer to them, you saw beautiful details about the buildings that made them special. I still have a bunch of Twin Towers shirts from when I was a kid. They remain my favorite skyscrapers of all time to this day.
My understanding is that when they were first built, their design was very controversial and a lot of people hated them. They were seen as these big ugly monoliths, but were slowly embraced by New Yorkers over time. I was only 8 when the attack happened, so I didn't know these buildings even existed until after they were gone, but ever since then I've had quite a fixation with them. They had an elegance that no other skyscraper has ever come close to achieving, with a design that was understated yet imposing at the same time.
I don’t think it’s fair to say everyone hated them. But they weren’t universally loved either. I remember people who still felt they were polarizing. Granted I grew up around a lot of older people born in the 1920s who lived in the city their entire lives. They still recalled Radio Row and didn’t think buildings got much better than the Empire State and Chrysler Building. Even the Pan Am building was polarizing. On that note, I miss old Manhattanites and that old accent. I don’t hear Manhattan accents anymore. Granted that accent varied depending on where you lived on Manhattan and your economic status. My mom is in her 60s and she still has some of it. She also lived for a time on Long Island. My mom was the older. Her sisters have straight LI accents. Sorry for the rant!
As someone born in 03, two years after 9/11, the twin towers look so damn cool. They remain in the category of mine involving buildings I want to visit that no longer exist anymore
Check out the building called One Woodward in Detroit Michigan. It was Minoru Yamasakis first skyscraper and basically a miniature wtc tower. Kind of like a practice run before he moved on to the twin towers. It has a lot similarities to the twin towers. The same center core design with open floor plan, same style tall and open lobby, same narrow vertical windows. One of my favorite buildings in Detroit, which is where Minoru was based out of.
WRONG! Many New Yorker hated the look of the Twin Towers from day one. Don't pretend otherwise. When I visited in the mid-90s they were just big. Not beautiful in any way.
I grew up in NY and these buildings were built when I was a little kid. I never remember NY without them. They were magnificent buildings, a symbol of NY and America. I wish I had spent more time visiting and enjoying them.
@@mdgraystone well its true, it was more for use than appearance. Fancy downstairs especially where the observation place was and the gift shop. Further up it was more for the office space that no one but who worked there saw.
That’s what I was thinking as I was watching this video, there was no desks, computer monitors, gym stuff absolutely nothing was found of what had been there before the atrocities that day x
What do you mean obsolete? All you have to do is remodel the interiors. There's nothing wrong with the exterior! And office buildings still have cubicles
I always thought of the towers as grand architectural marvels. But other than the view that office space was just like any other office space around the US. Really brings it home.
All you could really do there was hang out in the plaza. Visit the hotel, mall, the observation deck, and the WOW Restaurant. The rest of the complex was all office space. It was the biggest place of business in the whole world. A huge place of work. They were symbols of America's financial might.
These buildings were built to last forever they weren’t gonna be torn down because the exterior was outdated that’s crazy. Every city is filled with buildings that don’t have a glass curtain wall and eventually those buildings with be outdated. I’m sure they would’ve had to do some serious upgrades on the inside but the exterior is hard to appreciate just by looking at pictures, but those of us that actually saw the towers in person it depended on the time of day and how far or close you were to the towers. They looked like a solid color from farther away but as you got closer you could see the tight mesh of the steel beams. I think they would’ve aged well if they were never destroyed. Miss those buildings
They were needing a Million Dollar upgrade to remove all the asbestos. Silverstein apparently didn’t want to pay for that. See he pulled them, his words, not mine.
@@jamiewest4765ah yes The “pull it” excuse Ever thought he was Meaning “To Pull the Fire and Rescue Teams Out And Away from the Other buildings (7WTC) that were looking like collapsing !?
@@mrandrossguy9871 Way better than that stupid stacked cube design. That thing looks crap no matter what era it is. How anybody could have thought that was a great idea is beyond me???
Slight correction, The ppl of Nyc hated the towers upon opening mainly cuz they killed Radio District, However by 2001 they were iconic and beloved by all.
