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- I was working at May Davis Group as a Jamaican-Born stock broker on the 87th floor of the North Tower at One World Trade Center. I am posting this video because tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the World Trade Center disaster. Many of my friends in this video lost their lives that day, but I survived. As such, I'm honoring all the lost lives from that tragedy.
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You don't see enough personal footage like this, showing just a normal everyday /working day in the towers.
Cameras just weren't as prevalent back then as they are today. Not sure what the saturation of cell phone usage is today, but, if you're carrying a cell phone, there's nearly a 99% certainty that you're also carrying a photographic camera, if not a video camera.
Back then, it just didn't occur to people to bring a camera to work, let alone a video camera, unless it was part of your job. But I am only speaking from the experience of a high schooler at the time of this video, having joined the military within a year of it and spent 9/11 in boot camp, so YMMV tbh.
We don't even see modern vlogs inside the WTC today. I guess people think their workplace is way too boring to vlog.
@@ryancortez7954 well you gotta realize all businesses are different. LOTS of businesses require no cell phone use during work hours. So unless it’s a part of the job, most people don’t just casually record during work. It was a much different time back then
People usually never record inside their job, its boring. TBH, taking a peek inside the WTC and how people spent their day is only interesting because of 911, as it helps US have empathy for the people that died that day.
@@steren700 You're right. Many daily things we do everyday, we see as boring because it's normal to us. But something as simple as an outfit we may put on will one day be a historical piece.
For people who don’t know, the company this guy works for is called May Davis. They were located at the 87th floor of the North Tower. On 9/11, they were about 5 floors under the impact zone (which still would’ve meant feeling the explosion of the plane in its entirety and being engulfed in a blazing inferno). The tower was hit on the Northeast side and they were on the southwest side, so luckily most were able to escape. Unfortunately though, head trader Harry Ramos, who had a wife and baby, seen at 3:35 did not survive. Harry died a hero by not leaving anyone behind and waiting for people who couldn’t make it all the way down themselves. RIP to all the lives lost that day in that meaningless and senseless act of terror.
I thought Jason Braunstein survived in the hospital. Harry was the only one not surviving.
The 87th was the 5th highest survivable floor, the 91st was the highest. But you are correct, they were in very close proximity to a blazing inferno - about 50 feet.
Just 5 floors above them, on the 92nd floor, there was no escape, not to mention nearly the entire floor was consumed by fire even before the collapse. The plane's impact was on 93-99 with the main fuselage crashing through 95 and 96.
Comment posted March 13, 2023 12:16 am
Jason survived the attacks and went to the hospital. Harry was the only one who did not survive. He died trying to help Victor Wald a stranger he'd never met escape. They both perished when the building collapsed.
They were 6 floors below impact
Thank you so much for making this clearer.
He didn't know it at the time, but the footage he shot would ultimately become far more important than he could have ever imagined.
I love how it shows that office/business workers are not just cold and robotic, it's like watching teenagers at high school
@stiannobelisto573 - Office banter is great. You can become like a family, with nights out, etc.
@@villanelle8888 Really
@@Black.Sabbath Yeah, you actually spend more time with your colleagues if you work 9am-5pm every day, than you do with your family (except for weekends, of course).
@@villanelle8888really
I just found that Harry @ 3:33 is among the dead that day. He apparently refused to leave until everyone managed to escape. Rest in power.
:'-(
Where did you find a list? I have been trying to find one. It's so surreal seeing these folks before the tragedy
I’m about to cry because that is just so sad smh Lost my god father in the South Tower, Fiduciary Trust.
OMG ! !
:'(
God Blees them all
3:38 Holy fuck, that's Harry Ramos.
The man was one of the first trying to get people out of the Tower and died because he wouldn't let Victor Wald (someone he didn't even know prior to this) behind in the stairwells.
He could have easily made it out on his own, but stayed.
Wait the guy from Inside of WTC documentary? Which means this guy knows the other person name Hong Zhu who were helping him before he escape himself but he was not in this video.
@@LightBluly yeah! I was trying to see if i saw Zhu in this video but I couldn't spot him.
Yes you are right i sheck her name in youtube and i Saw him
It’s a blessing Harry made it down as far as he did with Victor, they got to around the 20th Floor when The North Tower collapsed.
@@LightBluly I saw that documentary too. So sad. To think if they hadn’t wasted time with that elevator they would have made it.
