These interior pictures give you a good sense of how absolutely massive these buildings were. It's incomprehensible how much desks, chairs, computers and books were in these buildings.
Seeing this, I definitely imagine myself working on the floor where the plane hit and can't get it, how you disappear into thin air within a second. Weird sense
I did not know that the North or South Tower had a library that is pretty cool. These buildings were so huge that they were basically cruise ships on land. I wish time travel would exist someday to save these beautiful buildings from sick fucked up assholes.
Several years before 9/11, I had dinner at Windows on the World. When I watched the tower collapse, a deep sense of loss and emptiness swelled up inside me. I remember all those who worked there and made that evening so wonderful. R.I.P. dear souls.........
I also ate, at the restaurant, years before this happened. It was a birthday surprise, with my family, went to the theater, before, we went to the World Trade!!! Wow!!! What beautiful buildings, and that night I didn't know we were so.high up!!! What a beautiful view!!!
Our company had a managers dinner in December of 2000 there as well. And then went to the observation deck overlooking the city. Pretty amazing place for sure.
There’s a video on RUclips that shows some of the staff at windows on the world and since they didn’t open restaurant until later in the evening, they were not at the WTC yet. I forgot what the video is called but it’s really sad hearing their story of loosing their brother and sisters
Eerie looking at the floor level numbers on the elevators and office signs, certain and undeniable death above…..while below, miraculous escape and survival for others. You can’t help but look at the windows and think of those struggling for clean air and waving for rescue. Wondering what you would be doing on that day if you worked in those cubicles…getting coffee, chatting on the phone, joking with colleagues before the unimaginable nightmare begins. God awful and heartbreaking.
I was thinking the same thing. I'm looking at those offices, and it's difficult for me to imagine that someone used the furniture nearby to break that window open for air, and that they jumped later.
The one picture of the office building decorated with sunflowers has me really emotional. People decorated this place and made it look really nice. I’m sorry it couldn’t stay like this. I’m sorry to whoever lost their sunflowers. :’(
some of the people who lost their sunflowers also lost their life its sad sad very sad depressingly sad traumaticly sad for the sunflower owners who survived. :'[
Thanks for sharing these pics. I used to work in Tower one, 81st floor, looking North. Left in 2000 and the company moved out before 9/11. I loved working there. We always had an 8:30am meeting in our conference room looking north to the Empire State building. I cant help but play in my head being there on 9/11 and actually seeing it coming. Cant get it out of my head. 19 years ago tomorrow...
@@laurabowe9426 he said he left in 2000 as his company moved out of WTC. He is imagining being there at 8:30 looking at the Empire State. He is lucky that he wasn't there in real life
@@laurabowe9426 The line between life and death was between the 91/92 floors. Almost everyone on 91 and below lived. Everyone on 92 and up died. So 81 was still in the survivable zone, I think the survival rate was something like 98%. Comment posted March 9, 2022 6:24 pm
That would’ve been a little over 10 floors above you, on the North side too. They where under Floor 93 so I mean it’s possible they can get out, so you’d survive, still it would be terrifying.
During a trip to New York, I remember visiting the WTC. We would take the elevator (express ?) from ground to top (110) in a huge elevator. We could hear the wind passing between the elevator and the walls outside of it. We were flying to the sky... The view from the top was so special. I remember looking down as much as possible and it gave the impression that the building was tilted. That was kind of scary. May the people who perished there rest in peace forever. I will never forget.
All the computers, keyboards, mice, monitors, telephones, fax machines, printers, copiers, scanners, desks, chairs, books, safes, fridges, ventilation systems, you name it, all of it turned to dust and flowed into the streets of New York City.... unbelievable.
Solarnova Not to mention all the paper! It still blows my mind they didn't find one stapler yet millions of pieces of paper just singed on the edges. I mean, you know the power of impact could blow a computer out the window... While it would be smashed on the ground it wouldn't have been pulverized... Even after the buildings fell.
there is one in Tulsa, Oklahoma it's call Tue Williams Center Tower . it is 1/4 of the scale of the WTC. everything is the same. it did have a restaurant on the top floor,but it has since been removed it also had a mall at one time unit it was remodeled to make room for oil companies. the gentleman that had it built wanted it to be like WTC complex but didn't have enough area to build like the Towers
BullaTeairraThe Queen of Rap Briefs no didn't have any TV stations it did have a large food court and ice rink connected to it. I helped demo several floors and remodel them. the building is only 52 stories. it has a plumb Bob that goes down the elevator shaft to the basement and when the wind blows you can see how much it sways
They became dust. When the buildings collapsed, everything inside (metal, concrete, plastic, paper, humans) was pulverized in less than 15 seconds. The massive force of the collapse was strong enough to literally pulverize METAL. You would think that two large buildings (both over 400 m high) would leave behind a massive pile of rubble. That didn't happen. There was some rubble (as you can see in the old photos) but majority of the buildings had been pulverized. I'm not sure how to describe it. It feels like a David Copperfield magic trick gone wrong. The buildings actually disappeared into thin air and never reappeared.
@@liesdiebibelbruder420 It doesn't need bombs for any building to collapse. I'm sick of people discrediting the accounts of those who survived, and the accounts of those who were in the building on the day. Have some respect and decency.
I visited Twin Towers as a tourist back in August 2000 (and went inside the South Tower). I feel privileged that I was able to see them and visit them before they were gone. What happened on 9/11 was so tragic even 20 years later I feel sad thinking about it... (I am not from the States).
I had no idea how beautiful the Towers were on the inside. As sad as it is, I can't help but wonder which folks made it out alive, who didn't and who jumped. It's just overwhelming when I see the people going about their day, not knowing what's to come.
+mmmbad Did you read about the one man that never go out, but survived? He said he just got down in a corner, and after it fell, the corner he was in was still standing! Check it out! There is a video on yt of an interview with him! It just wasn't that mans time to go!
@@dog-gonedogs6939 Yup firemen helping down an older lady that couldn't move anymore, and they were on the 6th floor or something right were the rubble settled down.
Thought the same thing .. those cheap low dropped ceiling tiles are so hideous. You'd think more creativity would have gone into such an expensive building.
Thanks for posting. Brings back wonderful memories. To those who were never inside these majestic structures, you will never have any idea what you missed.
Im 15 years old right now, i've known about the original world trade center for a while now. I always admire these towers, the way the look and worked always facinated me. Such a shame that it couldn't stay like that. I wonder what would have happened if 9/11 necer happened, maybe the world would be a better place, especially in these times. Rest in peace World Trade Center and all the people that died on 911.
