I lost my mother on September 11th. I feel the current double pools are a beautiful nod. Edit: I wanted to say thank you to all for all the wonderful messages. I am truly grateful. I have been to the pools many times since then. I am truly touched from all the kindness. Again many thanks
3:46 is absolutely chilling. Just to think someone was likely sitting looking out the window of the plane while perhaps the most pivotal event of the 21st century (so far) is about to happen and yet they have no idea. So sad.
Well, they may have had SOME idea but I'm not entirely sure. Most hijackings would have people looking to land in another country, and I don't think anyone would expect they'd be flying until a building unless you're approaching Manhattan and see that one tower already has smoke billowing from it.
Amazing they found this but if I recall rightly the piece they found between the buildings was in fact part of one of the planes landing gears,surveyors found it wedged between 2 buildings,not sure where they found the fuselage would imagine it was in the pile or possibly even on the roof of an adjacent building which considering the airspeed etc the planes were flying at its very possible buildings nearby ended up with parts of the planes and other debris from the planes and possibly the buildings to
One of the things I think about a lot whenever I stumble across a video like this is that there's probably numerous human remains and debris from the planes and towers scattered over a large area beyond the site itself and they just haven't been found, or they have been found but no one realizes what they are so they're discarded. It seems like an inevitable part of this story, in such a big city, with millions of possible little nooks and crannies where objects could have ended up. When you look at the rooftops and consider no one goes up there for years at a time, that something could have slid under an air-con unit, that something could be wedged between pipes, or - as was the case of the plane part - wedged between buildings. I do think there will be discoveries in ten, fifty, even a hundred years, just random objects found in vents where they fell or in long-forgotten maintenance shafts. If nothing else those moments will give people an opportunity to remember what happened and those lost.
Right. When you go through and read about the subsequent clean up, rebuilding and repair that extended through all that area you'll come across brief notes on remains being discovered years later on building ledges, or roofs. It just speaks to the intense violence that brought those buildings down.
They're still finding bones on window ledge's balconies and roof tops or ventalation systems irrigation systems of building to this day. Mostly unrecognizable.
yeah, considering noone noticed a big piece of the plane for 10 years. people don't know if a piece of bone is from an animal or not..chunk of flesh could just be pizza or food
Fun fact, the north and south pools aren’t quite as big around as the original towers. The original base would extend out to the first set of trees or so on each pool, respectively
There was a GM pickup that belonged to an FDNY member who responded to the scene as he was off shift. The towers collapsed and the truck along with his company's ladder were crushed. That pickup was actually able to start and despite the damage they used that to move members back and forth from ground zero. In the end Chevy/GM gave him a new truck and did a commercial about the truck and its tale.
It has been more than twenty years already but the cold fingers of dread that went up my spine while we watched it on the television of our break room at work are indelibly part of my memories now. It seems like yesterday.
Same. That moment in time is seared into my soul. I suppose it was the same as my mother learning of JFK's assassination. Fractions of time we never forget.
Quick clarification at 6:52. The slurry wall wasn't salvaged, it survived the impact and collapse, and is in its exact place, still serving its exact purpose, of keeping out the hudson river.
What I remember is how years after this terrorist attack they are still finding human remains in the area. On rooftops, under manholes, wedged between buildings
I can't understand why WTC has just alywas something new happening, is like it follows you once you read something about them... And also i wish i never heard of this, as i also saw the unceonsored videos of the peoples that we're falling.. It was extremly gore and mentaly tiring, i'm a sensitive person, but i watched it just to feel like those peoples know there was someone with them until their last second, cause if i was me and i had to go this way i'd wish someone would saw and understand the pain i had till the last moment, so i wouldn't go alone. So i watch them, and i tell them in my head "i feel and understand you" .
About the stairs. They didn't mean it was the only thing that survived the attack. They literally meant it was the last visible structure that was left on the site after the cleanup was finished. All the rubble was cleared away and those stairs were the last thing to go because they planned to save them for the memorial. You can Google pictures of it. The whole site is completely clean and flattened. The only thing left were these stairs.
