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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2011
- "Windows on the World" was a landmark restaurant on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Martha Teichner reports on the search for its missing employees. (This report was from a DVD included with the tenth anniversary edition of the CBS News/Simon & Schuster book, "What We Saw: The Events of September 11, 2001, in Words, Pictures, and Video.")
I’m a NYCer! In 1998, they were accepting applications for various cooking/waiting/hosting positions in Windows on the World! I even went up to the restaurant in person, to fill out an application...I remember the dining area being PACKED with people looking to work there....They never called me at all, and I remember feeling so disappointed at that! When the first plane hit, my brother said that I was lucky that they turned me down for the job, even though I didn’t feel so at that time! When the first plane hit, I was thinking to myself, how lucky I actually was to not get hired there, and how unfortunate those who did....were! RIP to everyone who perished that horrible day 😪
Blessings in disguise.
Pretty crazy story.
Some things happen for a reason bet you see things in a different light and appreciate being alive
What an incredible story!
@@judemelroses9920 Fairytales mistaken for reality.
I’ve met Michael. He is a wonderful guy and I think of him often. He has suffered greatly for each of those that perished. God bless.
These employees got some of the worst of it. Not only were they at the very top, there was NO way down. They weren’t instantly killed, so they had to suffer through the heat and smoke coming up.
@@justintyler4693 That free fall must have been horrifying. Knowing that you're going to die and there's nothing you can do about it. I bet it felt like it took forever to end.
And even still after all these years, evacuation options are very limited on high rise buildings.
Not only that but they had to deal with the reality that they were never going to make it out and nobody was coming to save them. They tried to escape into the roof of the building in hopes of a helicopter rescue, But the doors were locked. Many doors were impossible to open because they were either jammed from the damaged walls or the door knobs were scolding hot. I believe there were 911 calls with employees saying that they tried escaping but were trapped. Many died simply from asphyxiation.
@@justintyler4693 Jesus! I cannot even begin to imagine the horror those poor people went through that day...:(
Yes, a lot of them were killed instantly
I feel for that woman holding her baby, you can see in such a time that should be happy she is solemn
Must've been devastating. Hopefully, she's doing well.
I can't imagine how it feels to be this guy. Lucky to be alive but lost so many he knew. For Americans, work plays a huge role in our lives. He lost part of his life.
Survivors guilt
Still Breaks my heart into pieces 22 years later.
Ditto
We remember all of those who lost their lives today, 22 years later. God bless them.
Amen
He is suffering something called *survivor guilt* he keeps wondering why he survived but other workmates and subordinates didn't.
22 years ago, I was 31, cabin crew for our flag carrier. Like most people around the world I watched in horror at the atrocities happening in the US. I’d experienced Windows of the World a year prior, was a magical experience. I couldn’t fathom what those trapped employees and customers were going through or experiencing. If you’ve been up yourself you will know just how high up you were. People jumped, it’s was better to jump rather than stay in what was supposed to be the safety of those four walls. Sadly 22 years later, the world isn’t a better place. Sept 11th 2001, even today it seems unreal, shocking, horrific. Yet still so much hatred for innocent, hard working, law abiding people exists. Some people are born to hate. May those souls of 911 rest in peace.
Ja sam sa Balkana, Montenegro, ex YU možda ako ste čuli...
Tada sam imala 36 godina i radila sam kod brata u restoran na moru. Taj dan mi je ostao zauvek urezan u pamcenje jer čim je prvi avion udario u kulu nas tv program je prekinut i sa užasom smo pratili. Pamtim i udar drugog aviona u sledeću kulu...zatim sve druge vesti o otmicama i udarima drugih aviona. Uzas I grozota...
I evo 22 godine uvek na 9/11 moje srce ❤ i misli su posvećene svim žrtvama i u kulama bliznakinjama i u otetim avionima...saosecam sa svim porodicama i prijateljima koji su tog dana izgubili svoju dragu osobu 😢
Da u pravu ste ni nakon 22 godine svet nije ni malo bolje mesto za život...