@@ReganMason-x9y yeah I work with a guy who lived near them and worked in manhattan on 911 he lives in WA state now but he said he wished they rebuilt them the same …he couldn’t stand seeing the memorial every day but admitted no one in his family passed but thought they should be rebuilt like nothing ever happend
@@VirreFriberg They had Americas highest grossing restaurant at the top of one tower and the worlds highest outdoor viewing deck at the top of the other tower. There was a massive mall underneath- the biggest in New York at that point in time, it was a major transport hub as well. Tourists were drawn to the towers like magnets and they symbolised the hustle and bustle and boldness of New York. They made the New York skyline the most instantly recognizable skyline in the world. They were behemoths of cutting-edge engineering- load bearing walls, giving each floor a full acre to personalise. Sadly their engineering was what made them collapse.
Photo resolution-as it was mostly film (digital existed but was newer tech)-was just fine (in fact superior in terms of depth of contrasts). What happens is that (1) quality of prints degrades over time and (2) converting to digital and uploading in common formats like JPEG when done to maximize file size vs resolution makes the photos grainy. An additional possibility is the use of cheaper camera technology-film SLRs were better than point-and-snap-as well as the photographer themselves (just like today)!
@@candysmith8724 yeah you’re right. Part 1 of this video definitely had pictures from perhaps the 1980s. This video, part 2, appears to have many photos from 2000 or even 2001
Sadly seeing the windows all I can think of is how so many people jumped out of them. I can't even imagine being in a situation where I knew I was going to die and could either choose between burning/suffocating or falling to my death. All of those poor people. It's heartbreaking.
Wow that Windows on the World was a beautiful restaurant, wasn't it? I would have loved to visit it, have a nice meal, gaze out upon Manhattan....what a shame... Other then that the cubicle life on the office floors with the close spaced windows...I think Id feel kind of claustrophobic working in some of those offices! Its really sad thinking that so many people died on 9/11 and they were doing nothing other then going about their daily life, going to work, eating at Windows on the World, etc. The World Trade Center was an absolute marvel....everything at the WTC seemed larger then life! I like seeing these pictures of the facility in its glory, everyone has seen the horrific 9/11 footage. Its refreshing to see a little glimpse of the former everyday life at the WTC.
Scary part about Windows on the World is they were in the first tower hit and because they were on the top floor no one died in the impact but they were trapped up their ... absolutely terrifying, and during brunch hour no less, so it was busy .. sorry to put that through your mind; I cannot imagine the terror and helplessness those poor people must have felt.
The lucky thing is that the tourist facilities in the towers didn't open until 9:30 am. Windows on the World was packed for a conference though. About 200 died there. August 12, 2018 4:07 pm
I was at windows of the world a few months before the attack, i remamber looking down from the windows in aw we had an even for jrhs kids around the city that did really well for something i cant remamber what and then when this happened was my first year in hs.
Would have been cool if they rebuilt the towers again, the new ones are cool, but it doesn't have the same awe to it. And on top of that there is only one really tall one instead of two.
they were actually going to rebuild them but they decided not to out of respect to the families of the victims and they thought it would bring back the horrible memories of that day and even if they would rebuild them they would only be half occupied the freedom tower only has a few people working above the 90th floor,ever since 9/11 only a few people actually wanna work that high up just in case another attack occurs they don't wanna get stuck up there like many did on 9/11
@@fireweatherguy Эти башни нужно восстановить в том же виде и в том же стиле 1970-х годов, как это было. Так как это функционально и стильно и является огромным украшением города NY. Это был символ Нью-Йорка. 21.06.24.
It looked beautiful inside, I would have loved to have flown from the UK to visit them at least once,. Back in 2000, I brought a map of New York (before the days when we started using Google maps) which featured the Twin Towers on it's cover, I still have that map to this day somewhere. I keep it as a memory of my once plan to visit the Twin Towers until they were taken away on 9/11. Luckily we have so many videos uploaded to RUclips to remind us on how magnificent these buildings were but this will never compare to the real thing.
those poor souls.i don't know how people can stand working in skyscrapers, they seem so cramped and tight on the inside. rows of cubicles, low ceilings, the long stretching corridors and if you're in the interior of the building you have no windows. how do you not feel like just another cog in the machine in that setting? plus just knowing you're that far away from the ground. no thank you!
It's actually spooky to watch the before photos. Now there is nothing everything thing in those photos does not exist anymore as well as perhaps those people who are in the photos.
@@208_treasure6 Ceilings are way too low for those big rooms, proportions are off. Professional architects should know that. Not even mentioning the interior "design".
In all honesty the interior design is utterly depressing. I remember this aesthetic from the 90's/00's, it was about functionality only, no soul. Actually makes me feel more bad for the victims, to perish in that cramped space.
They struggled to get out in 93 when terrorists attacked it. 6 people died. 1000+ were injured. The port authority built it with 3 emergency stairwells instead of 6 to maximise floor space. A person at the time said those buildings were a death trap. Glad I never got to visit.
I heard that on a still day or when there wasn't much activity around you, you could feel them gently sway on the upper floors to the point of chairs on rollers slightly moving... The offices did look kind of cramped with low ceilings.
You could. Similar to very tall buildings in Tokyo--the Japanese have some of the best skyscraper tech due to their earthquake problems, and iirc the architect of the original WTC was Japanese. The towers would sway slightly in the wind, and it was intentional. Unfortunately, I am very sensitive to such things as I have a strong fear of heights. When my parents took me to the WTC in 1981, I was just a teenager and a bit moody that day which made the experience worse, but there was still something else going on that I cannot rationally explain. They were huge, incredibly impressive buildings. The scale was beyond anything mere words can describe. They were a whole, magnificent ecosystem of their own, teeming with life and excitement and bustling activity. And of course the views were unparalleled. Once we reached the Windows On The World at the top of the North Tower, I was enthralled by the panorama of all Manhattan laid out below us. It was also probably the nicest restaurant I'd ever eaten in at that point in my life--I daresay it still is. But the buildings also induced a constant low-level terror that I couldn't shake. I used to have premonitions when I was a teenager, I mean really distinct ones, not vague feelings, and the twin towers frightened me badly, even when I was just outside on the plaza looking up at them--I felt like they were coming down on me. I actually tried to talk my Mom and Dad out of going any further than the lobby and gift shop. I felt miserable and trapped the whole time I was up at the restaurant, much as I longed to relax and enjoy myself. I couldn't even let my poor parents take a window table. We had to sit in the middle of the dining room instead, because the height, the sense of claustrophobia and the subtle movements of the building made me dizzy and disoriented, and the strong sense of underlying dread I was experiencing did NOT help. I still, forty years later, remember the immense relief I felt when we walked out onto the plaza again in the warm twilight, safely reunited with the solid earth, and made our way back to the avenue for a taxi. I should add that normally I was a pretty upbeat, energetic kid, not a total headcase LOL. I happily visited other skyscrapers, like the Empire State (which I loved) and have been in other very tall buildings elsewhere with no real issues at all despite my basic acrophobia. I also really loved NYC and enjoyed exploring. Apart from almost being mugged twice in one day (that's 1970s-80s New York for ya!) my thoroughly unsetting visit to the WTC's North Tower was the only negative experience I ever had in New York. I've since read that many of those poor souls who died on 9/11 experienced feelings and premonitions similar to mine. I only wish we had all been wrong.