They actually started to destroy them, and then decided to save them, which is why they look like they do. I originally thought that it was damage done from the collapse but it is actually partially demolished for lack of a better term, because of the deconstruction.
And you would think it be laying right on top of the pile but somehow it just vaporized that might’ve had something to do with the directed energy weapons yeah you might want to look at that. They are a real thing.
Actually i can imagine people seeing it countless times over the more than 11 years it was there, and thinking it's another piece of discarded trash that's just part of the typical NYC flotsam.
Here in northern New Jersey, most towns have a 9/11 memorial in a park or other public space. The tridents and other steel members are generally the focal point of most of the 9/11 memorials.
1000's of small and large pieces of structural beams were cut and distributed all over the USA and world to sites of 9/11 memorials. Also some of the goods in the stores in the the shopping mall were recovered. You can see one of the base Y beams from outside the museum.
One piece , I believe the only one that is outside the USA is in Gander Newfoundland. That was the city that housed 7000 stranded inbound travelers on 9/11
I can vouch that one of those pieces, a beam, was sent here to Bakersfield, California several years ago. It was set up in court yard between the fire and police department.
We have a 9/11 memorial here in Christchurch, New Zealand next to the city fire station. I think it’s a big piece of steel, not sure from which tower though.
I often think of Ecclesiastes 9:11 when I'm reminded of 9/11. "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." You saw it played out on that day over and over. It still sends chills down my spine all these years later. Wonderful job on the 9/11 videos. Thank you for your hard work. 👍
Although I am agnostic, I've read the Bible. You're so right in this quote. No matter what we may have, or not.. what we may be, or think, or do... Fate has the final say in how we leave this mortal coil. Thank you for reminding me where I'd read this particular musing before. We all lost someone and/or something on 9/11/01. It's up to us to keep them alive through memories and words. ❤
@@TaxingIsThievingcommon sense dictates you should show some originality and use your own thoughts and words, instead of being a drone reciting something
The sad is the Twin Towers structures became a historical artifact in a museum, while the buildings surrounding the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan are still standing safe and sound.
Many of the buildings surrounding the Twin Towers are still standing but as fare as I remember 10 buildings didn't survive the attack but only the twin towers weren't evacuated in full due to the fires
I live in Calgary Canada we have a half twisted iron beam section of one the Twin Towers outside our military museum as thanks for accepting international flights on 9/11 so the WTC is an artifact in many cities across North America at least.
If my memory serves me right I believe the “pancaked floors” were a total of 4 floors. I remember being right in front of it at the museum just shaken by the fact that four floors had pancaked in nothing more than a foot in height…
I tell anyone going to NY to look for that in the museum, because it isn't immediately obvious. The other is the brass connections from the fire hoses. When you consider what they were attached to & someone was carrying them is heartbreaking.
@@AbandonedAccount4 Yes, i imagine they "cleared" it with cadaver-sniffing dogs or something, as it would cause some kind of controversy were it discovered human remains were in it.
Yeah, I remember when the tower begins to fall the camera was focused at the top of the building and suddenly it begins to sink into the cloud of smoke. 😢
@@rf6724 and where does it fall? Those core columns it was attached to, were about 600-700ft. That would take out a few blocks of buildings, unless you have a 700ft hole in the ground..
it wasn't a warehouse, it was an airplane hangar at jfk airport. I don't think that the window was discolored, most skyscraper windows have uv protection.
Part of the antenna that was on top of the world trade center is next to the city hall in Quincy, Illinois. It was originally manufactured in Quincy. It now stands as a memorial to those lives that were lost on September 11.
As a Brit visiting there this year,it literally took,my breath away.A beautiful memorial and I’m so pleased visited with my family especially my 10,year old little girl.I have my flag ready to put up for 911 as a tribute to,all those lost god bless America 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
I teach little kids in Japan I've met a few whose birthday is September 11th and have no clue what that date means to older generations. One boy once misunderstood my question and said "September 11th" is what he wants for his birthday!
