What was happening INSIDE the Twin Towers during the final moments?

Discussing the final moments of the Twin Towers

[coreyrowe]

It had to be especially brutal for those on floors 92-110 in the north tower being stuck in those conditions for nearly 2 hours and possibly seeing the south tower collapse knowing they'd inevitably be next.

[suzyq]

Shame on whoever told the employees to stay at their desks initially . Another 1000+people could have been saved . Rest in peace innocents x

[toddhunter]

The fire fighters faced an impossible job that day. The look on their faces tells it all.

[nickyjames]

I can't get those people hanging out the windows out of my head, part of me thinks they're still up there
Over 20 years later things still haven't fully sunken in

[community]

If I had been working in either tower and someone said to me to go back to my desk this is my take on that!!!! Once one tower was struck by the jet liner and I was in the other tower and some stupid supervisor say "oh, you are fine come back and sit down at your desk" I would've gotten my coat, purse, and my keys and either rode down the elevator or gone down the stairs and gotten the hell out of there - no job is worth dying

[barbaravyse]

I worked for American Express in Ft. Lauderdale during 9/11. Our headquarters was across the street from the WTC in the WFC. Our building was out of commission for a year. And one of our NY employees was struck by a plane wheel when walking to work. She was injured pretty badly and I think 60 Minutes did a segment on her.

[AaronCastrejon]

Stanley Praimnath who was in the impact zone when the second plane hit noted that he saw a wing lodged in his office door about 20 feet from him after the plane went in. Flames then started to engulf the wing. There is an amateur video on YT where you can hear cracking from within the south tower. The amateur cameraman wanted to leave his apartment because he could hear the creaking. Even while the south tower was being evacuated, a maintenance man said in an interview that he looked out a window as he descended the stairs and said the north tower was already leaning above impact. I forgot where I heard this but there was an account that after one of the planes went in, it sounded like heavy machinery was being moved above; obviously the sound of beams falling, or bending, or floors collapsing.

[kruehli]

I had friends who escaped the South Tower. When the first plane hit the North Tower, Herman Sandler, President of Sandler O'Neill on the 104th floor of the South Tower, saw the plane go in. He immediately went to the transaction floor and told the employees there that it was terrorism and they could leave immediately if they wanted. Of course, the employees were aware of the South tower collision but Sandler had actually watched the plane impact. Many of the employees did leave by one of the stairwells. They were on approximately the 55th floor when the second plane hit their building. Sandler O'Neill lost about half their employees but Herman Sandler's quick thinking probably saved many of those who survived.

[lastpme]

It had to be pure hell…for the people who survived have to be dealing with PTSD 🙏🏾

[pollarddisposal]

This man covers the best topics related to such a tragic event, well done 👏🏻

[williamhaynes]

I cant imagine the people left in north tower after the south tower collapsed... they knew their fate. The south tower collapse was no secret to the people left in north.

[dcnascarboy]

I couldn't imagine what they were going through and thinking in those final moments.

[thecentralscrutinizer]

Probably intense heat/fire, pain, confusion, horror, fear, helplessness, sadness. That would be my guess.

[ThemeParkNetYT]

Have you ever been to the 9/11 museum? There are actually some parts of the windows of the planes that survived. It was really weird to look through the window of one of the planes that hit the towers.

[Afterburner]

It would be interesting to see if anyone from that helicopter that predicted the north tower collapse could be found and interviewed about what they saw. Those floor trusses giving way were the real issue with the floors pancaking like they did. Great video as always.

[lackedpuppet]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the accounts of Frank DeMartini. He was the Construction Manager at the World Trade Center, and was responsible for the evacuations of many floors close to the impact site in the North Tower. He reported via radio channel B when the express elevators were in danger of collapse, and it's believed he saw something at the same time that indicated a possible impending collapse. He and his colleague Pablo Ortiz lost their lives that day.

[travisjohnson]

There is video recorded right before the collapse A man hangs from one of the windows, speaking into a grey handheld camera for a few moments, then he passes the camera to the man hanging in the window right next to him. The man proceeds to direct the camera towards himself and begins speaking.

These people had to have known at some point that all was lost. Sadly no one would be coming for them. Especially after the south tower collapse. I believe these men were recording final messages to their family and friends. Sadly this camera was never found. Or was it? The FBI has video of the disaster that they cannot release due reasons to "evidence in an ongoing investigation or trial" I could imagine they have video from the inside. Images even (confirmed). but some of this material is withheld from release due to family's request. Maybe we will be able to see such things in the next 30-50 years? Who knows.

Those poor people will remain on my mind and in my heart until the day I die.

[garethjudd]

What's never discussed is that over six thousand people managed to simply walk out of both Towers and go back to their families.

[tonymeads]

A FINE comment on this TRAGIC attack. RIP to those who died and may their relatives be able to carry on their lives without the agony of loss as time passes.

[hamishgilmour]

I visited ground zero while in New York last week, it was absolutely surreal to be there and to visit the museum also, I saw quite a few women's names then beside their names said "with unborn child". So sad to read. Shame on the person or people who told workers it was safe to go back to their desks. RIP to all the victims and to the firefighters and ambulance workers who lost their lives, the NYFD faced thee impossible that day.