@@denverdubois5835 your story gives me chill, woow. I am speechless. What did you feel as you watched on live TV what was happening that day? What did your parents said?
Omg the restaurant though 😭❤️💕 I went there and it was astonishingly beautiful 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️😞😞😔 it’s really sad knowing that these beautiful structures turned all into rubble, it’s heartbreaking and it even hurts...😞
Every single thing from every picture shown was destroyed by the collapse of the building. I could imagine seeing how each room looks like while the building is collapsing.
It's so depressing seeing these photos and realizing how much was lost during those attacks. And btw I didn't even know certain parts of the Twin Towers were that beautiful! 😭
I still remember the first time I visited the towers like it was yesterday. I tilted my head all the way back and looked up, but still couldn't see the top floors, had to lay on the ground to see it, that's how tall those buildings were. The view at night from the restaurant was simply spectacular, eating there was pricey, but the food was delicious.
It's heartbreaking! All of this was destroyed, and SO MANY PEOPLE died, needlessly! Here is a chance to see the office floors they took for granted every morning after stepping out of the elevators on their way to their offices and their jobs! Never forget all of those who died either here, at the Pentagon (which still has unanswered questions), or in a field outside of Shanksville, PA!
Always wondered what it looked like from the inside. I even googled pictures once to get an idea. I feel a huge sense of sadness knowing so many people saw this view and environment everyday and not knowing they were going to die in it. So incredibly tragic and sad 😪
Sam Paule now imagine a plane crashing into those floors that were on impact and all of that inside just in flames, people and all. 1.5 seconds before the first plane hit, there were meetings, bosses discussing day agendas to their staff, people on the phone, people pouring cups of coffee. And then boom. Gone. Unless they were staring out the window, no one knew it was coming.
The photos of the stairwells would have been so random before 9/11, but now I can only imagine all the people who must have tried so desperately to escape down them that day.
Actually looking inside of it and really seeing how it was, I now have a very different perspective about all the horrible things that happened that day 😭 The people jumping just can’t, my brain just can’t comprehend that. It looks like a building style I’ve seen so many times in my life or as a kid in the 2000’s. It’s insane to think it all got ugly so fast
Twin Towers we're so Beautiful inside and out. After all these years there's always something missing in New York Twin Towers. Pictures don't look the same anymore.
@@spankmedaddytrump5612I respect ur opinion but I dont agree with u I think they looked stunning ,lets respect the memories of the towers ecen tho theur no longer here
come to think of it i feel if you rebuild them, the worries about superstition are gg definitely come about. you're definitely gg see lots of reports on supposed supernatural sightings in the rebuilt towers and if the situation gets too out of hand/paranoid, we're just gg have towers that no company wants to inhabit and everyone just scared on meeting what you don't want to meet. its definitely not gg be the same as bef even you u built back the exact same towers.
@@Galidorquest one world trade center is actually extremely well built and is one of the sturdiest buildings in the country. Dont be fooled by the "glass" exterior.
@@woah455 Idc, nobody wants to hear how much you like the Freedom Tower better. Btw, the original architect Minoru Yamasaki didn't like glass design, so the new buildings would be a big middle finger to him.
I get into these moods where I just video after video of the world trade center and what it looked like before. Something about those buildings always fascinated me and i wish I would have visited. Sad watching this knowing they don't exist anymore (and everything that went on inside)...RIP to everyone who died.
@oliviahill8907: I do the same - sometimes watching video after video. I did have dinner at Windows in about 1978 or very early 80s. I couldn’t handle being up that high and had a very unnerving feeling. I just did not want to be there. I can just imagine the horror of being stuck on one of the floors above the impact zone with no way out except to jump. It could have happened to any one of us. Timing is everything.
Feel so sad watching this to think of all the lives that were lost and the fact that the WTC before 9/11 isn't still standing today. Best wishes to victims families.
that is 1 WTC. It is chilling to think that in 2 WTC (the south tower), at 9:02 a.m. on Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001, the wing of United 175 sliced through the skylobby on 78 -- exactly the same as in 1 WTC shown here -- and left a trail of dead and mutilated people. that the vast open floor spaces, made possible by the towers' unique design, also contributed to the spread of the fires. that those same narrow stairwells were hopelessly clogged with debris on 9/11, preventing anyone above the impact zone in 1 WTC from escaping. That I was in Windows on the World several times. it makes me angry still.
Am I the only one who isn't impressed with the look of the inside of the old towers? They were so famous, even before the attack, that I thought they would be more glam. Just mostly a lot of huge rooms filled with cubicles. I would've hated going to work. Interesting video!
There were probably a number of very depressed office workers just making it through life in these offices to tell you the truth. The soulless corporate grind. They were lucky if they had windows at all with the 70s architecture. They didn't deserve to spend their lives in a space like that, or their final moments. Corporations then had a very poor consideration of how to promote employee wellbeing or mental wellness back then. That got worse post 9/11 and improved maybe starting 2010s or so. These people should have lived to get to a happier place in life. Thinking about that makes it more tragic. But there was also comradery and cheer when people worked to transcend the greyness with humanity and kindness. They made something out of it and helped each other up and along. That was lost too, snuffed out too soon. What was taken away was perhaps a slow but surely realized appreciation. Life, friends, and family are very precious and important. Carpe diem.
So eery , I remember being there in my teens. The video of the construction gives me goosebumps. I wonder if any of the people shown were there that day.
These photos show just how much the Twin Tower offices were ahead of their time. Everything down to the tiniest details. Much of the interior design of the WTC would still be admired today.
Before 1980, the building had No sprinkler system installed. Easiest way to know what pictures are before 1980, look at the ceiling for fire sprinkler system.
When I see those windows, I just can't help but think about the poor people who decided to jump through them. Can't imagine what it must've been like to make that decision and actually jump..
The first thing I thought of seeing that picture at 0:15 was imagining a plane flying through there while people were sitting at their desks minding their business. It’s almost inconceivable.
I cannot watch an older movie, which shows the Towers, without feeling sad and sorrow for those who lost their lives. They were such an icon. Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Sydney Opera House, Taj Mahal, the Kremlin. Things that instantly tell you where you are.
I like how some of the floors in a 1973-built building look way ahead of their time. If I didn’t see those signature windows, I would think it was something alive in 2021.
There’s something personal about the picture at 1:54. This office is like a little, cosy home, and the woman probably worked there long nights, perhaps even slept there a couple of times and brought along her kids to see the views. Oh fuck, the world lost something that day, and it wasn’t just the 3,000 people. The Towers were as much a living thing as the people in a way.