I'd love to see something on the psychological effect it had on people who were young when they witnessed it but old enough to understand it and what that did to people and effects people carried into adult hood
I am glad that I had the opportunity to see the Twin Towers for the 1st time in 2001, I left 8 days before 911 took place. A friend and I wanted to stay in NY another week but exceeded our budget for our little holiday back then, so we headed back home to CA.
I believe Jay Jonas said that Stairway B which him and 13 others survived in was still virtually intact. I would assume that is most likely the staircase you showed the picture of. Would have been cool if they preserved that staircase as well.
You're absolutely right since it was him and his crew with a lady who was on the 20th floor of the North Tower she said she couldn't make down the stairs so they decided to help her out. When the North tower collapsed they were few flights from freedom.
@@714cyjr correct. It’s kinda funny cause they are among the 20 pulled out of the rubble alive, but they practically dug themselves out lmao. Once the light shined in the stairwell they saw a way out, but they couldn’t make it all the way across the rubble without assistance
According to one documentary, ( the natgeo multi parter ) - if the lady had not stopped they most likely would not have made it past the collapse zone outside - so her inability to go on may have actually saved all their lives - FDNY honored her when she passed nine years later - very touching
I am compelled to information about the antenna and the 110th Floor of the north tower. That's where all the TV transmitters were, except (I'm told) for some equipment for WNBC-channel 4 which was in a corner of the building a couple floors below (107?), near the restaurant. The tower was 380 feet tall standing on top of the building. All we have left is a few feet of it. Even though it was the last thing to go down, it was remarkably destroyed. One thing I notice about the antenna coming down is what looks like the very top section of the antenna swaying back and forth, being whipped back and forth like a toy. But it's interesting to still see the "plumbing" inside the tower section (the hard-line copper coax sections and elbows that you see is referred to as plumbing). Those were brave souls who were at work that morning, and who lost their lives just doing their jobs. As a fellow broadcaster of more than 40 years, I pay the highest respect and honor to them! Rest in Peace!
The surivor stairs were saved at the request of the people whose lives were saved because they were there. They were in perfect condition but they started demoing them before it was decided to save them. They are VERY important to survivors
Why is every other statement like "I don't know what this is" or "I don't know when this happened". Do you do any kind of research before you make these videos?
A number of years I visited the 9/11 Memorial at NYC. First time in NYC proper. Very surreal to be at the same past where that tragic day took place. Very moving.
Someone did indeed fall in one of the memorial pools last month. I forgot if he had any relatives involved in the tragedy but there are some videos of him voluntarily jumping down one if the pools
I saw the news reports. The man had mental problems. In the footage I saw, he didn't really fall, he more like let himself slide down. He was rescued by port authority workers and admitted to a psychiatric hospital for observation.
Hey @DepressedGinger, I live close to a memorial site in westchester that has one of the Twin Towers steal post. It's at kensico Dam. It would be cool if you covered a story on it. It's a beautiful memorial. I could also send you a short video of the area if you'd like. I love your channel. You are giving information to the younger generation in a great way. Your narration in your videos are exciting. Keep up the great work, brother. 9/11 was so scary that day. I wont forget being let out of school and watching 5 fighter jets and military helicopters flying over my neighborhood. Watching the towers on TV asking my parents what happened. I never got to visit the towers, but I did visit one world trade a couple of years ago, and it's beautiful. Take care, brother and God bless 🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸 ❤❤❤
Thanks for the preview. I have yet to make my pilgrimage to the Memorial. And I also remember seeing on TV, the antenna actually start to go down with the floor below it. It was surreal, for lack of a better expression. And something I will never forget.
No matter how many times I see 9/11 footage, I still find it so hard to believe it happened. I'm Canadian, maybe that could be it; being not physically there is what is making it difficult to come to terms with the reality of 9/11? Even though I know it happened, at the same time, it doesn't seem real. I feel like I would one day go to New York and see them standing there like they did all those years ago prior to 9/11.
Well, if one can at least conceptualize the levels of destruction all the major powers came to excel at in fighting WW2, the 9/11 attacks (or any organized terror attacks) are easy to conceptualize as well, at least comparatively speaking.