PS...Nadam se da će Google prevod uspešno prevesti moj komentar jer moj engleski je vise nego skroman. Znam i razumem dok čitam ....Prijatan dan vam želim...
Poor guy. Looks like he’s suffering the effects of Survivor’s Guilt.
Even though it's been 20 years, I still feel sad for the families and friends of those murdered on 9/11. My prayers go out to them, and Rest In Paradise to all those souls who were lost....I hope that someday all of them will be identified so that the families will have some closure.
Every September 11 I spend the whole day thinking and praying for the victims and their families. It’s the least I can do, I can never forget that horrific day.
I was an employee of windows of the world, I still remember like was yesterday all the wonderful and proud people I ever meet i still remember like was yesterday and the pain will never go away
Really? Tell me about your experience and do you remember some of your co-workers??
It's Chilling to see these people who have no Idea their loved ones are gone yet! The thought of the hope they have here and me knowing they will be let down is what hurts my heart!
So many beautiful people taken way too soon. Heartbreaking doesn't even come close. RIP to all of those lost, and love to those who lost family and friends.
1:28 is he Vin diesel?
I went into that tower once. I went to take a peek at Windows on the World. I remember the low celings and the dim light. The building had a slight sway. I felt nervous and claustrophobic and had to get out. I knew I could never work in a bulding that tall. I have pictures of my uncle on the roof of one tower before construction was completed. He worked for the scaffolding company and was up there to check things out. He said he was scared to be up there.
The towers naturally swayed with the wind to reduce stress on the structure it was a feature built into the buildings but I totally understand I've watched countless videos and feel a sense of claustrophobia with how tight the space felt with the low ceilings can't imagine how that was in person
This is interesting to me. The pictures I have seen of WOTW always gave me the impression that the ceilings were high. The windows look floor to ceiling.
Going back and watching the footage at the beginning, the ceiling doesn’t look low at all. 🤔
Bless all who perished in this coward act
It wasn't his time to leave this world. My heart goes out to him for all of the people he was so close with death that day September 11th 2001. This September will be 20 years since the September 11th attacks here in our country.
A friend of mine almost lost her husband at Windows on the World restaurant, but he was running late at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown, and didn't get downtown for a conference, before the planes hit. He along with a major financial figure who was with him were spared being killed, by fate. 🤗
And our family friends almost lost their son, due to the plane crash at the Pentagon. He was working in temporary offices within an inner "ring" of the Pentagon, instead of his real office due to a remodeling project. The office was in the area where the plane hit! His wife also worked at the Pentagon, but was home that day with their children.
Fate saved them both. 🤗
ALMOST doesn't' really count in this case. They got lucky good for them.
God saved them🙏🏾🙏🏾.
@@krayoladisoni7862 But God didn't save the others eh? Stop attributing everything to God. If there is a God, and he is good, this would not have happened in the first place.
Coincidence, not fate.
@@krayoladisoni7862comments like this are beyond cruel. So your god forsakes the other 3000? Felt it’s ok to give them cancer from the dust if they survived? It’s magical thinking at its worst.
This is sad but also really beautiful and touching.
My mother used to preform cello with some other classical musicians at the top of the North Tower occasionally and she owned her own business on Canal Street for her day job. Thankfully she didn't have to perform that day but she mentioned she knew the manager of the restaurant and alot of the staff there as well.
I have cried many tears since this tragedy. I worked in a large downtown Dallas law firm on the 43rd floor at that time.
I can only imagine your fear as you also seem to have worked in a large building. I was only a kid in 7th grade… but they say everyone remembers where they were that day. I thought we were at war/ WW3. I didn’t let my classmates see me cry. Because I knew. We were being attacked. 🇺🇸 💪
I can’t believe that 79 Windows on the World employees and 121 customers were among 2001 innocent people trapped in the towers above the impact zone! But even more than 20 years later, this story is still miraculous!
The company Cantor Fitzgerald lost over 600 employees. Imagine being off work that day to then find out that almost everyone you work with is dead. It's disgusting that those animals could do this to innocent people.