I was a tourist at the WTC in September 1999. I remember there was a mall just underneath the towers. I bought some hair clips from an accessories store, still have those clips after 20 years, they're treasured possessions for me, like a proof the place was actually there before the horror happened.
Wonder what is the mall like for the recent WTC they built. Is it the same as the old one?
@@Antimatter050New Yorker here, it is nothing like the old one. It’s mostly high end shops that target the rich and tourists willing to shell out the money.
@@GilbertGreen7019 As another New Yorker who hasn't been to the WTC, I don't even need to go there to know that you're correct. And it's mostly where tourists go anyway.
I worked in the South Tower before 9/11 for Ebasco. Raytheon bought Ebasco in the 1990s. Not a day passes that I don't miss the Towers. A coworker gave me a little cup with designs on it in 1980. I still have it.
Before the ReTrumplicans start calling it a hoax
Even as a little child I still remember the air of optimism we had in 2000
Me too but it never lasts right 😢😢😢
It took getting over the Y2K scare first, but then the future looked bright, yes.
Then the old people and conservatives ruined it all with their greed.
Me too. Techno, trance and cosmic revival bubble gum pop music. T.v.s we're starting to get thinner, LCDs and Nokia cell phones, and that weird extremely blue light on the buttons of those flip phones.
There was something really special; a perfect balance of tech and social life in that world. @lakecityransom, Y2K was nothing sinister or evil, it was more like just a possible downer that never actually hurt. It was nothing. :)
@@bentonrp Indeed, but back then it was something. Remember "Will 2K" and the Willenium calming us down? Remember Will... oh nevermind. :(
At the time, this video was not a big deal. Now this video is priceless. RIP Harry Ramos.
@Daniel Foodist Man just like your grandpa when he got killed in ww2
@Daniel Foodist Man okay you got your attention now so leave your mother's basement for once
@Daniel Foodist Man woah ur so edgy and silly 🤪🤪🤪
For those of you who don't know who Harry Ramos was, in my mind he was a hero. True I never knew him or anyone in the towers but he worked for the May Davis Group in the North Tower and he was at work on 9/11. He survived the initial impact of the first plane but unfortunately he was killed when the north tower collapsed. He was helping a man named Victor get down the stairs of the north tower. He was a true hero. May he RIP. May we never forget September 11, 2001.
El del minuto 3:34?
@@luckyvideos7141 Si.
Unbelievable. Could have been my dad. He worked there often but was at a different location at the time.
@@yankees29 thank god it was not
I forgor 💀
3:32 that's Harry Ramos, he was the head trader at May Davis, and that man died making sure people got out of the North Tower on 9/11, god bless that hero
When that building fell, it wasn't just debris of the building coming down. It was all that office equipment, desks, printers, computers, ink, coffee machines, toilets, sinks, and human beings coming down, squashed, broken, ripped apart and utterly destroyed. A horrible thing to think about.
Some of the dust they breathed in that day were people
And a crap ton of asbestos. People in the area got cancer from it after the fact.
I had that same thought when I saw the framed jersey on the wall at 4:00-it wasn't all office supplies and stuffy white-collar atmosphere, it was also full of hobbies and niche interests that came from all the unique people inside.
Yes and it was in those two towers that friendships and relationships had formed. The highs and lows of the workplace, the gossip and the laughs. All those everyday interactions between people one can take for granted.
People who were working in there and survived somehow and those who once did, I hope they can try and cherish what they once had following such horror that happened on that day.
Thanks for making me think about it then
This is amazing footage showing what most of us never saw - the humans who worked everyday in the towers. Thanks for uploading. Very sad to think of what happened.
Facts💯✔ Unfortunately looking at this 21yrs later, a lot of these people are gone.
You never seen someone working?
@@laluna5847 this was filmed at the world trade centre in New York. Google what happened there and you will understand my comment
@@mrwifi1206 google what happened? Huh
@@chrisleid3356 correct
Have you considered sending this to the 9/11 museum at the WTC? I’m sure they would love to show what a normal day in the towers was like before the events.
Facts💯✔ they should create a section in the museum showing footage & pictures of a regular day at the towers. This would balance out the gloom & doom going on down there
Such a great idea.
I will definitely consider contacting them
@@eclewis let us know what they say. I think this is a great idea and I hope they accept it.