All looks the same as when I was there in 1979. Except for the computers. WOW looks the same; ha dinner there one night--sat at the bar. I took lots of pics (5 big albums worth), and was glad I did. (Jan Griffiths, on hubby's account).
I was around when towers were still there, but I never got to experience going inside both of them, especially since I was only 3 months and 4 days old when the towers collapsed
watching this all i can think of is the scene in the movie titanic: Thomas Andrews walks around the first class smoke room looking at the doomed ship that he helped build. the camera then showed him walking around A deck which is full of passengers and sweet music is playing and Rose asks him if the ship has been damaged and he replies "The ship.. Will sink.. all of this will be at the bottom of the Atlantic ". the same applies to this video the towers will go down
They were extraordinary structures. Such large spaces with no columns! More than a hundred floors! Hurricanes and giant planes couldn't bring them down! It was fire and cooling that brought them down. Exceptional.
yeah the mechanical floors are mostly for things like that. water pumps, ventilation, generators, electricity things like that. the dark bands you see around the building are air vents to ventilate all the equipment inside.one thing i forgot to mention is that the 110th floor of the 1wtc also held tv stations along with radio.in fact, it was mostly for tv im not sure if they got knocked off the air or if they were broadcasting at the time but im sure that they were effected.
Just seeing those windows scare me. Because I remember the horrible images on tv of those windows from outside. I wish I could enjoy these photos and see the beauty but instead I keep feeling the terror.
I only ever set foot in the lobby once when I was 14. it was massive. . but I noticed in the pictures that the ceilings in the upper floors look incredibly low
I worked on the 74th Floor of the North Tower one summer. The Twin Towers were a fantasyland. Everything about them was magical.
oh realy u was realy lucky to work in this place and more lucky to not die in 9/11
atrocchia praise God you were not in the twin tours in 9/11
summer of 2001?
Melissa Onorati towers
UF, YES, EVERITHING ABOUT THIS TOWERS IS Magical. like a vivid dream.
These interior pictures give you a good sense of how absolutely massive these buildings were. It's incomprehensible how much desks, chairs, computers and books were in these buildings.
Seeing this, I definitely imagine myself working on the floor where the plane hit and can't get it, how you disappear into thin air within a second. Weird sense
I did not know that the North or South Tower had a library that is pretty cool. These buildings were so huge that they were basically cruise ships on land. I wish time travel would exist someday to save these beautiful buildings from sick fucked up assholes.
But where did all that went to after the towers collapsed?
@@b-chu9747 I suppose to the landfill.
Except for the metal, that could be recycled again for something New.
@@ТимурЧернышев-ш2ц our minds cant comprehend…..
Several years before 9/11, I had dinner at Windows on the World. When I watched the tower collapse, a deep sense of loss and emptiness swelled up inside me. I remember all those who worked there and made that evening so wonderful. R.I.P. dear souls.........
I also ate, at the restaurant, years before this happened. It was a birthday surprise, with my family, went to the theater, before, we went to the World Trade!!! Wow!!! What beautiful buildings, and that night I didn't know we were so.high up!!! What a beautiful view!!!
Our company had a managers dinner in December of 2000 there as well. And then went to the observation deck overlooking the city. Pretty amazing place for sure.
There’s a video on RUclips that shows some of the staff at windows on the world and since they didn’t open restaurant until later in the evening, they were not at the WTC yet. I forgot what the video is called but it’s really sad hearing their story of loosing their brother and sisters
@@tinyube One of them was Jonathan Briley, a sound engineer. He was identified as The Falling Man. 😢
@@GioiaMancuso that’s very sad 😢 those pictures of him are haunting and really sad
who would of ever thought that pictures of inside an office building would be so eerie to watch .
Joey Noyes Yes, it is eerie to watch indeed!
@Joseph People took their existence for granted.
Agreed
Eerie looking at the floor level numbers on the elevators and office signs, certain and undeniable death above…..while below, miraculous escape and survival for others. You can’t help but look at the windows and think of those struggling for clean air and waving for rescue. Wondering what you would be doing on that day if you worked in those cubicles…getting coffee, chatting on the phone, joking with colleagues before the unimaginable nightmare begins. God awful and heartbreaking.
@@flabba23 *got fucked up
looking at those windows gives me chills, so many people jumped out of them that day :(
They didn't jump out, they fell out. Due to the smoke, they couldn't see.
@GE PLAYER He couldn't have run to the window, the floors were totally wrecked.
Patrick Harper well people had to jump but some did fall
😔😔😔😔
I was thinking the same thing. I'm looking at those offices, and it's difficult for me to imagine that someone used the furniture nearby to break that window open for air, and that they jumped later.
It's weird looking to a building that doesn't exist anymore
bangtan sonyeondan agree
Same
it does exist,but it's absolutely pulverized.
Especially considering its size
ikr, the new one looks kinda weird ngl
This was like the titanic of our century
James Odom wow well said couldn't agree more
Exactly, you want to scream "dont board that ship/dont go to work/get out now!"
Same century bro
no?
It’s prob gonna be 50 years before the do movies about this...
Strange how the most mundane photos can end up being so historically significant
The one picture of the office building decorated with sunflowers has me really emotional. People decorated this place and made it look really nice. I’m sorry it couldn’t stay like this. I’m sorry to whoever lost their sunflowers. :’(
Your comment break my heart, it's so true ! These poor souls ... but what is the timecode of the sunflowers ?
@@ninabonis9045 It is at 0:48. You're welcome.
Yeah, the little personal artifacts broke my heart too 🥺
some of the people who lost their sunflowers also lost their life its sad sad very sad depressingly sad traumaticly sad for the sunflower owners who survived. :'[
Thanks for sharing these pics. I used to work in Tower one, 81st floor, looking North. Left in 2000 and the company moved out before 9/11. I loved working there. We always had an 8:30am meeting in our conference room looking north to the Empire State building. I cant help but play in my head being there on 9/11 and actually seeing it coming. Cant get it out of my head. 19 years ago tomorrow...
My God, would you have survived the impact? I bet you have nightmares thinking of that.
@@laurabowe9426 most likely considering the impact was between the 93-99th floor of WTC 1
@@laurabowe9426 he said he left in 2000 as his company moved out of WTC. He is imagining being there at 8:30 looking at the Empire State. He is lucky that he wasn't there in real life
@@laurabowe9426 The line between life and death was between the 91/92 floors. Almost everyone on 91 and below lived. Everyone on 92 and up died. So 81 was still in the survivable zone, I think the survival rate was something like 98%.
Comment posted March 9, 2022 6:24 pm
That would’ve been a little over 10 floors above you, on the North side too. They where under Floor 93 so I mean it’s possible they can get out, so you’d survive, still it would be terrifying.