When I went to NYC for the first time in 2016, the 9/11 tour and museum was one of the most beautiful yet somber things. It took the life out of me for the rest of the day. I was so sad. But I don’t regret it. It’s something everyone should go see if they get the chance to
The reason the staircase is so important is because as you mentioned, it’s known as the survivors staircase. The top of the staircase was at the plaza level. And the bottom was at street level and while it was covered, it was outside. So if people were able to make it out of one buildings and run across the plaza and make it to that staircase, they had a decent chance of making it out alive because they were covered from all the falling debris and were then able to walk/run away. The damage you see to the staircase actually happened during transport to the museum, it wasn’t due to the actual attacks. I would argue that the tridents weren’t really part of the external portion of the building because they were covered in concrete (I believe)
I think the memorial for all those people in the twin towers is beautiful, and the museum is probably wonderful because it keeps everything alive but there is no way I would set foot anywhere near that with all those lost souls. That is probably one of the most haunted places in the world. 💔💔🙏🙏
Actually he is being punished in eternity by whatever measure one uses, as the maturity level of a virgin, let alone 72 virgins, would make eternity not so attractive.
What a nonsense comment … 5 ft was not giant … it also did not magically appear … its called gravity … it was projected from the impact into a gap between 2 buildings … not surprising that items are found many years later in areas that are not accessed by people … its called common sense …
I can’t believe the sphere is still there! I remember it in it’s time.I have a photo in front of it with my family. I always thought that it was destroyed or also pancaked in the rubble when the towers fell since I don’t think I’ve seen it since. I’ve lived in Manhattan for 7 years but have since moved. It’s crazy how it was always there and would be extremely familiar to me, yet I haven’t come across it again.
They sold a lot of the steel as scrap and threw away a lot of the debris, which i think was wrong. Every remaining piece of this tragedy should have been kept and analyzed. There's over a thousand missing people that have still not been found. Now never will be. What would we give to get back ships or the deceased from Pearl Harbor?
What shall they do? Keep tons of rubbish? The bodies were gone … disintegrated in the rubble … pretty pointless to start scraping off tiny bone fragments off the beams or other rubble … there still plenty spread across NY … they do not start searching for those despite they are still there …
Cause almost the entire structure of the planes got shredded to pieces on impact, commercial planes aren't flying tanks plus let's add a speed of like 500 mph, burnin jet fuel on a relative thin steel structure it would literally melt it and thousands of tons and tons of concrete, steel and rubble fallin on top of it, it's not rocket science it's just physics, I'm not an aeronautic expert but I'm not surprised there's not a lot of plane parts to recover, also literally there's a plane window in the video and if I'm not wrong they recovered parts of the landing gear of a plane in the middle of a street
The scariest and craziest thing I remember is watching a guy jump and just tumble through the air from the 80th floor. There was no way out for some people. It was THE absolute saddest moment of my life watching
I’m very curious to learn about to smells of the clean up. I’ve heard different accounts of what it smelled like but I want to know a detailed deep dive going into all the things that would have produced smells and toxins during the cleanup
I was part of the initial cleanup, being part of the FDNY 57th division. I can tell you the entire region reeked of human excrement! It was amazing how many intact & well-preserved dookies we found at the scene! (Both from Tower occupants and first responders). There was also a strong odor of thermite that permeated the air for several weeks.
@@marquisgtFirstly from an Australian👮♂️ to a NYC👨🚒… Thank you for your service. You say it smelled like Thermite…. Were y’all using thermite for demo cutting? Or……🤔
I was in Manhattan on business 8 weeks later. I noticed a cherry-like smell and an acrid smell that were unlike anything I had smelled before. We can surmise what that was . . .
@@scottkozel1519 Hi! Sooooo…..for the dumb among us…..me🤦♂️. Could you please tell us what has a “cherry-like and an acrid smell”? What exactly are “we” surmising?
Excellent video. I think the building that looked like the bottom of one of the towers would have been great. There's something eerie, about seeing that elevator motor given what I've read about what happened to/in them. And greetings from England.
