March 2001 | Windows On The World & Mall | World Trade Center

Video begins in the Plaza, looking at the Sphere and a pan up looking at our favorite twins. We cut to find ourselves in WTC 2's Lobby, showing a beautiful piece of artwork hanging off the core. With another cut, we find ourselves in an express elevator. Now you may think it's going to be the usual and we're going to be in the Observatory but- WHAT???? WINDOWS ON THE WORLD?????? With some video of the restaurant being very busy, we're now inside the WTC Mall, looking at the Warner Brothers Store. The video ends with us standing in front of WTC 6, looking at the North Tower and its lobby.

0:00 - World Trade Center Plaza
0:41 - South Tower Lobby
1:29 - WTC 1 Express Elevator
1:51 - Windows On The World
3:15 - World Trade Center Mall
3:53 - North Tower Lobby

[Epicmicr]

Just seeing the towers is kinda haunting, almost like looking at a ghost

[andrewtat]

When my mother was on vacation in NYC in September of 2001, she booked a reservation at the Windows On the World restaurant for the night of September 12th, 2001.

[splittheunicorn]

The only thing I’d ever want to visit if there were Time Machines would be the Twin Towers… Just have a touristy tour of them! Maybe eat a snack at Windows on the world that would be amazing… I wish they were still there today!!

[ALFIEBOY-derh]

My auntie, uncle and two cousins visited the WTC in august 2001 weeks before the attacks, it’s haunted my cousin as he still remembers probably seeing many souls who died that day at the windows restaurant

[angelswalking]

Looking at everything inside furniture, railings, art..all was gone turned to dust..crazy

[TheOracle]

I am so blessed to be a 90s child and everything that happened before 2001

[Oowee]

This is absolutely surreal to witness. Wish the towers were rebuilt despite the controversy

[ReganMason-xy]

Thank you! Windows was the #1 restaurant in America. You waited 7 months for a Saturday night reservation. I've thought of the people who had reservations for Saturday, 9/15 that didn't get to have an amazing experience.

[mw]

Very eerie, haunting, interesting all at the same time. Part of our tragic history unfortunately....

[KebabMusicLtd]

You just want to shout at the screen "get out and don't come back."

[jeremyminecraft]

This restaurant is fancier than most restaurants today.

[MisterAutist]

I wanna just jump back into that time period, as a 21-year old and not as the 7 month old baby I was then

[Schmallory]

I’ve become really interested in the pre-9/11 WTC. It seemed like it was a real architectural marvel when it was still standing. But also seeing all of the employees who most likely never made it out that fateful day… eerie.

[RaphaniaGovYT]

intresting to hear "la bamba" at the beginning seeing as how the artist who made it died in a plane crash

[toyaliens]

This is great! Love finding new WOTW footage, hope you get more.

[Ronald-ox]

It still amazes me how they managed to build it, staggering!!

[aspirationavenue]

Windows on the World seemed like such a communal environment.

[johnishikawa]

This was about six months before it happened, so many of the people who operated / ran those boutiques and shops in this video may well have been there on that day . I hope that they all made it out .

[johnhartmann]

Sad knowing that some of these people were likely killed during the collapse.

[MrSVAC]

Will never not feel weird that none of this exists anymore.