I had been to the observation deck earlier that summer. I took the girl I was dating at the time to New York. We ate a slice of pizza there. Your photos reminded me of it. I had eaten at Windows on the World a couple of times a few years earlier.
I have also been there 5 month earlier as a 10 year old tourist. I bought a magnet there and we took many photos, also from the roof. it was shocking what happened 5 month later...those pictures in the vid bring memories back to life...its very deep to watch...
This is heartbreaking...Do you know, if any magnets of the gift shop have also been found? I bought one.. 5 month earlier...And i am thinking of bringing it to the wtc museum if i will ever go back to ny...=(
My husband and son went up to the observation deck about a year before 9/11. I do not like heights so I stayed downstairs and walked around the underground mall. I also visited some of the stores in the area and had a drink at a bar that was close by. I remember standing in front of the towers and looking up only to not be able to see the top of the buildings. They were beautiful. May all of the souls murdered that day Rest In Peace.
I've always wondered about Home Alone 2 since 9/11. How Kevin wasn't really checked properly through security and then little later ends on top of the towers. I just imagine those hijackers watching Home Alone trying to copycat it.
@AdamKlownzinger At least Depressed Ginger has the balls to make videos and put himself on camera to the world to see and hear. I bet you wouldn't have the balls to do the same so stop hanging shit on him. He makes interesting and informative videos that a lot of people appreciate, so please be grateful he makes these for all of us.
I was supposed to be there 9/9. I was at the Red Sox/Yankees game with my friends and we decided to do touristy NYC things afterward but my friend didn't want to go to the WTC and I said, "Eh, we can go another time." Yeaaaah.
those two buildings were just absolutely massive… the amount of rubble they produced upon falling, is mindblowing.. where did all of it get taken off to?
@@eaglevision993 “Kil“/“Kill[e]“ means “creek“ or “river“ in 17-18th century Dutch. New York City was originally Dutch city New Amsterdam, in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, and many Dutch names are retained especially on Staaten Eylandt (which officially restored Dutch name _Staten Island_ in 1975 in lieu of the English name of _Borough of Richmond_ only now used as the name of _Richmond County_ ). Cf. the neighborhood of _Great Kills_ , the roads and bodies of water named _Arthur Kill_ , _Kill van Kull_ ; also Upstate NY has the _Catskill_ (“Cat's Creek“) Mountains.
Taken away before the Police could cordon off the area and declare a crime scene. The evidence was taken away by a fleet of trucks that were on standby weeks if not years beforehand.
Travelled all the way from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 in August 96 to visit the WTC and go up to that observation deck. I was a teenager at rhe time. It was heartbreaking seeing the devastation on 9/11 and a thought later dawned in me that my own kids would never experience being up their.
Still remember my visit to the roof viewing platform in 1983, as a 14 yo Brit visiting America and NYC for the first time my mind was already blown, and seeing helicopters flying around below me and the crazy view has burned itself into my mind. Was unbelievable to watch those towers fall.
Yeah, but many others would have done the same thing if they were trapped above the inferno though. You basically had to "choose" your own death if you were above the impact zone in Tower #1/the North Tower, since you had no way out in that case. It's like would you rather take a bullet to the head and die immediately, or five to the chest, and bleed to death? Obviously the quicker, far less painful way is what you'd want if death is indeed inevitable too.
It wasn't a "Choice" the Human body will do ANYTHING to get away from fire and smoke. It wasn't a choice, they just did what they had to get away from it. Not one single human on earth would say I'm going to run into the flames and die by being burned to death. That would never happen. It would probably be better if you became overcome with smoke and passed out and be unconscious than to fall out of the tower or burn to death. I can't believe people still say they "chose" to jump. It's not even a choice. They were either forced out, or did anything they could to get away from the fire and heat that was getting worse and worse.
@@victorpeirce4753 Well I know most who were trapped did whatever they realistically could when their survival instincts kicked in, even if there was nothing they could do when all was said and done. It's not like EVERYBODY trapped above jumped at first, if even at all. But if that was your only way out, it was pretty much the best thing you could do, if you knew you weren't getting out alive though. It's what I too would have done myself if I was caught between that rock and a hard place, with no way out either.
The only time that I went up there, we weren't allowed to go outside as it was too windy. The view at 0:40 is what I recall in 1992. Of course,I did see them being built in the late 60's,being a twice a day NJ to NY messenger.(No e-mails or faxes at that time).