@@eclewis Any news on it so far?
Rip to Harry @3:36 he’s known as a hero for helping other civilians who was trapped in the collapsed towers.
Very historic.
Not completely accurate
There were many people helping one another that day. Like Frank de martini then the guy in the red bandana too. And there's others too
3:03 "Something's coming, I know it, something's coming man." When put in a different perspective, it changes the whole meaning of that statement. God rest all who lost their lives that fateful day...
The exchange between these two is absolutely hilarious.
Appreciate you uploading this video. It's a lovely memorial of your coworkers who lost their lives.
@Daniel Foodist Man That's nothing to joke about, wtf?...
@Daniel Foodist Man That's not funny, kid. You've come to the wrong place, go back to playing Roblox.
@Daniel Foodist Man troll 🤣🤣
@Daniel Foodist Man go back to playing Minecraft kiddo
@Daniel Foodist Man it's really not funny at all these people are all dead in the video some of the perhaps jumped from the windows!
Man, this really puts into perspective how actually tall were the towers and how those poor people who jumped had to make that decision...
No comment
It really shows how vulnerable and powerless we actually are.
As he was showing footage from a window I immediately felt sick. Those poor souls decided jumping from that height is better than being burned alive.... May they all rest in peace. Terrorism is pathetic.
Yes to jump that high shows how bad it was inside 😢
There is a theory that says not all jumpers did so on purpose. A lot of them may have been looking for a way out; crawling on hands and knees, surrounded with thick smoke. At least some of them never realised they were at the edge of the building.
This office environment looked so open and relaxed, 30% work, 70% fun and games chatting to your friends.
Gone are the days..
Right !
Be a part of the change instead of complaining. It’s the older generation that made work awful. The new generations actually care about people. Grow up.
@@AleyRoseare you serious? the new generation ain’t ish but whiney ass pansy mommas boys and girls.
Being a kid during this time, I know a lot of adults hated it and office jobs were considered "dead ends" even if the pay was good. Office Space is a reflection of that sentiment. Perhaps some departments were more relaxed than others. Just depended on the boss.
@@AleyRose Im only 26 and definitely not complaining, just pointing out the fact how much more open people seemed and how much more laid back it was back then. In my company for example no matter how much I wanted to act like this and influence change (believe me I try) I would be sacked on the spot if I walked around swinging a golf club chatting to everyone, or video recorded the whole office for over an hour getting barely any work done 😂 maybe Its time for me to look for a new job 🤣
It's like watching an old world. I know it is, but it's just that after it all happened the world changed so rapidly. It's always astounding how 20 years have left in the blink of an eye. Not to mention the technological advancements that have taken place within that time frame. When a camera was still not entirely common. Amazing footage.
I LOVE your response! SO true. After this tragic event, the world DID change so rapidly!
I understand your point of view. I agree!!
Technology was probably changing faster then if anything, certainly computers were increasing in processing power much faster(and subsequently becoming obsolete much faster, unfortunately). Perhaps the biggest changes have just been miniaturization of components.
It's like even the colors of things have changed. I remember a lot more warm beiges vs now--cool grey everywhere. I don't have a preference and I'm not trying to sound Boomerish lol. I was a middle schooler on 9/11 so my memories of tech and such feel very similar to this office footage.
@DoubleMonoLR facts. People were texting, paging, using pay phones, etc. Only difference is you can dor more with a phone now and like you said. Laptops and Tvs for example are less compact. But generally things are the same, but society and the vibe of it is different. Partly due to social media
In 507 days, and 7 minutes, those towers would be gone. Such a tragedy. My condolences to the friends and family of people lost on that fateful day.
God bless the families
You could have said months, why you said days to make it more what? Lol, also if you said Days you could have said the seconds and mili seconds too. 💀💀
3:31 Harry Ramos didn’t survive, he was in a stairwell with a man helping him down the stairs
What a beautiful soul.
That's so tragic, may he rest in peace 💔
Stayed with Heavy set man. Victor Wald I believe was his last name that he stayed with
RIP Innocent souls Harry Ramos and his coworkers.
R.I.P. :(
The guy giggling while filming this and making his coworkers laugh gives me goosebumps. For a moment those laughs soothe the part of me that finds this sad and haunting.
The guy's name is EC. This was his video we all saw. I believe he's alive and well.
