What happened to the Twin Towers Sky Lobby & Elevators?

Discussing the Twin Towers in New York City

[gothicboulder]

You're really diving deep into the towers, it's a fascinating topic

[Kuzey]

I miss the old luxury shiny, gaudy, chrome and marble style of the time. Much better than the flat plastic-looking and open air interiors of today. I wonder if the towers would've looked like today.

[jg]

I’m reading the book 102 Minutes and it details how survivors who escaped reported seeing scores of dead bodies in the south tower sky lobby, even detached body parts, and some people who were still alive but badly burnt. A few of the lucky ones had some broken bones due to being knocked over by the force of the impact. Whoever saw that and escaped must have severe PTSD to this day. One of the plane’s wings grazed through part of the 78th floor sky lobby, so much of it was still intact before the building collapsed, but the scene was gruesome.

[jamesjohnson]

There was a woman who worked in the South Tower who evacuated the building even though they were telling people in the South Tower to stay put. She said that when she got to the top skylobby in the South Tower to go down, it was packed full of people and then the plane hit the building. She said that when she came to, most of the people in there were dead and those who did survive were badly injured. Firemen eventually got her and the few survivors out. When she was in an ambulance with another injured person, she saw how bad the other person's condition was and demaned that the ambulance go ahead and leave to the hospital instead of waiting for more victims. The ambulance driver eventually listened to her and took off. Right after the ambulance took off, the North Tower began to collapse. If that woman didn't insist on taking the other victim to the hospital, all three of them would have been crushed by the North Tower.

[Techno-Universal]

There was also a true story of a 9/11 survivor who worked in one of the highest floors taking an express elevator in the north tower down just as the first plane hit. Apparently the elevator was a few floors away from the ground floor and the impact severed the elevator cables causing the elevator to free fall the rest of the way which knocked out the survivor on impact with the elevator pit. He luckily woke up just 10-15 minutes before the collapse of the tower and was able to escape with no major injuries with him running through the streets as the tower collapsed a few hundred metres behind him.

[RichieD_]

Firefighter Orio Palmer actually got an elevator working in the south tower. I believe an express elevator that took him up to the first sky lobby and climbed the stairs the rest of the way and made it to the impact zone where he reported dozens of dead bodies and massive fires

[gabrielpfgm]

There were a dozen people in the Sky Lobby on the 78th floor who survived the impact and were able to escape through the only stairwell that wasn't damaged. I could only imagine what they saw that day.

[briana_patrick]

If i had to work in an office in a skyscraper every single day, i'd probably be having panic attacks and nightmares every single night before work 💀 i have a major fear of high locations. I can do roller coasters, but tall buildings, cliffs, anything like that is just terrifying. My palms begin to sweat whenever i think about 9/11, and the people who were forced to hang out of those buildings to catch some fresh air. It takes guts to be able to work on the 80th floor of a building every single day.

[rosalindshays]

There was a true story about several people who were trapped in an elevator in the North Tower, who were able to chisel their way out through the sheet rock in the elevator shaft and got out of the building just in time. I believe this was detailed in the documentary: 9/11: Inside The Twin Towers

[gollicraft]

4:36 Can we talk about the minecraft screenshot here?

[jg]

Brian Clark and Stanley Praimnath is one of the most amazing stories of that day.

[mathewbailey]

The elevator motor you see near the end of the video is actually the remains of one. Your'e actually looking at the hoist sheave, brake drum & armature of the motor. It was part of one of several Otis 339HT gearless elevator hoist motors (see World Trade Center Elevator Installation) Some of these motors such as for example in the Stratosphere tower in Las Vegas still exist. These motors are of 24 to 26 tons, 350 horsepower & can handle 10, 000 pounds (five tons).

[steph]

I love that pic of the towers before anyone moved in; where its sunrise and you can see the cores inside❤

[rufuspipemos]

At 4:10 the author says there is no way a fireball can get down to the lobby. But it did. The first impact, which was well above the 77th floor Skylobby did get all the way to the bottom lobby. It fried and killed a dozen people and there are many eye witness and firefighter accounts of this.

[JohnathenSweeney]

I heard the South Tower had a food court on the top so that might be cool to talk about!

[stevenmaginnis]

Remember Jan Demczur, who, along with five other men, got trapped in an elevator and were able t osecapre by prying the doors open and then Jan Demczur. a window washer, used his squeegee to open a hole in the drywall with help from the other five men and then crawl out into a 50th-floor rest room and evacuate.

[derekboom]

Absolutely love all of your World Trade Center videos. You tell them from perspectives that others do not.

[lesleyM]

HEY handsome guy!! thx for another video for us!! i was up in one of the towers a squillion years ago.. never will forget it

[TimReuscher-bgxt]

I love your channel, truly a WTC GOAT

[mrmook]

Might I suggest a vid about interior pics of other long lost buildings such as the Sampoong Dept Store, the Dueste Bank Building, maybe ships like the Costa Concordia?