What strikes me is how low the ceilings were. This would have funneled smoke very low to the floor. The volume of smoke coming from the towers increased over the duration of the event. Floors must have sagged and ruptured while the fires burnt below. And the heat in there must have been unbearable as the thermals rose through every space and through the core and elevator shafts. Looking closely at these interiors assists in forming a mental picture of conditions in there post-impact. This has always been very difficult to do as all we ever saw were the exteriors of the upper floors.
IBM had a corporate print facility in the basement of one of the towers. I don't recall which one. It sustained damage from the '93 bombing, mainly from smoke and soot. The insurance company I worked for at the time insured IBM, and I handled the claim. Although it was IBM, there was nothing modern or electronic about any of the print equipment. It was all electromechanical, pretty much state-of-the-art 1950s technology. But it was there because it still worked. Wipe it down, oil it up, and you're good to go!
I hate people who just want to mindlessly destroy nice things or works of art because in the end what do they actually accomplish through mindless destructive acts?
At 4:36 i think they were checking the trusses to make sure that the fireproofing was put on properly They did have to redo parts but they didnt redo it all
New Yorkers in the 70s were the ones that didn’t like the way the twin towers looked at first but it grew on them fast and became a staple for New York from the 80s-00s. Every one loved the twin towers in 2001
@@anthonyboarman3833 Yeah, i understand the construction, and have watched many documentaries on why they built it that way. Unlike neighboring skyscrapers (like Empire State building), which had more traditional layout of columns evenly spread throughout the office/floor space. I was just saying... it's completed design would make me claustrophobic (working there). Even though i understand their reasoning behind using that design.
@@MGillDesignIronically the architect wanted the narrow windows because he was afraid of heights and thought it would make people feel LESS claustrophobic.
I've also read in multiple places that the lead architect designed the thin windows because he was desperately afraid of heights. Makes sense. And the windows couldn't be too wide because of the structural design of the exterior walls.
Could be maybe not but I do remember hearing the night before, like overnight there was a thunderstorm so it stands to reason it was still clearing up in the very early hours
I read somewhere that the basements and subbasements and train line under the Twin Towers were packed together from all the force of the collapse. That'll be a cool video concept!
I was at the top in 1987 on a school trip. I remember looking down out the window and it just looked tiny. I was thinking suppose I get stuck here, how would I survive?
It would be very interesting to see the photos inside the towers that were taken during the attack. I’m always wondering why there isn’t any footage at all that made it out
Well you have realize there were no Smart Phones then. Taking pictures w/flip phones was not the easiest thing to do. Had there been the level of phones we now have, video would have come pouring out. But, we would regret seeing it.
I saw a clip of one man who took pics during the attack. The camera was recovered, but he was not. They only released maybe three pictures to the public
If someone was still in the top floor when the towers fell, would they have experienced a free fall, anti gravity, floating in space effect before they hit the ground? I know they wouldn't have been just standing around, they had people hanging out windows to avoid smoke. But just a thought.. The buildings buckled from the impact zones and you can see the tops of the towers as they fall holding shape before it was covered by dust. Does anyone know the velocity from the top level falling? I have been obsessed with 911 since the day it happened. It's just such a pivotal moment in history and it blindsided everyone
one of my friends dads were inside the north tower on 9/11 he was on the 76th floor and sprinted out and got out in about 28 mins and than one of my friends dead grandpa was on the 82nd floor of the north tower which was an impact zone.
9:15 I don't agree at all. New is not better, the new building is nice, but nothing special, and at the bottom it looks like a bunker, you quickly get fed up by th design to be honest. The twin towers of New York were "the skyscraper" straight, functional. Those column trees and the silver lines to the sky, constantly changing with the light were beautiful. Once you've stood directly in front of them, you won't forget it. They even had a open roof, and next to it was the north tower, you could see what you were standing on. The new building does not have this. You just saw the twin towers on TV or a picture and you know it's New York. You can modernize every building from the inside, no big deal, this buildig already was a classic.
There A LOT of photos of the complex and inside the towers pre 911 on a skyscraper forum site I’m a part of. Well were checking them out-thousands of photos from skyscraper fans.
That's just a gym for that specific office. There were other gyms in the building. Most offices and floors had their own kitchens, dining rooms, gyms etc.