The early 2000s were interesting. You can still get a hint the 90s vibes from the way people dressed and how happy and content they were before today's technology.
I was 22 and I miss so much that time
They need to make a whole docu-series just on the lifetime of the World Trade Centers.
I've said something similar. World Trade Center, the life of the towers kind of thing. It highlights the life of the towers and the human beings behind it than the destruction.
There are documentaries about the people inside.
Not what you were asking for, but the miniseries on HULU was very well done. I think there are 6 episodes regarding the attack with videos and interviews. 9/11: One Day in America
There is a good History Channel doc called World Trade Center: A Modern Marvel. It focuses on the architectural design and daily function of the towers. It was made shortly before 9/11 and so does not focus on the attacks, although a later version was released retitled “World Trade Center: In Memoriam” that adds some extra contextual narration by the host. Its about an hour and has tons of great footage of the construction and life of the Twin Towers. It even has interviews with some who sadly were killed that day
Hollywood and Netflix entered the chat
2000 = annoying jamaican coworker
2021 = historic footage
Every workplace needs that one guy to successfully crack a smile out of every worker.
This may be the only video I've seen of a normal work day in the towers. Extremely rare
Same
how do you feel about the dodgers beating the giants
lol
What's kind of crazy to think about is that if I saw this back in 2000 as a young teen, I wouldn't have thought much of it. Just a video of some people in an office. Now it feels haunted, like I'm hearing the echoes of ghosts. Thank you for uploading this
Same. I was about 11 when this video was made. It feels like another life. Everything from the clothes to the lighting to the tech is different. And it does feel like I am looking at ghosts.
@@kellys5981 Seems like most of these people survived though, thankfully. At least according to the comments above
@@artemis1993reed description fuul
thats what all the footage we record today is going to become. the voice of ghosts. film as much as you can, it will be invaluable one day.
I was 2 years old
2000 was a decent year, still like the 90s. All good before the 9/11/01 horror.
That was when ps2 came out and it was crazy popular.
February 26th 1993 was the 1st attempt to bring the towers down when a truck filled with 1200 pounds of explosive was parked and detinated in B2 parking garage of the north tower until 9/11/01 no one thought people would fly Air planes into the buildings.
True. Living 30 years prior with relative peace then that horrible day. May those who caused it be damned forever to relive their victims' lives in parallel universes.
*This man are truly Vloger before TH-cam was exist.*
''Stop wasting Tape!....Nobody is going to watch this Stuff....''
21+ Years later
Your comment got me. In 2000, these people couldn’t fathom what this video would represent.
The office shown in this video was just 6 floors below the impact zone of Flight 11. Very eerie.
It was the 5th highest floor that was still survivable. Everyone from 92 up was killed.
Comment posted October 11, 2021 2:11 pm
@@whattheheck1000 actually the guy at 3:31 died on 9/11
@@NickyD harry ramos
I wish society was like this today.. with purpose calm and collected... without to much technology.
Couldn't help but watch this video through the eyes of the guy's mum, how impressed she must have been. Also noted the funny front desk girl is 44 today. Glad you are safe man. 🇯🇲. RIEP to Harry.
Back when people were still camera shy lol. Loved the banter between your colleagues; may they R.I.P. What a great working environment! Thanks for sharing
I am still camera shy, maybe age got something to do with it.
may davis only lose one worker which was harry
I dislike comments like this. People are more camera shy today because back then you weren’t going to be put on the internet and cameras were less common. (This video wasn’t put on the internet back then)
And a strange generalization to make from one person’s friends
Im 26 and still camera shy , even though I grew up with phones with cameras. I think they were less camera shy back then
What a sweet group of people you worked with. God bless all of them.
@@Great-Documentaries Since when was God a woman?
@@Great-Documentaries bruh
@@Great-Documentaries are you an atheist?
I never knew what the inside looked like. So thank you for this great piece of history. RIP to all lives lost on 9/11
You seem like a high-spirited and fun person, definitely someone who everyone likes to be around. It’s unfortunate that many wonderful lives were taken away by that tragedy, but it’s so good to know that people like you were able to make it and are still with us. Thank you for sharing your noteworthy experience.
Your video is so amazing. I’ve always seen the lobby or the lower mall level, but your video helps me understand how the work atmosphere inside the towers really was. It’s evident to me that the people who worked there truly loved their job and the towers themselves. This video is a great example of that.