@@reddoor6114 you mean 666 Cantor Fitzgerald employees. But I agree 100%! Plus don’t forget about the 400 firefighters (57 of whom’s remains were never found but none of whom’s bodies were ever recovered) and 99 police officers who died that day!
No offense Sam but I wouldn't use "miraculous" as a word to describe 9/11...there's nothing miraculous about it...apart from maybe the few people who were pulled out of the rubble could be described as miraculous.
@@reddoor6114 no I mean this story is miraculous
@@samreilly1484 oh right, I see
I so wish that I went to that restaurant when I was living in NYC during the 90s.. I'M SURE IT WAS AMAZING.. I did go to the top of the towers they were way bigger than anyone can imagine who had not been inside. Prayers for families of those gone on that day🙏🙏😪😪
Oh my God! I remember some of those faces. I still have the Time Magazine. So many faces.
That guy had a masters in physics but had to work as a waiter once he got to this country huh? Speaks volumes about how messed up we can be.
THIS is what we never forget. The buildings meant nothing. It was these people and their families we cried for and the thousands of others just like them. As we get further from that day I look to less to the footage of the destruction and more to the human toll to remind myself. I hope we all remember this forever.
The buildings meant nothing? I’m from NY. Speak got yourself.
@@lisamurad7805 I don’t know anyone who cries for the buildings. I know A LOT of people who cry for their family members and friends. You do you, though…
The towers were more than just steel & concrete, & many of us in the NYC metro area would totally disagree with you. They were grand beacons, directional finders, meeting places, etc. You sir, are wrong in your put down.
@@dme1016I think he meant that in all this tragic event, the buildings are the less important part.
The most important part are all the lives lost, thousands of people who went just living through what they consider a regular day, until everything happened.
@@TheFoxInTaleAFC I don't need anyone to tell me what inference I get from a statement. I know what was said, and my own response stands....
I'm sorry. I had to stop watching at 1:55. I just could not bear again the sorrow.
Man, I'd love an update on this guy. ❤️💔
Rest in peace to those who died 🕊🤍
My respect goes out to their loved ones , I am so sorry ❤
Thank you to those who tried saving another life during this including firefighters, doctors, nurses, police officers and many more ❤
Thank you to those who built the World Trade Center , you are amazing , hope they are doing well currently alive ❤
Remember that politician that made light of this horrendous day… she still holds office unbelievable
Who?
It is just like, what made those very few to end their breakfast to go down the elevator just before AA11 hit. There are no answers. I often wonder how many people cursed at a flat tire, being sick, a delayed train, or congested traffic, only to thank God for them later that day...
In the book "102 Minutes", there's a photo taken in Windows on the World that morning. The photographer took the photo then descended before the plane came in.
“The missing, smile at us” 😢 sigh I’ll never get over this
Thise above impact suffered the most..my heart breaks for them and their families
Beautiful, sensitive report.
Living in ny this is so scary knowing this could happen to anyone at any moment. Not just in new york anywhere shjt is scary
Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who suffered on 9/11. May He watch over all our Angels. And may he always Bless these United States of America. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Is sad how many people essentially just vanished - that list of people missing, now knowing in hindsight they died in that building
@5:28 says it all 😢😭
Pictures can speak so loudly sometimes. One of the most special times in a woman’s life with the birth of their child.
Just look at her face doing it alone..😢💔 breaks my heat so much.
And I’m filled with so much anger also 😡 this didn’t have to happen… innocent people. THEY WERE MURDERED , period!
Those poor people that worked up there didn’t deserve their grueling fate.
Poor folks were literally trapped the rooftop doors were locked and sealed shut and every way down was destroyed I just hope they went before the collapse because that split second of realization would have been horrifying
Heartbreaking. Enough said.
0:44 which direction is the camera facing ?
Man this was fresh
A lot of the people that were in the impact zones and above the impact zones will never be found…they literally just vaporized into thin air. Just absolutely the most horrific and unfathomable tragedies that I’ll ever know in my life. God bless the souls of all those who perished that day. I’ll be forever haunted by the events of 9/11 and all those stories of people who died so extremely tragically.
So horrible 😞 😢 💔. Can never forget!
