As with thousands of others I was on a plane heading to the East coast from San Antonio, TX. Everything was smooth sailing; beautiful skies, nice temperatures, full plane with attentive attendants. Suddenly the pilot announced for everyone to stop and listen; the plane was making an emergency landing at Memphis, TN. Our plane was not in danger but had been ordered to land by the FAA. Everyone was ordered to put up what ever was loose and buckle in. At that point the attendants swept the plane one last time and buckled themselves in. I’ve never experienced a more sudden and dramatic descent. Extremely fast with the nose pitched down considerably. The landing was unremarkable except the ground and taxi speed were higher than normal. Arrival at the gate was quick and abrupt. As I entered the gate area I noticed a small crowd had gathered near a shoeshine stand. Curious I approached and saw the first tower after the impact yet before the collapse. I couldn’t read the news crawler along the bottom of the screen so I assumed it was some second world country and continued on. I was devastated later upon finding out it had happened in my great country. The airport TVs we’re shut down at the time so it wasn’t until I reached the ticket counter that I was informed. The rest of the day and days thereafter were spent in a hotel room watching the carnage replayed.

39:02 - I never understood why Hollywood removes/deletes scene of iconic buildings after it's destroyed in a disaster or delete all footage of an actor after they die unexpectedly. Don't erase the landmark or the actor as if it never existed.

The flight over Pennsylvania crashed because the PASSENGERS fought back against the hijackers. Let’s be accurate. Without the bravery of those passengers we may have lost the White House or the capital building.

I was starting my 2nd week of senior year in high school on 9/11/01. I remember that day like if it was yesterday. I remember they completely shut down LA and the news kept reporting that there were reports of a plane heading towards LA and I believe that day was the day I developed Anxiety. Every year since, I remember ALL those people that lost their lives on that day. I didn't know any of those people but it hurts me like if I lost a family member. Can't believe it's been 20 years.

I remember my family’s story about that day. My uncle was in New York and left for Connecticut that day and then returned when it was safe, my dad got stuck in Houston as all the rental cars were taken, and my mom was in the Bay taking care of my brother (I wasn’t born yet). Thankfully, my family was safe. Thank you to all the first responders and volunteers. May all the victims rest in peace.

RIP to all the victums of the 9/11 attacks and those who died at the aftermath of the tragedy.

You gave me an answer to a question I’ve been asking for a long time. How did the towers fall like that so fast, especially the north tower when it was hit so high up. It’s because the building were literally a tall cinder block without much support in the middle where the main stairwell was. It was an open space, basically. It crumbled because the buildings exterior, the main support of the building, was penetrated at high speeds.

Just found this channel on accident, and I'm glad I did. Great retrospective 👍💯🙂

Mohammed Atta chose the date of September 11, 2001 because it was a Tuesday, when the airlines would have more on-time departures and fewer passengers, hence the planes would be easier to take over. Rumor has it that the original date chosen was Tuesday, October 2, 2001 but was moved up by three weeks when it became apparent that the authorities were beginning to suspect something.

I found this channel on my homepage when I saw a video advertised for the Palace of Auburn Hills, which I'm from Metro Detroit. I'm glad I found this channel because it's so interesting to learn about all the other famous buildings. Great job!

0:36 "It's too quiet" Oh how that would change.... :(

Your modern ruins series are amazing 🤩 It really sets it self apart and you do your homework quite well. Might I suggest for a future video. Memorial Stadium in Baltimore Maryland

Great job on your Story of the Twin Towers! I learned so MUCH! Gonna have to watch it again. I moved to Manhattan in 2005 and for years heard so many stories from local New Yorkers about where they were during that horrific event. Almost daily, I ride past the site of the new One World Trade Center, It is beautiful! The tower, to the surrounding areas, are perfectly structured and pleasing to the eyes and heart. You would never know anything had previously occurred. Keep up the great work!!! I love your channel! BTW, for future videos, your pronunciation of Greenwich Street and Vesey are off. But that's easily fixed. :-) Happy Thanksgiving! Brian

This is the most underrated video about the twin towers and 9/11. It covers everything, before and after. It’s so detailed. I’m surprised this doesn’t have more likes.

your vids are so good pls keep posting

hearing actual dates makes me realize that my grandparents witnessed the entirety of the history of the twin towers

I was in college at UMass-Lowell when this happened. All classes were cancelled that day and students were glued to the TV all day. The weeks and months that followed would become the foundation for a lot of what's going on today.