During a trip to New York, I remember visiting the WTC. We would take the elevator (express ?) from ground to top (110) in a huge elevator. We could hear the wind passing between the elevator and the walls outside of it. We were flying to the sky... The view from the top was so special. I remember looking down as much as possible and it gave the impression that the building was tilted. That was kind of scary. May the people who perished there rest in peace forever. I will never forget.
My stomach did a little somersault while going up in those elevators. AND THEN WHAT A VIEW IT WAS
Because they were tilted, for quite some time it was known that the wtc was built for shit and was due for a demolition before the events of 9/11
@@HybridBlueDream What u mean? The towers were a bad business?
@@HybridBlueDream yup end of life buildings. Maintenance on old things is huge. It's handy how Silverstein got 1.5x payout after litigation
@@Michael-lg4wz how do you know? just curious
All the computers, keyboards, mice, monitors, telephones, fax machines, printers, copiers, scanners, desks, chairs, books, safes, fridges, ventilation systems, you name it, all of it turned to dust and flowed into the streets of New York City.... unbelievable.
actually i never thought of that but now that you say it i live in downtown manhattan and ive always felt this grey feeling with no fresh air at all
So were the people, over 2000 dead produced around 20000 fragmented remains that were smaller than a penny.
Solarnova Not to mention all the paper! It still blows my mind they didn't find one stapler yet millions of pieces of paper just singed on the edges. I mean, you know the power of impact could blow a computer out the window... While it would be smashed on the ground it wouldn't have been pulverized... Even after the buildings fell.
And if it hadn't, it would have been in a museum
Solarnova people
That was a beautiful piece of engineering, we lost so many good people. today is Sep 11 and we never forget it.
Adjustable Wrench it’s September 11 in 2018. Rip.
that's what today is for me.. just 3 years in the future from your comment.... unbelievable how time flies... its been 18 years
imagine if the twin towers were still here with new technology and some building upgrade. Just imagine
Tekno77 yeah Saturday Morning Cartoons would still be running to this day
I wish it was more than ever
there is one in Tulsa, Oklahoma it's call Tue Williams Center Tower . it is 1/4 of the scale of the WTC. everything is the same. it did have a restaurant on the top floor,but it has since been removed it also had a mall at one time unit it was remodeled to make room for oil companies. the gentleman that had it built wanted it to be like WTC complex but didn't have enough area to build like the Towers
Christopher Arthur they even had a hotel in it too even WPIX, WABC, WNBC, WCBS, WNYW, WNET did their broadcasting in there
BullaTeairraThe Queen of Rap Briefs no didn't have any TV stations it did have a large food court and ice rink connected to it. I helped demo several floors and remodel them. the building is only 52 stories. it has a plumb Bob that goes down the elevator shaft to the basement and when the wind blows you can see how much it sways
It's difficult to imagine that these things
became ash in a few seconds.
Actually not. When the weight and acceleration of over 100 concrete floors comes crashing down there would not be much left.
They became dust. When the buildings collapsed, everything inside (metal, concrete, plastic, paper, humans) was pulverized in less than 15 seconds. The massive force of the collapse was strong enough to literally pulverize METAL.
You would think that two large buildings (both over 400 m high) would leave behind a massive pile of rubble. That didn't happen. There was some rubble (as you can see in the old photos) but majority of the buildings had been pulverized. I'm not sure how to describe it. It feels like a David Copperfield magic trick gone wrong. The buildings actually disappeared into thin air and never reappeared.
Well. A lot of Bombs inside the Building.
@@liesdiebibelbruder420 It doesn't need bombs for any building to collapse. I'm sick of people discrediting the accounts of those who survived, and the accounts of those who were in the building on the day. Have some respect and decency.
@@liesdiebibelbruder420 It's pathetic the way some people try to shoick in order to seek attention.
I visited Twin Towers as a tourist back in August 2000 (and went inside the South Tower). I feel privileged that I was able to see them and visit them before they were gone. What happened on 9/11 was so tragic even 20 years later I feel sad thinking about it... (I am not from the States).
I had no idea how beautiful the Towers were on the inside. As sad as it is, I can't help but wonder which folks made it out alive, who didn't and who jumped. It's just overwhelming when I see the people going about their day, not knowing what's to come.
+mmmbad Did you read about the one man that never go out, but survived? He said he just got down in a corner, and after it fell, the corner he was in was still standing! Check it out! There is a video on yt of an interview with him!
It just wasn't that mans time to go!
sorry but that is too hard to believe in
marcysss93 i KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT THAT IS HIS TESTIMONY!?
Its called the miracle of stairwell B
@@dog-gonedogs6939 Yup firemen helping down an older lady that couldn't move anymore, and they were on the 6th floor or something right were the rubble settled down.
Such a huge building but the office ceilings look so low. I'd have felt claustrophobic in there.
I agree. I can only assume they were maximising the number of offices they could fit in, as the project cost must have been huge.
I thought the same thing! The outer exterior of the building has such a different perception that the inner office space.
Yes, I agree. I felt the same by watching the Video.
The ceiling is like any other office.
Thought the same thing .. those cheap low dropped ceiling tiles are so hideous. You'd think more creativity would have gone into such an expensive building.
Thanks for posting. Brings back wonderful memories. To those who were never inside these majestic structures, you will never have any idea what you missed.
Im 15 years old right now, i've known about the original world trade center for a while now. I always admire these towers, the way the look and worked always facinated me. Such a shame that it couldn't stay like that. I wonder what would have happened if 9/11 necer happened, maybe the world would be a better place, especially in these times. Rest in peace World Trade Center and all the people that died on 911.
This is how we should remember them. Not their horrific end, but the life and joy they brought to so many. And the so many who brought them to life.
YES! This is also why they should be brought back.
I don't see what's so special about these spaces. Looks like any other corporate office I've seen
@@ReganMason-x9y yeah I work with a guy who lived near them and worked in manhattan on 911 he lives in WA state now but he said he wished they rebuilt them the same …he couldn’t stand seeing the memorial every day but admitted no one in his family passed but thought they should be rebuilt like nothing ever happend
@@VirreFriberg They had Americas highest grossing restaurant at the top of one tower and the worlds highest outdoor viewing deck at the top of the other tower. There was a massive mall underneath- the biggest in New York at that point in time, it was a major transport hub as well. Tourists were drawn to the towers like magnets and they symbolised the hustle and bustle and boldness of New York. They made the New York skyline the most instantly recognizable skyline in the world. They were behemoths of cutting-edge engineering- load bearing walls, giving each floor a full acre to personalise. Sadly their engineering was what made them collapse.
Well said, Doc.
It's gut-wrenching to think that perhaps some of the people in these photos are no longer with us. This presentation puts a human face on the tragedy.
Stuck in time. The computes. The fashion. Even the resolution of the photos.