I remember September 10, 2001. It rained in the afternoon. Heavy downpours. I got drenched coming home and then it was sunny. It cleared up. It rained again that night.
hope your keeping well man,, you've establish a large following of people who LOVE what you do. Your doing everything and phase of "being down" will defiantly be over., just like myself.
This style of building won’t ever come back. Relates to the twins and also reminds people of 9/11 so people would be scared to go in and also it would make 9/11 families upset they brought a tower back looking like the ones that got destroyed. But personally for me I would loved if they made the twins again but made it stronger and a lot of fire proof cuz the fire proof they had in the twins wasn’t worth a crap it came off if you used ur hands. I’ve seen lots of documentaries About 9/11
@@jacob_boi91that style of building isn't used much anymore. The towers was built with huge steel columns on each side giving it its unique look. We haven't built this way do to the ammount of steel used. The one world trade center used about 20,000 tonnes of steel. While one of the twins used 100,000 tons of steel.
@@jacob_boi91 I read an article somewhere that said a large percentage of New Yorkers as well as families of victims, and survivors were in favor of building the towers back as they were. Or at least 1 tower
I actually wonder if some of the broadcast engineers (there is a list of them available) were trying to get up on the antenna to get away from the smoke. They did shutdown the transmitters and had roof access. But according to some transcripts of the radio channels, the roof access did not work anymore after the impact since it relied of a card reader and activation from the 22nd floor WTC operations center, which was soon abandoned.
There's a story and even a vid of a guy and his coworker showing their daily work on the roof of the north tower and the radio equipment below. The guy narrating it says his coworker (the other guy in the vid) died on 911.
Donald DiFranco, a Broadcast Engineer was working on the roof that day. I'd like to see a video made about him and the the other people who worked with him.
I was on the south tower observation deck in 1978. The view was terrific. It was very windy at the outdoor deck. To get to the top of the tower you had to take the express elevators and your ears would pop during the ride.
In 2019, I visited the Willis tower and while riding the elevator to the observation deck my ears started popping as well. High rise buildings truly are marvels
The observation level and desk on tower 2 were great spots. I went up a few times, the last time in early 2001. The interior observation level was interesting in that it was possible to fit between the columns right up against the glass. It was almost like there was no wall. Even more amazing was looking to the north and seeing the massive tower 1 right outside the window. The experience at the new trade center tower is completely different with lots of noise and distractions.
there where about 12 cleaning workers cleaning the roof when the plane hit luckily they made it to about 45 in an express elevator before the plane hit they survived you ca hear them talk about their expirence on a podcast
Im surprised you didnt mention the limp bizkit music video filmed up there. It won best music video at the MTV music awards on september the 10th 2001.
@@Pissgremlin5964didn't have a damn thing to with the next day. They was making a video. And actual people working at the trade center actually thanked them for choosing to shoot a video on top of the building
@@Pissgremlin5964oh yeah cause bin laden was a huge fan of limp bizkit and actually took inspiration from the video to pull off the attack. see i can sound dumb too
@@-valmetal- it's pretty widely known that bin laden was BIG into the Bizkit! He could be seen on numerous occasions blasting Rollin' while riding his iced out camel through Bora Bora. In fact during the final raid of his compound, Nookie was heard coming from the upstairs bedroom. That's how they knew they got him. Sure enough when they kicked the door in, there he was with a backwards fitted hat, vans, and khakis standing in a piece of plywood pretending he was crowd surfing at Woodstock! Fred Durst was given a medal of valor for his contributions. I'm surprised you never heard of this.
I was in NYC on a school trip in 1999. I saw them with my own eyes from the Statue of Liberty. It was a sight. Every time I see shots of the towers in movies or tv shows, I always get a strange feeling in my gut.
Thank god it was too early in the morning for there to be tourists and kids up there. That would have been awful if there were kids on field trips up there or families
I have a happy picture my mom took of me at age 14, standing on the top of the South Tower, smiling, sunny day, with Lady Liberty in the backround. It was 1997.
Discovered your channel today and it’s great, subscribed. Not just the 9/11 videos - you cover interesting topics alongside your narration which is captivating, clear, and to the point - makes for seriously enjoyable content. Thanks.