You can feel his pain
Smoke eteleibby alarm
I knew a guy whose best friend worked in the restaurant. He said they would have been setting up for a banquet that evening. He could see the towers from his own office, and saw the collapse.
Unfortunately other human beings DID do this. Michael Lomonico loved his work and those who worked beside him. He did an interview with Tom Snyder that you can watch here on TH-cam. I ate at Windows on the World and loved seeing the South Towers standing by her sister. It's June 2023. I'm still not over this. I do not intend to "get over it" either.
Oh Bless His Heart 💓❤️ All are haunted by this.
am sorry your right I mean we all in our daily life's come to work on time... you relise it happened at 8:45... most people don't get to work till 9:00.. have you not noticed that the only people who where in those buildings that day where getting ready for a meeting... catching up on paper work.. or just early. I don't no what brain sense you are in if you think everyone should have been at there desks at 8:30 sharp.. hell we are human and no one ever is.
My husband was in that restaurant one week before the tragedy.
Glad he’s ok!
god bless this man he made it out and other people had to make the choice to jump he lost a lot of friends that terrible day I cant imagen
I really miss the World trade Center and the people God bless the people we lost and all the people we lost from COVID-19 it’s a tragedy losing human lives it’s so sad even if I don’t know any of them that died but I still feel very sad how about that and their families that lost loved ones it’s very very sad and painful and memories I remember my mom took me to the World trade Center we ate at windows of the world back in the 70s it was a very beautiful place and I went back in the 1980s very beautiful very friendly people that work there it’s so sad it’s all gone now now they have One World trade Center I have to visit someday I hope they built this so what happen on September 11, 2001 never happens to this one world trade center I hope it’s protected from terrorism
So sad 😞
Wasn’t “The Falling Man” an employee at “Windows”
yes, they believe he was either a WOTW employee or a janitor I think there's two people it could be one of which was norberto
which one
Yes, I saw in another video, called "the falling man", chef Lomonaco told he probably can be an employee call Jonathan.
Norberto Hernandez isn't the falling man
Yes, but the 'falling man' was Jonathan Briley who worked with the Music team at Windows. First they thought it was Norberto but that was a wrong guess. Both men worked with Windows of the world.
@@shivinunitholi2493 th-cam.com/video/_0vdIrU_rn4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=i3QPL-lz8Z-KyzOd Norberto is seen here in a corner of windows of the world waving his white chef jacket. He's with another man who's probably a chef also.
was there any cctv in there?
In the restaurant? Certainly. But would have been destroyed in the collapse. Internet backup was not a thing for CCTV in 2001. CCTV footage was recorded on physical tapes back then.
@@tylerkochman1007 be crazy if they managed to recover something
@@leenevin8451 we have 911 phone call recordings from those who were stuck in Windows after the plane hit, up until the exact moments of the collapse. So we have a picture of the horrific situation up there
I hope these people find some remnants of their loved ones in the rubble
I wonder why the HR manager of Windows on the World survived? Anyone know?
The group up there was at a conference breakfast...the restaurant was not open for normal business at that time.
For a second I thought the guy in the thumbnail was Ben Shapiro.
💐😔🙏🏾🕊
Some folks got lucky. 🤷♀️
The poor Hernandez family. Imagine getting that hope your loved one was still here. All for nothing.
Wasn’t Norberto Hernandez the “falling man?” 🙏🏻😞
No they thought it was very early on but they ended up realizing it was someone else. I cant remember his name now - a man who worked with..music? In some regard? I cant remember exactly.
they say that the Falling man is Jonathan Briley
@@pekkahuhtanen812 thank you for the information.
Ive had close calls few times and always the holy sperit was tugging at me and istead of praying i went on with my day and somthing realy horable happend
😭 💔
GOD BLEES ALL THERE SOUL
Here.. Comes.. GOOGLY EYES!!
♥️🇬🇧♥️
NightMares
The guy in the thumbnail looks like ben shapiro down to the shirt
If god saved him why did he let nearly 3 thousand perish. If god is all powerful but did nothing to prevent this? What would we say about a person who could have prevented this but did nothing?