When they say only original surviving structure above ground when referring to the staircase, it’s because it was still in its original location and orientation as when it was built. The tridents and other stairs although intact, weren’t in their exact location and orientation after the collapse.
From what people are saying, they are saying this because during the cleanup when everything was pretty much cleaned up, the stairs were the remaining things left that were still standing
The final memorial design ties closely with a 60 Minutes interview a few months after 9/11 of how one of the firefighters whose brother also died in the towers, described how it should be: "It's a grave site, it should have a nice park with lots of trees and benches, with a plaque of the names of all the victims where we could visit on Christmas and anniversaries so we could say hi."
Interesting to see at the name plate right in front of the waterfall, the name Berry Berenson Perkins, she was the widow of Anthony Perkins of Psycho fame, a famous model back in the day and probably the most famous of all in the planes. So sad.
The trees basically grow on a roof over the original World Trade Center basement within the old slurry wall. It will be hard for their roots to expand. Meanwhile, the city grows trees on the old High Line elevated freight railway. (Turn into into al elevated light rail transit line? No, never thought of that, did you?)
5:15 i believe that is 3 floors pancaked ( at least 3 visible from this angle ) the bottom one is a small rusty coloured band at the bottom just above the F0007 sign, then you have the dark band which is all of the office contents ( carpets, desks and office dividers ) then the next rusty concrete band is the floor above, and then you have a small band of darker office material, then the top rusty slab of concrete being visible on the top
...and the police officers, who were on the scene before FDNY could get there. You always hear about the Firemen, but with all due respect, there were many NYPD Officers that perished as well. Saints Preserve Them All.
Awesome that they saved the large exterior steel columns including the diagonal cuts that were made before the towers were taken down. Probably Thermite cuts made to direct the collapse downward into itself.
The project of a small tower of the World Trade Center would be nice! I feel like if they made it the original size, it would be too much for people to see everyday and remember the pain, but a small version of it would be nice, people could see how the design of the towers were... a small memory! But I understand why it wasn't chosen
When my house got compulsory purchased by the government to make way for a motorway , it was entirely demolished, and nothing was saved. Carpets, curtains, kitchen, bathrooms, and fitted furniture, etc. Everything was torn apart. I cried for weeks before leaving and the night before and day of demolition.
Otis. Same as the Empire State Building. Many a skyscraper have been blessed with the great Otis Elevators. Historically, they're the first elevator company! From office buildings to housing projects, a good portion of NYC Structures over 5 stories tall have Otis Elevators.❤
They may have but I would think they would have been inspected several times before being put on display because imagine how the family would feel if that were true ? Someone would be in HUGE trouble for allowing that !
I toured the 9/11 museum last year- and if the slurry wall was damaged it would have flooded lower manhattan. If anyways go, highly recommend the audio tour guide.
Ive never beforw seen the picture of pancaked floors its insane to see just how powerful the crushing force behind the collapse was it also goes to show just how tiny eqch floor of concrete really were i used to think they were like traditional buildings and the floors were at least a foot or more thick but no i seen it wqs just powdered concrete placed on a sheet and bolted down to the floors beams on top of trusses damn concrete was only 4 inches tall and all of it stood on tiny foots for the floor attatcments no bigger than like 2 to 3 inches off the wall damn things were practically paper thin so that they could sway better in the high wind
After the debris cleanup, some of the stairs were left still standing where they were initially and had to be demolished. You can read it as the "last part of the building left standing"
That part of the plane that was wedged between the buildings is so haunting. Who was looking out of that window that morning just before the crash? What did they see? Was anyone even sitting in that window seat? Just brings a lot of haunting questions to my mind.
Its sad and also crazy that nearly 3000 people lost their lives that day , yet according to every 9/11 video on RU-vid there were 30,000 lost as every video has at least 10 , saying they lost their Mum , Dad , Grandparents , friends etc... its a shame for those who really did lose someone that day , that these sickos cant live without likes and comments to make them feel special .