Now everybody hates their job. The work atmosphere became more hostile over the years.
@Daniel Foodist Man that's not funny at all
@@Solitude633 we are working too much. And we don’t even know what we are working for. You cannot buy a house or anything of value (long term value).
I get so sad and wish I was born earlier to be able to buy a house or an apartment.
@@Solitude633 I love my job, but I had to go through some majorly shitty ones before landing at the place I'm at now. People didn't love their jobs any more in the 90s than they do now. I am old enough to remember.
@@Solitude633That’s what happens when people unnecessarily project their negativity on to the innocent. Back in these days, people were also not overworked to the bone, and they were paid livable wages. Nobody gets paid well anymore, people barely live paycheck to paycheck now, and house prices are insanely through the roof.
this is an actual historic video.
This makes the whole event feel more human. It connects you more to the day it happened. I was in tenth grade english class and I remember the teacher wheeling in the TV and we seen the second plane hit. It still looked like a movie, and at the time the severity of the situation wasnt completely understood (as a highschool kid) but this video showing everyday people just going about their day...laughing, cooking food in a microwave, lounging in chairs, reading books, making phone calls, cracking jokes on one another at work and so on...Its such basic behavior but its so familiar with what we all do. Plus that footage at the windows REALLY gives you a perspective on how tall those buildings were, and how dire of a situation and difficult of a decision it was to make to have to jump or perish in a fire. Those innocent people. Its so damn sad.
Who knew such an ordinary, everyday, 'unimportant' personal recording would become so valuable in hindsight? Really appreciate this. This looked like such a lovely place to work in (the people, not just the building). How sad to imagine these very offices and people on the day of the attack.
this video is absolutely incredible. i have always wondered what the offices look like inside on a normal workday. God bless your friends who perished that day, their memory lives on forever. Thank you for the upload. im sure the family members of your friends love to see this footage of their loved ones just as much. So beautiful, rest in peace.
Only one of his co worker died may he rest in power
@Daniel Foodist Man …
@@rLloyd11 He said the description "some," so I assume it was more than one of them. And the 87th floor was a bad spot to be.
What strikes me is just how normal the offices look inside these architectural wonders. If not for the view it could be anywhere in the US. Really makes it hit closer to home.
In February of 1996 I worked at 89th floor of Tower 1
I am glad you worked at the Twin Towers years prior to this horrific event. I worked for Chase Manhattan Bank 78th FL North Tower February 88'. I have Kodak photos of my coworkers in the office. I was in a Latin American Dept. cause I am bilingual. This video is so lively as a day typical day in the office as I remember my employment with the sweetest employees and atmosphere. RIP innocent souls just going to work on a beautiful Tuesday morning.
that was a month before my lil sister's birth
I work in the new one on floor 85. If either of you, and @eclewis the offer extends to you too, of course, ever want to visit, I would guest you in (and consider lunch is on me, too). No pressure of course, I know how hard it might be to return.
I was born February 20th of that year. I was in kindergarten when towers collapsed.
How was it to work there, can you tell a little bit from it?
Nostalgia - its delicate, but potent. In Greek nostalgia literally means 'the pain from an old wound. ' It's a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. Thank you my friend.
This just randomly popped up in my recommended and i’m glad i clicked on it. It made me smile. This to me is footage that should be in a museum.
Amazing footage I remember there being an "odd job" store right by the World Trade Center as well as an old school comics and trading card store. I used to go there with my dad right around the 1999-2001 era. This looks exactly as I remember it.
Yes you’re right
@@eclewis What floor of the twin towers did you work on?
@@darthlinathegreat7489 87th floor he says.
@@darthlinathegreat7489May Davis was on the 87th floor of the North Tower
Those window shots are horrifying when you consider thats what people saw before jumping out
These types of videos are awesome and bittersweet at the same time. The videos showcase what life was like in the Towers and how each floor was essentially its own little world. It really humanizes the towers beyond the tragedy. Thanks for sharing!
I admire how lively you are. I really do. You made so much of the office smile here and that's absolutely priceless
3:38 omg the Harry Ramos the legend!!!!
I saw him too. Rip to this hero
Who is it?
@@navodya5194 A legend
@@navodya5194 a hero
@@navodya5194 a man who gave his own life to save & help others ❤️😇
This video should be *very* recognized.