Never forget 🇺🇸❤️💙
Those buildings stood for many years. It looks like many photos were from the 80's not necessarily from the early 2000's.
Photo resolution-as it was mostly film (digital existed but was newer tech)-was just fine (in fact superior in terms of depth of contrasts). What happens is that (1) quality of prints degrades over time and (2) converting to digital and uploading in common formats like JPEG when done to maximize file size vs resolution makes the photos grainy. An additional possibility is the use of cheaper camera technology-film SLRs were better than point-and-snap-as well as the photographer themselves (just like today)!
@@candysmith8724 yeah you’re right.
Part 1 of this video definitely had pictures from perhaps the 1980s. This video, part 2, appears to have many photos from 2000 or even 2001
You precious, beautiful, loving, peaceful Twin Towers. I W|ILL NEVER FORGET YOU. Not a day goes by that I don't miss you.
Sadly seeing the windows all I can think of is how so many people jumped out of them. I can't even imagine being in a situation where I knew I was going to die and could either choose between burning/suffocating or falling to my death. All of those poor people. It's heartbreaking.
Or crushed to death by the collapsing floors above you. :(😰😰😰😰
I never actually knew the wtc had fitness rooms
now u know
Oscar Wang and it had an underground train service too
Even a restaurant and bar
It had what the tenant wanted.
It had a mall and even a pet store 😪
Windows on the world look like it would have been a cute date spot especially in the evening
It's hard to believe that everything we see in this video is now gone. Just gone.
It always gives me the eerie. chills when I see the outline of the windows
Wow that Windows on the World was a beautiful restaurant, wasn't it? I would have loved to visit it, have a nice meal, gaze out upon Manhattan....what a shame... Other then that the cubicle life on the office floors with the close spaced windows...I think Id feel kind of claustrophobic working in some of those offices! Its really sad thinking that so many people died on 9/11 and they were doing nothing other then going about their daily life, going to work, eating at Windows on the World, etc. The World Trade Center was an absolute marvel....everything at the WTC seemed larger then life! I like seeing these pictures of the facility in its glory, everyone has seen the horrific 9/11 footage. Its refreshing to see a little glimpse of the former everyday life at the WTC.
Scary part about Windows on the World is they were in the first tower hit and because they were on the top floor no one died in the impact but they were trapped up their ... absolutely terrifying, and during brunch hour no less, so it was busy .. sorry to put that through your mind; I cannot imagine the terror and helplessness those poor people must have felt.
lulu I was she there on 911??
The lucky thing is that the tourist facilities in the towers didn't open until 9:30 am. Windows on the World was packed for a conference though. About 200 died there.
August 12, 2018 4:07 pm
I’m sure they saw/heard/felt the other tower fall. I can’t imagine the horror....
I was at windows of the world a few months before the attack, i remamber looking down from the windows in aw we had an even for jrhs kids around the city that did really well for something i cant remamber what and then when this happened was my first year in hs.
Marvelous buildings. Wish they were still around.
Would have been cool if they rebuilt the towers again, the new ones are cool, but it doesn't have the same awe to it. And on top of that there is only one really tall one instead of two.
Evil Tree ya me too 😔
they were actually going to rebuild them but they decided not to out of respect to the families of the victims and they thought it would bring back the horrible memories of that day and even if they would rebuild them they would only be half occupied the freedom tower only has a few people working above the 90th floor,ever since 9/11 only a few people actually wanna work that high up just in case another attack occurs they don't wanna get stuck up there like many did on 9/11
@@fireweatherguy Эти башни нужно восстановить в том же виде и в том же стиле 1970-х годов, как это было. Так как это функционально и стильно и является огромным украшением города NY. Это был символ Нью-Йорка. 21.06.24.
In a parallel universe they still exist.
In a world where 9/11 never existed, they would (or in a world where 9/11 does happen but not on the same scale)
@Coleco And l have a unicorn living in my garden.
I truly hope so 🙏🙏
And one does the other doesn't. One half collapses, etc. Every conceivable outcome is out there in Parallel...dom. If you believe in that.
I too believe they still exist in a parallel universe, now if only I or science could find a way to get there like they do in the movies.
It looked beautiful inside, I would have loved to have flown from the UK to visit them at least once,. Back in 2000, I brought a map of New York (before the days when we started using Google maps) which featured the Twin Towers on it's cover, I still have that map to this day somewhere. I keep it as a memory of my once plan to visit the Twin Towers until they were taken away on 9/11. Luckily we have so many videos uploaded to RUclips to remind us on how magnificent these buildings were but this will never compare to the real thing.
Windows on the World was a fantastic place for a wedding.
A city within a city
those poor souls.i don't know how people can stand working in skyscrapers, they seem so cramped and tight on the inside. rows of cubicles, low ceilings, the long stretching corridors and if you're in the interior of the building you have no windows. how do you not feel like just another cog in the machine in that setting? plus just knowing you're that far away from the ground. no thank you!
beautiful structure
It's actually spooky to watch the before photos. Now there is nothing everything thing in those photos does not exist anymore as well as perhaps those people who are in the photos.
2:54 Imagine telling someone you got married in one of the WTC's twin towers before they were destroyed.
Imagine yourself on the floor when the plane hit when you get married
Those offices are pure hell. Nearly every single picture has a liminal space feeling to it.
For some reason I get claustrophobic looking at these pics.
@@208_treasure6 Ceilings are way too low for those big rooms, proportions are off. Professional architects should know that. Not even mentioning the interior "design".
So scary to see those rows of vertical windows and imagine being there on that fateful morning.
In all honesty the interior design is utterly depressing. I remember this aesthetic from the 90's/00's, it was about functionality only, no soul. Actually makes me feel more bad for the victims, to perish in that cramped space.
@ユジン
Thank you for pointing that out.
I know it was a massive tragedy but people saying how beautiful it was inside ? I thought are they looking at the same photos as me ?
@@marcushull12 They most likely mean the windows of world restaurant. The offices looked terrible.
They struggled to get out in 93 when terrorists attacked it. 6 people died. 1000+ were injured. The port authority built it with 3 emergency stairwells instead of 6 to maximise floor space. A person at the time said those buildings were a death trap. Glad I never got to visit.
I heard that on a still day or when there wasn't much activity around you, you could feel them gently sway on the upper floors to the point of chairs on rollers slightly moving... The offices did look kind of cramped with low ceilings.
You could. Similar to very tall buildings in Tokyo--the Japanese have some of the best skyscraper tech due to their earthquake problems, and iirc the architect of the original WTC was Japanese. The towers would sway slightly in the wind, and it was intentional. Unfortunately, I am very sensitive to such things as I have a strong fear of heights.