I remember when I was younger seeing the Ground Zero site in late October or early November 2001. My dad's cousin was part of the cleanup effort, so I was able to get a closeup look of the scene (not sure if I was allowed to get as close as we did, but we did). If anyone remembers, there was 2 fences surrounding the site. My dad's cousin was somehow able to get us inside to the inner, shorter fence to get a better look. Even 21 years later, I can still remember the smell of jet fuel and all the flowers and pictures lining the fence. It was a very surreal experience.

I just gotta say… this video was really well done. Thank you for making this

The first news broadcaster “it’s quiet out there “…. “ too quiet “….😢 ❤goes out to all the families effected and ones still being effected from this absolutely devastating day! 😢

This was very well done.

I’ve seen many of these about the towers, but this one had details I had never heard before. Brilliant 👍🏼

Very well done. Great historical overview.

The Twin Towers should never have been destroyed. In fact, 9/11 should never have happened at all. How can you say that the world was "made better by the changes that came out of it" when Bush II's response to the attacks, mainly with the unnecessary invasion of Iraq, led America into becoming a politically divided shit-show we're seeing today? That's not being made better, that's being made worse. If 9/11 ended up being a foiled terrorist plot, then honestly, things would be better off. Not only would we see a much calmer, more peaceful political landscape in America (neither Donald Trump or Joe Biden become president), or Saddam Hussein continuing to be dictator of Iraq until his downfall as a result of the Arab Spring (which still happens in a world without 9/11 or the Iraq war, Saddam was pretty much doomed to be toppled from power anyway even if the Iraq War had never taken place. The only way he would continue ruling Iraq until his death of old age would be if the Arab Spring never happened either), the Twin Towers would continue dominating the skyline of NYC, although eventually around the late 2010's they would lose their title to newer buildings in NYC such as One Vanderbilt or the Central Park Tower. The World Trade Center would've gone through some changes throughout the 21st Century as a result of its privatization. The Mall, which was just acquired by Westfield in August 2001, would be expanded and renovated, and later reopen around August or September 2002 as "Westfield Shoppingtown World Trade Center". The Windows of the World restaurant would've also received a massive renovation around that time, from around November 2001 until around Spring 2002. However, there would also be some sort of controversy in the mid-2000's from the WHO regarding the North Tower's antenna, something about it causing cancer (At least that's what I've heard on the internet. It might be some random rumor but who knows). The antenna would be replaced with a more eco-friendly one around 2006-07 in response to the health concerns. We would continue seeing the Twin Towers appear in movies, TV shows and music videos set in NYC. We would've seen Iron Man fly around the Twin Towers while defending the city from alien invaders in 2012's The Avengers. They would've been the setting for the finale of Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief in 2010. They also would've appeared in music videos of Not Afraid by Eminem, Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys, Hey There Delilah by the Plain White T's, etc. The destruction of the World Trade Center was truly a huge loss for the city. Even though they eventually rebuilt the WTC, with One World Trade Center (aka the Freedom Tower) being the main building, and as much as I like the new WTC complex, I just can't help but compare the collapse of the Twin Towers to that of the burning of the Library of Alexandria. Both beautiful landmarks, while both served a different purpose from each-other, are now lost in time as a result of horrific tragedies (The Library of Alexandria's was sadly inevitable but the Twin Towers' was rather preventable).

I wasn't alive when this happened, but it still impacted my life in so many different ways. Rest in Peace to all of the victims of this tragedy.

13:29 Very interesting. More should've been done to address this issue. If there was no means of escape for occupants trapped that high then the space should've not been built or leased to anyone!!! Only the floors that are more closer to the ground should've been used until a solution was found!!!

Super well researched, thank you!

I wouldn't say the event changed the world for the better... It sparked or at least had some involvement in the 2000 invasion of Afghanistan, which led to the 2001 invasion of Iraq and Pakistan. Which ended up being an 18- year conflict until demobilisation in 2019 which then led to the Taliban in Afghanistan basically taking over the entire country because of the damage caused by the US, UK and all Western armies involved. The new WTC site has a great legacy, and it's wonderful how it brings people together. But as far as world relations and world peace is concerned, it just gave the US an excuse to make things worse in the Middle East.