In August of 2001 I went to NYC to do a job. I used to travel all over the world installing satellite earth stations and I had one to do just a few miles from the towers. I really wanted to go to the top of the tower so i took a day off to make the trip. I got up that morning and just had this compulsion to buy a camera. I had been looking at a Sony digital camera that used Floppy disks for storage but had decided to wait for a few more months but on that morning I just had this overwhelming urge to get a camera. I walked around the area by my hotel until I found a shop that sold the Sony camera and I bought one and took it with me to the tower. I took a bunch of pictures that day. Also, I kept the ticket stub, something I normally didn't do. A week after I got home the towers came down. Creepy...
The observation deck did not open till 9:00 AM. Even if they had not made the decision to close the observation deck when the North Tower was hit, it still would not have made a difference. The South Tower had already been hit by the time the observation deck would have opened.
I thought the South Tower was hit at 9:02am? Obviously whoever was in charge of opening up the deck had more important things to do after the opposite tower had been hit.
As I understand it, the 107th floor of the north tower was the restaurant. The 108th and 109th floors were basically open to each other as mechanical areas. The 110th floor of the north tower was where the TV transmitters were (I have the blueprints of those floors). I'm guessing it was the same situation in the south tower. So, was the inside observation area on the 110th floor? I don't think there were any outside windows on the 110th floor of either building. Seems like the inside observation deck in the south tower would have to be on the 107th floor with a super long escalator to the roof. Please correct me if I'm wrong on any of this. I am pretty sure there were no windows on the 110th floor of the north tower where the TV transmitters were housed. Again, please correct me if I am wrong on any of this!
The indoor observation deck shown in the video was on 107 in the south tower. There were two escalators almost up against the windows which ran through the 108/109 mechanical floors up into 110 (which had no windows, unlike the claim in another comment here). In 110 there were two L-shaped corridors which linked these escalators from 107 to the ones you see poking out through the roof. You can faintly see the north escalator passing through 108/109 in some of the other 9/11 footage of the towers.
I visited in 1989. 1990 and 1994. I only got to go on the roof the second visit but went to the observatory 3 times. loved it and the views. I like to see pictures of the indoor observatory to refresh my memory. the first trip was in 3rd grade.
all of the pictures i see from these towers….. make them look fancy as fuck. i hate that we will never get to explore these ever again. may the new towers be even more stunning. rip.
The one documentary about 9/11, interviews the man who flew up in a helicopter w a pilot to see if they could rescue people off the roof. The south tower was completely engulfed in smoke. The north tower did have a clear area, but there was no one there. They flew around for a while, but saw no one. They did see a lot of people leaning out of the north tower windows, but were unable to help them. They apparently didn't know that the doors to the roofs were locked.
I have been there...On April, 9 2001, as a 10year old tourist...It was so impessive...I have a magnet from there...And photos...And i am still shocked, thinking of the people who worked there on 9/11...I will always remember 9/11.. It's haunting me...23 years later...hard to imagine how the relatives and families of the victims must be feeling..R.I.P
I was uo there 3 times the first being my senior trip in H.S in 1998 and last being June 29th 2001 . I have a pic of me sitting on that railing on observation walkway.
As a kid our parents took us to the observation deck. Late 1970s. We used the paid binoculars and my dad found found his powder blue small Toyota in the parking lot.
That plane that hit the south tower went over 520 mph and nearly missed the tower but it hit the back of the tower at around 520 mph at 9:02 am creating an giant explosion around the tower and the plane even hit at a weak spot where the tower couldn’t handle it. It only stood for less than an hour it got hit at 9:02 and collapsed at 9:59 so that’s less than an hour.
If only the new WTC observatory matched the old one in height. The rooftop observatory in the old WTC was 1,377 ft high. That’s even higher than the Skydeck in Willis Tower (1,354 ft). The new one is unfortunately 109 ft lower at 1,268 ft. Let’s make them give us a higher one.
I still like to think it's possible to ride down the Observation Deck when the South Tower came collapsing down. And yes... no matter how crazy it might be.
Since the roof was supported by the large truss, it might actually keep integrity on the way down. But the sudden stop which comes with the spike in G forces would kill you.
The top portion of the South tower tilted at an angle when the collapse began and that top portion fragmented to pieces as it smashed into the lower portion of the building as that portion was collapsing as well.