There are probably, not many videos of inside the tower(s) at all.
I’m glad this was uploaded
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9:40 this was the view the people had when the 2nd plane was coming towards them..gives me chills..
I was looking for a video like this for months. Every video I found previously would be a tourist going straight to the viewing deck. I was curious what it was like on a normal day for a normal worker. This footage is exactly that, and it’s incredible.
This footage is absolutely astounding. I've never seen any from inside a WTC office like this.
Thank you for the upload and sharing, and I'm sorry for those you lost. Rest in peace to those unfortunate people on the day.
I need more videos like this!!
The fact that you introduced all the people in this video is so heartwarming.
Wow! Actual footage with Harry Ramos himself! Also, this is just a very high-quality video of daily life in the towers before 9/11. While I was born in 2002, my heart goes out to those who were in the towers and lost their lives.
As soon as I saw the SIPC sticker on the door…I work on wall st, and this is exactly that environment. The personalities, the body language, the ball breaking - everything is the same. Except for these people, and all of those who worked in those buildings. The normality and banality of this footage is truly representative of what the industry is. This is a piece of American history. An important one.
I believe (if I am not mistaken) that at 3:40 it's Harry Ramos who says hi. I remember him from many 911 documentaries. He stayed behind to help a man named Victor go down the stairs. He didn’t want to leave him alone (even though he was a stranger to him) He also helped in the evacuation of his coworkers. If I am not mistaken he ended up being the only casualty of the May Davis Group. RIP Harry Ramos and all who lost their lives that day.
Wow
You sir have just answered one of my most important questions: What did the rest of the WTC look like?
Every video just shows the main floor and nothing else.
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Nice to see that even 21 years ago people reacted the same way we do to being on camera.
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I'm also very curious about it, maybe there are some floors that can only be accessed by certain staff and there should be no cameras
@@cactuswild8483 According to my father, the first three or so floors were a shopping mall basically, the rest were all office floors
@@artemis1993 Must have been pretty cool to work there though. Essentially having an entire mini city inside the building.
recently picked up an wtc/9/11 interest, this also answered my thoughts and questions perfectly. it gives an insane eye opening view on what it felt to be in such a place.
Being born in 2000 (September 19 to be exact), it’s so neat and little bittersweet to see what everything looked like at that time. It’s neat actually being able to see what the offices in the Twin Towers looked like and the people going about their work day. Thanks so much for sharing.
Hope you have a happy birthday soon 🎉
Happy almost birthday. I have a friend who was born on September 28 2000
We're the same age 🎉, happy early birthday
Happy 23rd birthday!
Happy birthday ❤
I'm sorry for the loss of your friends that fateful day. I'm glad you were able to keep these memories.
Beautiful footage that really shows what they looked like on the inside and those old pcs, pepsi vending machines and microwave gave me chills
Glad you enjoyed it
This was the May Davis Group. Only Harry Ramos didnt survive. Everyone else made it out alive
I remember hearing that he was the only member of the May Davis Group who did not survive when the north tower collapsed on 9/11. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. His death was mentioned in the 9/11 documentary "Inside The Twin Towers." If I remember correctly, he was helping a man named Victor get down the stairs of the north tower when it collapsed.
But there is info in description which says that many of people in this video lost their lives.
So what's the truth?
@@maciejmarek1982 Probably friends from other tenant companies, might be a typing error. Can’t be sure though.
@@maciejmarek1982 alot of footage of other workers passing through the lobby on lunchbreaks too may not have been so lucky. Good to hear these people were ok though.
@@maciejmarek1982 ina building that big you think he was only talking about the coworkers in his immediate vicinity?
It has been 22 years now.. My condolences goes to all the family's victim. 🙏🙏
Seeing those narrow windows absolutely breaks my heart. All the images of people trapped above the impact of the plane came flooding in. All of them stacked on each other trying to breathe. My heart goes out to all the families who lost their loved ones on that awful day.
3:37 that's Harry Ramos! No way... I hope God is comforting him where ever he is.
didn't he make it out?
@@rickhardman7376 No he didn’t make it😣
@@rickhardman7376 he was helping someone down the stairs.. he died a hero
Wow. This is one of the best videos from inside WTC. Historical stuff right here.