According to an article from the Baltimore Sun, the FBI recovered a disposable camera from the body of someone that either jumped or died in the collapse. It was developed and it had photos from inside after the planes hit. I'm not sure which tower. Those photos haven't been released.
@@Great-DocumentariesI've replied twice with links to the Sun article and a podcast that talks about it, but it keeps disappearing. Laura Sullivan wrote the article and it was published on 12/21/03. The existence of the photos was reported in a major U.S. newspaper. I've obviously never seen them, but I'm not just "spreading myths" without any sourcing whatsoever.
@@Great-Documentaries The podcast is called “Missing on 9/11”. It's by John Walczak. It's episode 13 and is called, simply enough, “Bonus: The Disposable Camera”.
I always wonder what's those sky lobbies looked like... because on the outside, you could see it's just like "two feasible stripes" on the middle of those two skyscrappers... so i'm wondering, was it like 2 floors connected?
Those windows looked really narrow across. There is one in Tulsa, Oklahoma that is a half scale replica of one of the original Twin Towers and even its windows are like at least 1.5 times further apart than what we're in the Twin Towers.
I believe the designer of the building was afraid of heights so he places the collums close enough together so a person could put both hands on each side of the column and look down
Wow! 😲 the North Tower rosed up before the South Tower, & yet the North Tower was the LAST to fall, after the South Tower on that 9/11 morning. A VERY GOOD VIDEO!!!!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🙂❤️🤍💙🥀🌹🌷🗽🇺🇸
The Twin Towers were NOT obsolete! They were gorgeous to look at, visit and sheer joy to work in. Not all floors had cubicles, but they gave you a feeling of having your own office. What's there now is far from "better" than the Twin Towers. It's unwelcoming, clinical, bland and threatening.
"It's unwelcoming, clinical, bland and threatening." Funny. That is EXACTLY what they said about the Twin Towers in 1974. Almost word for word. Maybe you should grow up.
Recall them getting more popular near the end of their life because they were near the center of the longest stonk market boom in history, they were the backdrop of the millennium celebration in times square, they were full of rich generation Xers, & there was nostalgia for the 70's.
Yes please debunk the fact that this was all orchestrated 😂. They hated the towers. They were ugly and cost too much to maintain and pump oxygen into them. This was the easiest way to take them down and have insurance pay for the rebuilding. America is a business. The sooner you realize that, the better off you will be.
61st excellent - thanks - appreciate the vid.....but when you said they were gonna stay awhile....? Ahh Once they're built that big - they stay forever....or are supposed too.
There's something happening, right in front of our faces, but nobody seems to notice. NYC doesn't even look like NYC anymore. They're destroying all the gilded age mansions and buildings that existed, that the people who built New York, lovingly built to be, NYC. To be replaced with weird architecture. Weird and oddly shaped buildings, we can see these things all over the world in major urban centers. I'm watching the Fourth Reich make their stand.
Cool vid, thanks man, just on the exterior comment... I reckon if they survived, they would have eventually remodeled the exteriors. Granted, those buildings were super high but the tallest building in Sydney (the AMP Tower), which had a very similar structure, only half the size, was completely remodeled. The way they do it is they strip about 40% of the building, but they keep the core, then rebuild around it. Anyway, not sure how relevant that is but I'm sure someone considers that mildly interesting.
They (the Port Authority would not have remodeled the exteriors. Sorry, no. That would have been a massive waste of money as well as disruptive for the 50,000 people who worked there. Wasn't going to happen. Sorry.
@@Great-Documentaries I'm sure eventually, someday, they would need to be recladded or reinforced, given Manhattan is actually sinking. Not sure why you keep saying sorry
Hello depressed ginger a few days ago i watched a documentary about the reaction of nyc atc during 911 during one part they said that i think it was flight 11 came almost 200 feet from colliding with another plane before he going into nyc. I was wondering is this true and if so what was the other plane and was if actually that close? 🤔
I’m not sure where you uncovered this fact about New Yorkers not liking the look of the twin towers in the year 2000. It was definitely the case back in the early 1970s what are the towers were still going up, but not by the year 2000. If they were people they didn’t like the twin towers in 2000, they were in the severe minority.