Very tactful not running ads in this one.

it deserves a lot more views... well researched and presented

the news reporters talking about '' choppers and ''' across the northeast '' gives me an erie feeling

Great video about The Twin Towers and 9/11.

Great documentary

“It’s quiet … too quiet” Uhhh

I just consider myself blessed to have experienced what the site offered several times during the 90's growing up.

Excellent video! You have a new sub 🙂

this is very well done (except for the last two minutes about how good came from it and we're all united um no). i appreciated the backstory of the attacks.

There is a song from blonde..in the music video to heart of glass ...seen the video a thousand times but the other day i just happened to notice the twin towers in that video ...an it made thank of it when you something about how many moves an song's ...dent know if any body eales might have caught it.... great video it was a lot different than most ..done a good on putting all this together 👍🏻👍👍👍

Me and my older brother were living with my grandparents on my mother's side and i will never forget that day

Rest in peace to those who died So sorry to their loved ones 🕊🤍

I was 5 years old when this happened. I remember nothing about that day but feel as if I have always known about the tragedy. God bless the victims and the hero’s of that day. May they be remembered for generations to come.

Everyone alive that day remembers where they were when that happened.

GREAT GREAT JOB- You sure covered EVERYTHING- from BIRTH - DEATH!!!

There is an epidemic of mispronunciations on KZfaq. It's hard for me to understand how people put so much effort into making quality video but can't be bothered to look up terms they are unfamiliar with. I wish creators were more worldly and understood the terms they use, but I can forgive people not having been exposed to them, but I can't forgive being too lazy to look them up! Coup d'etat?! Huh?

Can you do a video about the Mariett hotel between the wtrc that was sliced in half my the south tower collapse then finished by the north tower

So cinematic.

Have you done The Mitsubishi Pattern Factory in Nagasaki (1898)

It was just the beginning of the school year, my 1st in middle school (6th grade), and kinda was like any other day.... Until I seen all the teachers begin to talk amongst themselves and then they chose to let us see everything, from the 1st tower on fire to when the plane went through the 2nd tower ( it was like watching something out of a movie happening in real life, real time) and my math teacher just started crying 😢😢😢 and she was trying her best to explain what we were ALL witnessing, just not at that moment, but in the long term as well 🤯🤬🤯🤬🤯 I was 12 and didn't know or understand the magnitude of the situation, but now at 34 and been living through the aftermath, to see the dramatic change and shift as a country and as people, it's STILL hard to fathom 🥺😞😢

I know exactly where I was. Later that day I drove to my mom's house. It was strange with no planes in the sky. I very sad day indeed.

The world was not made better by the attacks. Everything has got worse since then.

it did not take petit 45 minutes to cross, he crossed 8 times and even did tricks while up on the wire, 'man on wire' is an incredible documentary about the planning and fruition of this remarkable feat❣

Well researched and you started years before 9/11 itself, which is smart. As an adult at that time and with an interest in world issues, this nostalgic notion now that the event itself was a “complete surprise” and the 90s were this incredible time of peace is very mistaken. Your history here tells it how it was…perhaps no one expected those towers to collapse but people did know that terrorism was possible!

@ 13:20 he was right. 😢 maybe if people took his warning seriously, more loves would have been saved.

Thank you for the great video. I'll never forget where I was. I was a junior in high school in Southern MN. I found out during 2nd period math. I hugged a lot of people that day, and I'm not gonna lie I cried a lot. Walked around my small town willing to do any volunteer work that would help NY or the Pentagon. Felt so empty for so long after 9/11. I'll never forget.

I'm Canadian but I was living in Europe for a year when 9/11 hit. I was 6 and saw the images on the TV by accident. My dad told me it was pretend but it scarred me for life. I ended up living my life in fear. It didn't help that I was supposed to be in China when a bombing had occurred (but cancelled my trip), my parents were at an airport where there was a live mass shooter at one time and I was supposed to be on a boat in Japan when the Tsunami hit in 2011 but went to Italy instead. I live in so much fear but I'm still doing my best.