12:39 the man says “out of the loop” which was an album, the Artist name was I Am The World Trade Center and what is even crazier the 11th track is literally called September which came out in 2001, crazy coincidences
Was that artist knowing that the 9/11 attack was going to happen on September 11th, 2001?😮 it’s just a theory
We look back on that day as a horrific event, and it was, but it started so normal. This video shows what was going on before the plane hit, just regular people doing their job, laughing with friends and colleagues, expecting to have a typical day and go home to their families. It’s crazy how much things can change within 24 hours. RIP to all the victims💔
I miss the innocence captured here.
Did you say “White Trump”?!
I laughed my ass off & had a tear or two come down at the same time, when you said that! The commodity here is genuine, thanks for sharing!
BTW, I worked for 622 WTC and also lost former co-workers & friends in the company (Blue Cross/ Blue Shield) as well, die on 9/11.
Sorry for your lost must be hard on you
Where were you working when this happened?
Seeing this footage was just lovely. Thank you for uploading it. I am glad you're still here.
Oh gosh, this is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing with us, EC. I hope you (and everyone) have found healing in your heart ❤️.
The creator of this video has such an amazing laugh, thank you for sharing.
What’s scary is how a lot of the people recorded in this video probably were killed months later in the attacks. Watching this video is so sad. Everyone who died in the attacks will be remembered. RIP
It depends on the floor
@@cristianm7097 It was the 87th floor.
@@DPMusicStudio How do you know ?
It was a little over a year and a half later. I had graduated college in the late ‘90s and just started my office life. I didn’t work in NYC but near Boston. I bring this up because, at least in my area at that time, people who considered themselves ambitious office people were encouraged to switch employers frequently, sometimes every year. If you stayed at an employer too long, you were told you were being stagnant and should avoid staying at the same company for more than 2 years, especially if it was one of those small internet startups. Maybe this attitude wasn’t prevalent in the financial services industry. I worked in Marketing. I didn’t understand that mentality, to constantly job hop, BTW, but that isn’t why I bring this up.
I only mentioned this because I assumed many of the people in the video left for other companies in the 19 months that followed before 9-11. However, even the people who did leave were likely still working in or around NYC though and were likely deeply impacted by it.
@@AngelaMastrodonato There is hope they worked outside WTC or were absent that day.
3:36 Harry was Harry Ramos and he passed away that day. Goosebumps from the poster behind him that says "Leap..."
Whenever I see old footage everyone looks/acts in a very old school way so I feel quite detatched to everyone I'm looking at. But this footage hits a little harder as aside from some baggier shirts, everyone looks/sounds/behaves in much the same way as they do now. They sound like my own friends (The banter at 7:26 for example!). It's lovely to see all these people in a happier time, and I hope that all of you who survived that day are doing well.
This is the first video showing people working there , so sad to see those who lost their lives just one year later . Heart melting !! May all of them rest in peace.
I loved the interaction between you and John. That was funny, and I could tell you had a good relationship with him, as y'all were busting up in that break room. Lol. I hope he is alive and well today. So sad what would happeen only a year later, on the towers. Thank you for sharing, as I always wanted to see what office space looked like inside of those towers.
I could have watched this for hours, amazing footage. Sorry for those you lost
Rest in Peace to those who lost their lives and thank you for uploading this video sir as a small insight for people like myself... I found this very interesting. We all wish you the best in your future!
Man I miss what life was like before 9/11. It was so much better. As a 18 year old in 2001 /09. I can say that.
Yep, I feel like the times were a bit more pure. We are all so stressed, distanced and sad these days. Social media has turned everything for worse. It got the worst out of people...
I agree with you both! I was 16 at the time, and I remember how it was back then. Especially without social media.
@@Laura_Birdy I was only 4 years of age around that time. However, some of my fondest and earliest childhood memories come from the lone year leading up to 9/11. It's so easy to forget just how much we have all lost over the past 20 years. I'm not merely talking about the senseless loss of life, nor the total destruction of a truly remarkable work of architecture. Neither am I referring to the unfathomable sums spent fighting the war on terror, nor the gradual degradation of civil liberties as a result of the paranoia sparked by the disaster. No, the worst loss by far is that of consciousness and our basic human dignity. Both of which are severely lacking in today's "new" world of (not so normal) normal. I'm terribly sorry to come off as excessively doom and gloom. As a kid who remembers a time filled with pastel joys and wondrous ambitions of the future, I still yearn for that vision to one day come to fruition.