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 jesus
Ojalá hagan las torres gemelas otra vez
Breakfast in America.
September 16th is my birthday 💔😔
It was God.
Seems sus.....
Some people had the day off, some slept in, missed the bus or the train, had an appointment, didn't have to report to work until later, stopped to talk to a friend or (as the chef said) run an errand. Maybe someone had a sick kid or called in sick. There are all sorts of reasons why some people lived and others didn't. It doesn't take an "act of God."
Por culpa de George w bush ya no están las torres gemelas
"was it God?" ...yeah, overlooked the others then
My uncle spent his last moments up in that restaurant.
I'm sorry for your loss.
“January 6th was just like 9/11”
- Kamala Harris
Was it god that made tyhem late that morning? How convenient that people think god is only responsible for the good. Why did god have anyone at all in that bldg? Why did god allow this to happen in the first place. A god of convenience is, indeed, very convenient!
Thanks Islam.
well hey.. . at least the US completely wrecked that region over the past 20 years.
@@Anthony-vn5dw When did the US wreck Saudi Arabia? And try telling that to afghans at the moment
@@tropicalpalmtree yeah the huge irony is that we didn't attack saudi arabia lol. as for afghnistan... well honestly, i dont care about afghanistan. im just satisfied that they have been suffering there for the past 20 years in a state of worry, terrorism, occupation by militants, constant fighting. it would have never been this bad if it wasnt for 911. i live in nyc , so this is all pretty personal for me. and all the fighting (whether between nato, US, other allies, and especially between themselves) for the last 2 decades there puts a smile on my face.
@@Anthony-vn5dw Ahh i see, i agree with you.
My mother is a home nurse, she had a patient who’s daughter was killed on flight 11. She was 7 months pregnant. She was a Muslim. Think of her next time you wanna blame muslims as a whole for this
I feel.it was God And fait ill bet every person in the towers had a feel of anxiety and just blew it off they ignored their feel God wont save u unless you ask and gives us all free choice but we all need to have good relatinship with God because you never know what can happen ill bet every person had small feel of somthing isent right and if they got down prayed and asked God the would of not went
It was God. He is completely sovereign over every molecule in the universe.
bangla come to new york illegally from bangladesh, that's why the plane crash in there! must be illegal immigrant, cause usa never gives work permits to foreigners unlike other countries like malaysia and singapore.. usa gives green cards, which foreigners have to try their luck in usa green card lottery! bangla wanted to realise his american dream, but realised his american nightmare
how many civilian dead in the illegal Iraq war?
@Mark Alessandro Still 9/11 was retaliation for something.
many on 9/11 became suddenly psychic and decided not to come in or to come in late that day..yea right
It's not psychic, it's just life. Everyday life. You make decisions like those at the last minute all the time and nothing comes of it. This time, for lots of people, it did.
@@leighness1988 well said!
Cough Larry Silverstein his bosses and high executives and his son and daughter all were not in the towers that day despite the fact that Larry and his executives met everyday at the windows of the world
@@lilfridge5652 His wife told him he shouldn't miss his doctor's appointment on that day, and so he did so that day. Luck is something that exists, and he got lucky
@@Mr-ub5qh he never missed work
Still laughing about it to this day.
Ur a sick person mate 😐
Wooooowww you win an EDGE award for this one 👏👏👏 pat yourself on the back amigo. You must feel so cool and powerful and wise right now. You're better than anyone in the world 😊
@@fwuuton or report em
@@mrandrossguy9871 yep
Look at his channel he’s a gamer youtuber wannabe. That’s so cringe LMAO.
I can't help but wonder what their pets thought when their person did not return home.
laziness saves the day again
Por culpa de George w bush ya no están las torres gemelas
🤡
@@mikebyrd8278 que me quieres decir?
George w bush podía haber evitado el 11 de septiembre y no lo evitó o no lo quiso evitar
And your proof is what
@@mikebyrd8278There is plenty of proof on that, look up the memos that were sent before 9/11
Por culpa de George w bush ya no están las torres gemelas