When the South tower came down, it's core stood up for around 20 seconds after the perimeter wall had fallen away. That's why the roof would have been impossible to survive since it would have broken apart and then have the core fall on top
I was there in August 2001 when I was in the German Navy, called my grandma in Germany from a phone booth with a prepaid card and told her what a solid building it was.... Still have the $ 0,00 military discount ticket somewhere. The unique thing for people afraid of heights at the observation deck and 107th floor was that there was no way to look down directly. You always had a distance from the windows so it felt more like standing on a mountain than a building. Contrary to the Empire State Building
I took that tour in December of ‘99. Beautiful December evening, went on the roof deck. The whole of 9/11 was extra weird because of that personal connection.
When it comes to the artifacts from the buildings, I wish one of the elevators could have been saved. I hear they had some massive elevators that could hold 60+ people in some. I havent even seen pictures of them.
I myself have been wondering how come the topmost sections of the buildings did not survived in on piece on top of everything the fell through? (possibly with survivors inside).. In the first few moments of the collapse, U can clearly see the top of bort tower plowing through the parts below, possibly slowing or softening it's landing on top of the ruins it created(?)..
In theory I think its possible to survive on the roof depending on how the collapse happened. The record for survivng a drop without a parchute is 20 times that of the WTCs height. The person fell into heavy forest cover with snow. Here you aren't falling the floor beneath you is and it might not be severed from the floors beneath it that are above the crash area. It would require everything to happen the right way though. If someone locked themselves into the cage at 2.55 perhaps. If people could survive the Halifax explosion point blank anything is possibe.
Actually, no, it didn’t matter if you held onto anything if you were located above the impact zone, you were dead. The fall alone would have killed you.
In the South Tower, several people DID survive from above the impact zone. The managed to get through the one remaining passable (barely) emergency stairwell. I believe the total was 18 people that survived from above.
I went up to the observation deck on one of the towers in 98. Didn’t go outside tho and I remember there was like a 3D ride up there and the handrails next to the big windows were made of clear plastic. Was I in the north or south tower? I don’t remember seeing an entrance to windows on the world, but I was also pretty young at the time, 10 years old.
As far as a helicopter rescue the South tower was out of play with too much smoke billowing out and over it even if there were people there. The Northwest corner of the North tower was accessible but there was no one on the roof, not to mention the top of the world opened at 9.30am-9.30pm, it was too early.
32’ per sec. Gravity… then and immediately stop at “0”, after falling that far. Someone would pancake. What approximate mph would that be… with an immediate stop at 0?
Because the South Tower was struck by a plane at greater speed and much lower down between the 78th to 84th floors . Unlike the North Tower that was struck much higher up between the 93rd to 97th floors.The lower part of the South Tower was carrying more weight pressing down from the floors that were damaged and the other floors above the impact zone. From the damaged floor 77 up to the top of the building on the 110th floor. This means 33 floors (1/3 of the tower was pressing down on the remaining 2/3 of the Tower). When the damaged floors gave way, it brought the remaining floors above it pancaking down onto the floors below the impact zone bringing the whole weakened structure down.
Interesting to note, if you watch that FDNY video of the first plane hitting within just a few seconds you see smoke rushing out the 107th floor, just to give perspective of how quickly things diminished
The ticket to the World Trade Center Observation deck says 9/1O/O1 and 18.16 at night. That's why it says "Roof Closed" because it wasn't open at night. If you look closely you can see the details.
On 9/10/01 there was a heavy thunderstorm in New York. It's absolutely plausible that the roof was closed for that reason and not only because of the time.
@@rittersportfan Yeah I remember 9/1O/O1 raining through the afternoon. I just assumed that the observation deck on the roof was closed at night for safety reasons.
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I know you are the person who can answer this: what was that thing on the top of the North Tower on the very edge that looked like a small crane of some kind?? It’s been burning a hole through my brain trying to determine what it is. Thanks!!! Keep ‘em coming! 👏
Next video idea should be what would've happened if the south tower was hit first/just like the north tower, and the north tower hit second/just like the south tower
I wonder about that too, or what if the hijackers hit lower or if they came from a different direction to ensure hitting the buildings lower... could have been a lot worse. I think the north tower was first because Atta followed the Hudson River down straight to manhattan and the north tower was the closer, more in line target.