Same, bro. Same.
For real, we’ve become A LOT more divided now that ever especially with covid, technology is taking away the human spirit, nobody wants to have a face to face convo anymore, you can’t say certain things around certain people or they’ll get “offended”, if we could turn back time and not only save the twin towers from being destroyed but to go back into an atmosphere where the world was more realistic I would def do so in a heartbeat. Please take me out of this world of “2021”.
I really enjoyed this video. I love how proud you are of your Jamaican heritage and how genuinely proud you are to be working in the WTC. It’s crazy to think, that I was 8 when this happened and the banter and environment isn’t much different to working in an office now, or from what I’ve experienced. I have one question though, did you actually do any work that day? 😄
Yes I did work lol it’s a 13 minutes video and an eight hours work day…. Jamaican to the bone
@@eclewis good response to an oddball question, not like the video was 6hrs long
you re just 2 years older than me it seems. I do remember seeing the news here in romania that day about the attacks, creeped me out.
@@VladRadu-tq1pg how old are you?
@@eclewis thank god your alive
I appreciate you for uploading this video. This humanizes the victims even more and also made it even more hearbreaking seing and hearing the actual people inside the WTC who may or may not have survived the tragedy. I imagine the other offices in the building have the same scenario everyday, just normal everyday working people going about their day in the office before the tragic event happened. RIP to all the people who perished.
Absolutely priceless footage. Thank you for sharing this with us. 💔💜💔
What a great tribute and I'm not even American. Wonderful to get an insight into what it was like to work in one of those buildings. I couldn't imagine working on he 87th floor up in the clouds. Funny how no one liked being videotaped in those days compared to now. Looked like a fun bunch of people to work with. Sorry so many lives were lost in those buildings that day. But this is a great memory to share.
I am your 100th sub congratulations👍🎉. This is still depressing and heart wrenching to this day😭❤️.
Makes me realize that I often don't even bother to film what's considered the more mundane aspects of my life, like walking through a building, going into the office break area - and for many that makes up most of our lives, it's so incredible seeing this footage now.
What is ordinary today will be extraordinary tommorow.
I'll never forget a comment that said this: "TH-cam is the closest thing to a time machine."
Oh wow I just read about the video!! 😢I am so sorry for your loss from your friends in the video~ I am so happy your life was spared and you can share this with me this evening ~ (although its February 2024) right now.
God bless you.. I can tell you were loved here by many here at your job! A stock broker! You must have sure been standing in the right line when God handed out the brains!! Again, Im so glad you’re ok and Thank you so much for sharing these happy moments in 2000~
I know how incredibly hard it must have been for you to post this video but I thank you very much for sharing. RIP to all the lives lost.
Breaks my heart 💔 imagine you’re at work and minding your own damn business and suddenly your life turns into the worst nightmare possibly imaginable 😭
What happened?
@@TehPesky the twins were hit by planes
Sad to know these people, who were very happy in this video, are the same who sadly died in the events that they never expected, the fact that they were most likely doing the same that horrific day as in the video gives me shivers..
EC this is gold. You should get an award for this video. It perfectly encapsulates a typical day, look inside, what working in an office was like in the World Trade Center.
This man is just so joyful and happy it’s uplifting and adorable. It makes me feel jaded.
Thanks for the comment
@@eclewis Are you still so full of life?
@@toyaliens I am it’s my personality
@@eclewis I am happy to hear that! You seem like a great person. Were you in the towers on 9/11?
@@eclewis or maybe you were very high
I've been waiting for footage like this to surface for nearly two decades! Incredible work and that was just a joy to watch.
A footage from a big video camera to take videos of these scenes.
My Mom died on Jan 6 , 2000. I miss her still.
Its amazing these kind of videos still exist and little did they know they were documenting history so future generations can enjoy the WTC as they were and most importantly honor the ones we lost on that day. I was born in NYC and as a kid I was always afraid of heights so when I had opportunities to go up the WTC to the observation deck I always was too scared to go. Now I have regrets of not going up the WTC. But I'm glad people recorded these videos to preserve the memory of everyone there and the towers. Thanks for doing this
Looked like a real fun office to work in. I read the Forbes article and then made the connection that the Harry at 3:30 was Harry Ramos who didn't get out of the tower as he was trying to help someone else get down the stairs.