When my parents took me to the WTC in 1981, I was just a teenager and a bit moody that day which made the experience worse, but there was still something else going on that I cannot rationally explain. They were huge, incredibly impressive buildings. The scale was beyond anything mere words can describe. They were a whole, magnificent ecosystem of their own, teeming with life and excitement and bustling activity. And of course the views were unparalleled. Once we reached the Windows On The World at the top of the North Tower, I was enthralled by the panorama of all Manhattan laid out below us. It was also probably the nicest restaurant I'd ever eaten in at that point in my life--I daresay it still is.
But the buildings also induced a constant low-level terror that I couldn't shake. I used to have premonitions when I was a teenager, I mean really distinct ones, not vague feelings, and the twin towers frightened me badly, even when I was just outside on the plaza looking up at them--I felt like they were coming down on me. I actually tried to talk my Mom and Dad out of going any further than the lobby and gift shop. I felt miserable and trapped the whole time I was up at the restaurant, much as I longed to relax and enjoy myself. I couldn't even let my poor parents take a window table. We had to sit in the middle of the dining room instead, because the height, the sense of claustrophobia and the subtle movements of the building made me dizzy and disoriented, and the strong sense of underlying dread I was experiencing did NOT help. I still, forty years later, remember the immense relief I felt when we walked out onto the plaza again in the warm twilight, safely reunited with the solid earth, and made our way back to the avenue for a taxi.
I should add that normally I was a pretty upbeat, energetic kid, not a total headcase LOL. I happily visited other skyscrapers, like the Empire State (which I loved) and have been in other very tall buildings elsewhere with no real issues at all despite my basic acrophobia. I also really loved NYC and enjoyed exploring. Apart from almost being mugged twice in one day (that's 1970s-80s New York for ya!) my thoroughly unsetting visit to the WTC's North Tower was the only negative experience I ever had in New York. I've since read that many of those poor souls who died on 9/11 experienced feelings and premonitions similar to mine. I only wish we had all been wrong.
@@denverdubois5835 your story gives me chill, woow. I am speechless. What did you feel as you watched on live TV what was happening that day? What did your parents said?
Wow they had a gym @1:31 I didn't know that
+Blaise Reed-Jenkins Only the swole survived that fateful day.
+Lisandro Posse You made my day.
Blaise Reed-Jenkins
Maybe to workout?
The Twin towers had everything.
Omg the restaurant though 😭❤️💕 I went there and it was astonishingly beautiful 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️😞😞😔 it’s really sad knowing that these beautiful structures turned all into rubble, it’s heartbreaking and it even hurts...😞
I'm getting chills. All of these rooms and features inside are destroyed, and will never be rebuilt. EVER.
Well you could wish for a new world trade tower then they will have to built it the same.
Every single thing from every picture shown was destroyed by the collapse of the building. I could imagine seeing how each room looks like while the building is collapsing.
Beautiful wow I had no idea they looked so cool inside. I thought it was all offices. The windows of the world.
+Jim Faust That gym surprised me lol, the towers held their own city inside.
+Lisandro Posse yes they did. it wouldnt surprise me if they had a mini golf thing in there lol
Yeah lol pretty amazing, they even lasted almost a couple of hours as an airport.
It's so depressing seeing these photos and realizing how much was lost during those attacks. And btw I didn't even know certain parts of the Twin Towers were that beautiful! 😭
I still remember the first time I visited the towers like it was yesterday. I tilted my head all the way back and looked up, but still couldn't see the top floors, had to lay on the ground to see it, that's how tall those buildings were. The view at night from the restaurant was simply spectacular, eating there was pricey, but the food was delicious.
It looked so simple from the outside, inside, it was another world.
It's heartbreaking! All of this was destroyed, and SO MANY PEOPLE died, needlessly! Here is a chance to see the office floors they took for granted every morning after stepping out of the elevators on their way to their offices and their jobs! Never forget all of those who died either here, at the Pentagon (which still has unanswered questions), or in a field outside of Shanksville, PA!
Thank you for posting this 🙂
Amazing pictures. It's too bad we don't have these towers anymore. I love how modern some offices look!
It’s sad that all of this is gone
Always wondered what it looked like from the inside. I even googled pictures once to get an idea. I feel a huge sense of sadness knowing so many people saw this view and environment everyday and not knowing they were going to die in it. So incredibly tragic and sad 😪
This is so sad how big the floors are and how many people were there
Sam Paule now imagine a plane crashing into those floors that were on impact and all of that inside just in flames, people and all. 1.5 seconds before the first plane hit, there were meetings, bosses discussing day agendas to their staff, people on the phone, people pouring cups of coffee. And then boom. Gone. Unless they were staring out the window, no one knew it was coming.
The floors were nearly an acre each!
@@michaelmyers8733 Thats 4046 m2 (for those who like me use the metric system)
Thanks for sharing these!
The photos of the stairwells would have been so random before 9/11, but now I can only imagine all the people who must have tried so desperately to escape down them that day.
Looking at these pics is almost scarier than the 9/11 footage. To imagine what it was really like in there.....
What a beautiful building
eerie feeling watching this..
Jacquelíne R. Baj same 😰😰😰😰😰
Why.
@@jackwatson3944 Probably because we're looking at a building that was destroyed in a tragedy killing thousands of people
Actually looking inside of it and really seeing how it was, I now have a very different perspective about all the horrible things that happened that day 😭 The people jumping just can’t, my brain just can’t comprehend that. It looks like a building style I’ve seen so many times in my life or as a kid in the 2000’s. It’s insane to think it all got ugly so fast
Twin Towers we're so Beautiful inside and out. After all these years there's always something missing in New York Twin Towers. Pictures don't look the same anymore.
They looked kinda ugly TBH
@@spankmedaddytrump5612I respect ur opinion but I dont agree with u I think they looked stunning ,lets respect the memories of the towers ecen tho theur no longer here
They should rebuild such a fantastic structure.
J They didn't actually rebuild. Instead, they built modern glass buildings and a memorial pool.
come to think of it i feel if you rebuild them, the worries about superstition are gg definitely come about. you're definitely gg see lots of reports on supposed supernatural sightings in the rebuilt towers and if the situation gets too out of hand/paranoid, we're just gg have towers that no company wants to inhabit and everyone just scared on meeting what you don't want to meet.
its definitely not gg be the same as bef even you u built back the exact same towers.
@@Galidorquest one world trade center is actually extremely well built and is one of the sturdiest buildings in the country. Dont be fooled by the "glass" exterior.
@@woah455 Idc, nobody wants to hear how much you like the Freedom Tower better. Btw, the original architect Minoru Yamasaki didn't like glass design, so the new buildings would be a big middle finger to him.
I get into these moods where I just video after video of the world trade center and what it looked like before. Something about those buildings always fascinated me and i wish I would have visited. Sad watching this knowing they don't exist anymore (and everything that went on inside)...RIP to everyone who died.