@@Queue26 Yet I wonder why the North Tower/Tower #1 was hit so high though? Granted Atta did hit it straight down the middle, which caused every stairwell to be severed, making escape impossible if you were above the impact. But at least there were less casualties, while more people below where the plane crashed had ample time to escape. The South Tower/Tower #2 being hit lower obviously caused more floors to be impacted, along with the building collapsing much sooner. But at least one stairway was still intact, which 18 people did both find, and got out alive who were above where the plane hit as a result though.
@@freakyfornash Atta was with the plane already in a relatively steep descent. I'm not a pilot, but I could imagine that it's not easy for a not very experienced pilot to calculate how steep the descent has to be to be low enough but not so low that you hit another of the skyscrapers in Manhatten. It was a matter of seconds after all.
@@rittersportfan that’s what I’ve thinking too.., I do believe he wanted to be sure he would be clear of all other buildings so he could hit his target., and once he knew he was low enough his main focus was lining up the plane and keeping it on target. At the last second he turned his wings so he could impact the most floors possible.
video idea what if one of the planes nose dived right into the observatory deck or the antenna would it lead to complete collapse or would it be like a cigarette?
I do like how they kind of combined both towers into one with the new One World Trade Center. That being with how it has upscale restaurants, along with an observation deck at the top, albeit only an indoor one however. That despite even if it'll never quite be anywhere near as iconic as the Twins were, even if a second tower is eventually added to the complex one of these days. But that's of course assuming that project ever gets off the ground, and out of "development hell." I myself also had the pleasure of going to the observation deck of the South Tower/Tower #2, when I was a little kid way back in 91, ten years before the towers were sadly destroyed. I'll never forget the view from above where people looked like ants, while vehicles appeared as if they were these toy Micro-Machines, which you could just pick up, and throw onto the ground! It was magical, if not almost kind of supernatural in a way. Never once did I think that experience would end up being a one shot deal for me, after the tragic chaos which went on a decade later. But I do hope to visit the new W.T.C. one day, which I have on my personal "bucket list" too!
I was visiting a friend in America a month ago (I’m from England) and my friend’s brother in law works in the new tower. He took us up to his office which is pretty high up, though I can’t remember the exact floor. The views from the new tower are incredible and the tower itself is beautiful. Such an incredible city
@@Jackosaurus117 Oh yeah, and at least the new tower was a fine replacement, despite the fact that it'll never quite be the real thing with that being said though. But it's still an amazing marvel to behind, and a place where you should definitely check out when you can too.
We went up to the observation deck in Autumn 99. The taxis looked like yellow blobs. Think we could make out JFK Airport in the distance. The sun was just setting when we visited. Think I went on that kinda simulator ride on the main deck and I went to the top deck
5:34 if you look to the lower right hand side of the picture there you'll see bench like seats at floor level. You could sit down on a bench and have a 100% unobstructed view. I was there in August 1977 and snapped a pic (I found it days after 9/11 and I've misplaced it - ). I've read reviews of the observation deck of One World Trade Center. None of them are good and you might wish to save your $ and time before devoting it to visit there.
A piece of it is in display in the memorial museum. Only about 7-10 feet of (dont know actual length but its very little compared to long gone entirety.) I'm guessing probably the least damaged run of it. With anything above or below the section being too twisted or mangled to fit within the confined of the display area. They simply cut off the excess to leave a battered but intact piece just to give you an idea of its initial size and diameter. Bigger than you would have probably guessed. Looks pretty thin and lanky in the photos but trust me, it was anything but.
I wonder how the radio and TV stations got back on the air after their service was destroyed! Has another antenna system been erected, like the one that came down with the building?
I think there was a minimal but a slight, miracle of a chance that someone could've survived the fall from the top. But it would've had to have been the perfect scenario. Not very likely. There have been people before, like a few in the Surfside Miami Condo Collapse in 2021, that out-survived those on bottom floors because they were able to ride the pancake down to the bottom. Yes they were injured pretty bad, but survived. But that was what 12 stories or something? and WTC was obviously wayyyyy more floors than that. It would've been really cool survival story. But heck that one guy that survived the WTC collapse by being in the right place, that IS a crazy story in it's own right.
Do you plan to cover the often not told stories of base jumpers that videotaped their jumps from this platform? I know one is covered on Donahue’s show.
Wow this is pretty cool story about the ticket and the bad weather the night before ppl wanting to come the next day. What would be the odds of being in on a trip to NYC of all days.