The hijackers were not able to steal not one of our freedoms but politicians did. (Patriot act) 😢

A perfect summer morning until boom

This was a fantastic video. Thank you so much for explaining the conflict and US meddling in the Middle East that led to the creation of Al Qaeda and gave rise to Bin Laden and ultimately led to 9/11. This attack was not random nor was it done because “they hate us because we’re free.” I also appreciate you shining light on the fact that the CIA knew the attackers were in the US and refused to share their intelligence with the FBI that could’ve likely stopped the attack. In my humble opinion, the CIA willingly turned a blind eye to the threat, intentionally withheld their intel, and ultimately allowed the attack to happen in order to garner the votes from Congress and support from the American people needed to wage full scale war in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq who had nothing to do with 9/11, and to allow for the creation of the Patriot Act which would give the Intelligence Agencies significantly more power and funding. The blood of 2,996 Americans and countless civilians around the world is on the hands of the CIA.

my dad’s birthday was on 9/11. We sadly ate our cake whilst watching the tv as the plane ✈️ crashed 😮😢

“Its quiet too quiet”

How is climbing up the side of the building bring attention to ppl not being able to be rescued

Pretty sure Otis is on Cape Cod

I have trouble with the narrator's cadence in this video. The pauses... are... in the wrong... places. Apart from that it's very interesting and informative.

00:34 - Oh how weird that he should say that, when that first plane was probably just seconds away from crashing into the first tower. Be well and stay safe everybody. "Unpopular the Movie" (Free On KZfaq)

Bring back Radio Row!

All the answers were there....to prevent these lives from being lost............

The news man predicted the future he said it’s quite to quite

living in a time wehre everything was better than BOOM the world changed

26:02-26:26 September 11 was also the day in 1941 that construction on The Pentagon began.

loovvvvveeee thisss please do like 3 more for the 22 anniversay of 9/11

"ES-BARRO" lol

They are seeing this was the beginning of the global currency reset! I have to wonder! Busch didn’t look as disturbed as I felt!

The video was pretty solid other than the end, which says that world was better after the changes caused by 9/11. I find that hard to believe given the forever wars in the middle east, and they hundreds of thousands killed in them, where a good result of 9/11. While geopolitics isn't the point of the video, I find it disingenuous to comment on that while saying you can't speculate on a world in which 9/11 doesn't happen.

Sorry. It took him 45 WHOLE minutes to cross the gap between WTC 1+ 2? I was expecting 10-15 at most. The fuuuck

Amazon boxes.... 🤣🤣🤣

The cia warned of the possibility in a brief on aug6!

I was a toddler when it happened

Why didn’t the hijackers get death certificates if they died??

In what sense is the world a better place since 9/11? Enlighten me!?

My father purchased army surplus goods and ammunition from a shop in radio row in the 60s. Amazing how that area went through such a transformation.

The Twin Towers weren't the most elegantly designed skyscrapers To exist but just the sight of them was jaw dropping. This is one of the best videos that I've personally watched when it comes to the Twin Towers. 90% of videos on KZfaq about the Towers are just about 9/11 and while of course it's impossible to ignore that dag when it comes to the buildings, and I never want to ignore that day, I also want to learn more about the Towers before the attacks, what they stood for and meant. Thanks for the upload

It's pronounced coo-day-tah. (coup d'état) Or you can just say coo (coup).

The plural of aircraft is aircraft not aircrafts.

13:43 that didnt age well

Is this an AI or human voice, it’s hard to tell these days.

Greenwich is pronounced Gren-ich

He pronounced it “s-barro” lol.

Conventional wisdom might suggest quit building these Building's that Tall. We want building's constructed where Fire Fighter's can reach People; if they're trapped due too massive Fire's. That's why; I don't get the whole tall building fascination.

To this day the greatest buildings to ever touch this planet

I wish they’d rebuilt the twins. What made them so beautiful was the simplicity, two solid looking monoliths standing taller than any building in New York. The new Tower is too futuristic and doesn’t have the same feeling as the old ones

i feel bad for everyone and for the rescue dog's on that day they found more died then alive that hurt's them they are thinking yay i found someone only to see there gone some time's they have the rescue member's hide just so the dog's can find someone alive 🐕🐶🐕‍🦺 they are so happy when they do that

'UNFORTUNATE'???!🤦

It’s too quite… wow

You don’t realise how much you love something until it’s gone. I feel Trump had the right idea to rebuild them bigger and stronger.

Bush jr...evil

There are more bodies being discovered every month during the construction of the Freedom Tower to this day.

Capitalism took over from the natural enviroment Thou shalt have no other gods But me!

That third WTC building, sure was strange huh

"Are you the twin tower? Because i put my plane in to you😏." -dark homour rizz

“They were supposed to last a 100 years” Thermite disagrees…