@oliviahill8907: I do the same - sometimes watching video after video. I did have dinner at Windows in about 1978 or very early 80s. I couldn’t handle being up that high and had a very unnerving feeling. I just did not want to be there. I can just imagine the horror of being stuck on one of the floors above the impact zone with no way out except to jump. It could have happened to any one of us. Timing is everything.
I never thought I would be fascinated by the interior of an office building.
Feel so sad watching this to think of all the lives that were lost and the fact that the WTC before 9/11 isn't still standing today. Best wishes to victims families.
that is 1 WTC. It is chilling to think that in 2 WTC (the south tower), at 9:02 a.m. on Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001, the wing of United 175 sliced through the skylobby on 78 -- exactly the same as in 1 WTC shown here -- and left a trail of dead and mutilated people. that the vast open floor spaces, made possible by the towers' unique design, also contributed to the spread of the fires. that those same narrow stairwells were hopelessly clogged with debris on 9/11, preventing anyone above the impact zone in 1 WTC from escaping. That I was in Windows on the World several times. it makes me angry still.
This makes me feel incredibly claustrophobic knowing people were stuck inside
Am I the only one who isn't impressed with the look of the inside of the old towers? They were so famous, even before the attack, that I thought they would be more glam. Just mostly a lot of huge rooms filled with cubicles. I would've hated going to work. Interesting video!
and cheap looking , I cant understand how many people are saying how beautiful they are inside ?
There were probably a number of very depressed office workers just making it through life in these offices to tell you the truth. The soulless corporate grind. They were lucky if they had windows at all with the 70s architecture. They didn't deserve to spend their lives in a space like that, or their final moments. Corporations then had a very poor consideration of how to promote employee wellbeing or mental wellness back then. That got worse post 9/11 and improved maybe starting 2010s or so. These people should have lived to get to a happier place in life. Thinking about that makes it more tragic.
But there was also comradery and cheer when people worked to transcend the greyness with humanity and kindness. They made something out of it and helped each other up and along. That was lost too, snuffed out too soon.
What was taken away was perhaps a slow but surely realized appreciation.
Life, friends, and family are very precious and important. Carpe diem.
So eery , I remember being there in my teens. The video of the construction gives me goosebumps. I wonder if any of the people shown were there that day.
wow beautiful both inside and out
F
These photos show just how much the Twin Tower offices were ahead of their time. Everything down to the tiniest details. Much of the interior design of the WTC would still be admired today.
Two of these pictures are from the the 70s. 0:31 and 3:06.
Before 1980, the building had No sprinkler system installed. Easiest way to know what pictures are before 1980, look at the ceiling for fire sprinkler system.
So eerie. It’s haunting to see these places and people, wondering if any of them died that day. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Some of those offices looked insanely nice and modern
Imagine the fear going thru the innocent peoples heads when the planes struck from beneath them
When I see those windows, I just can't help but think about the poor people who decided to jump through them. Can't imagine what it must've been like to make that decision and actually jump..
The first thing I thought of seeing that picture at 0:15 was imagining a plane flying through there while people were sitting at their desks minding their business. It’s almost inconceivable.
I cannot watch an older movie, which shows the Towers, without feeling sad and sorrow for those who lost their lives. They were such an icon. Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Sydney Opera House, Taj Mahal, the Kremlin. Things that instantly tell you where you are.
What a nice and relaxing library at 2:15!!!
Windows on the World looked gorgeous. It’s awful that nobody who was up there enjoying their breakfast survived.
I like how some of the floors in a 1973-built building look way ahead of their time. If I didn’t see those signature windows, I would think it was something alive in 2021.
What kind of room was that @0:44? It almost looks like a space that could be used as a dance studio.
klassicalmuzik It's probably vacant space.
I can't believe they denied Windows on the World a space at the Freedom Tower.
They denied it? How come, that's like a huge part of the North tower floor 106. Why did they decline it?
They probably don’t want all those people in there at one time
@@jaysoncarroll6420 but there is like a bar and a restaurant there but it's called one dine and one mix , something like that
@@breaksquad1236 I'm pretty sure it wasn't denied, just they originally wanted to, but "cost concerns" and "lack of support".
There’s something personal about the picture at 1:54. This office is like a little, cosy home, and the woman probably worked there long nights, perhaps even slept there a couple of times and brought along her kids to see the views. Oh fuck, the world lost something that day, and it wasn’t just the 3,000 people. The Towers were as much a living thing as the people in a way.
It still feels as an enormous loss that these towers don't excist anymore.
So many lives lost, two so beautiful buildings destroyed. So sad!
All looks the same as when I was there in 1979. Except for the computers. WOW looks the same; ha dinner there one night--sat at the bar. I took lots of pics (5 big albums worth), and was glad I did. (Jan Griffiths, on hubby's account).
@douglasgriffiths3534: Fantastic that you have pictures. !
Все интерьеры в стиле 70-х, это удивительно.
nostalgic and sad
Thanks for sharing part one and two. Have been curious as to what the inside looked like.
Two beautiful buildings, beautiful innocent people gone. It's heart breaking.
I was around when towers were still there, but I never got to experience going inside both of them, especially since I was only 3 months and 4 days old when the towers collapsed
Its incredible to think that all of this, plus more, could be reduced to rubble in seconds.
watching this all i can think of is the scene in the movie titanic: Thomas Andrews walks around the first class smoke room looking at the doomed ship that he helped build. the camera then showed him walking around A deck which is full of passengers and sweet music is playing and Rose asks him if the ship has been damaged and he replies "The ship.. Will sink.. all of this will be at the bottom of the Atlantic ". the same applies to this video the towers will go down
Wow Thankyou for the amazing videos,it was so nice to see what these beautiful towers looked like inside.😀🇦🇺
They were extraordinary structures. Such large spaces with no columns! More than a hundred floors! Hurricanes and giant planes couldn't bring them down! It was fire and cooling that brought them down. Exceptional.
yeah the mechanical floors are mostly for things like that. water pumps, ventilation, generators, electricity things like that. the dark bands you see around the building are air vents to ventilate all the equipment inside.one thing i forgot to mention is that the 110th floor of the 1wtc also held tv stations along with radio.in fact, it was mostly for tv im not sure if they got knocked off the air or if they were broadcasting at the time but im sure that they were effected.
Just seeing those windows scare me. Because I remember the horrible images on tv of those windows from outside. I wish I could enjoy these photos and see the beauty but instead I keep feeling the terror.
It's weird to think they were only around for a less than 30 years. Such an iconic part of the NY skyline, but only there for fleeting moment in time.
it is hard to believe that this all collapsed
I only ever set foot in the lobby once when I was 14. it was massive. . but I noticed in the pictures that the ceilings in the upper floors look incredibly low
Rest In Peace to every dear soul who died that day 💔
They were beautiful buildings so full of life, these pictures made it so real 😢
Thankyou 🍃🌺🍃