In an alternate universe, the Twin Towers are still here and being rennovated to remove all of the asbestos in them.

And in six months, all of this would be known as Ground Zero.

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

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.

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!!

Between visits to this grand restaurant, I had read about the wine steward - the man who ran the fantastic wine cellar there, and on my next visit, I asked our server to mention this to him. Shortly thereafter, the steward came to our table and was appreciative that I took the time to share what I had learned about him. He graciously invited us inside his cellar, and gave us a grand tour. My date and I were transfixed as he pointed out their incredible selection....some wines well over 100 years old, and explained the inner workings of his cellar in the sky. At the end of this spontaneous tour, he gifted us a bottle of a very fine wine, which was easily the finest wine I had ever had the pleasure of tasting. It was a wonderful addition to an already beautiful evening at WOTW. Naturally, I wonder...to this day, if this gentleman survived the attack. I remain so very thankful to him for taking the time to introduce my date - who has since passed away, and I to his world. The entire staff at WOTW were extremely kind & courteouss to us, and.........🙏🙏R.I.P. to all those who perished.

I know this is 2001 but I miss the 20th Century with all my heart 💔

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

I was conceived in late July 1968 weeks before tower 1 began it's journey skyward and was born 3 months after tower 2 started going up and grew up with them, It was 1976 and i was 7 yrs old and off school sick and was watching a documentary on the construction and my mind was blown when i saw them on the screen. Also i'm autistic and led a lonely childhood and even tho i had a younger estranged brother and sister, i considered the towers my brother and sister and it was my dream to go by the time i'm 30. I turned 30 in 1999 and wasn't financially stable enough to go, so i made a promise to go in 3 to 5 years, and 2 years later i watched them collapse, i couldn't believe it and my heart sank because no matter how rich or successful i become i'll never ever stand on the top of the world and that makes me so sad.

Man it's very likely that even up to 80% of the employees present at that restaurant on this day were the very same people working the restaurant on the day it was hit.

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

This restaurant is fancier than most restaurants today.

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

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.

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

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

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

Anyone who was at Windows on the World at the time of the attack would have perished. There was no way for them to get out of the building and no way for someone to get to them to be saved. All of these people would have died a horrible death full of pain and suffering. Many of them would jump. No one deserves to die like that. Absolutely no one.

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

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.

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

Me and a date had dinner at Windows of the World on July 3, 1990. It was a beautiful night in Manhattan. Naturally, I'll never forget the experience and ehat came after.

I use that restaurant at the World Trade Center as the wallpaper on my computer, and I imagine looking out and having dinner with a woman I met there by chance.

No one would ever convince me to get in a skyscraper like that, let alone have supper there.

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

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 .

Hard to believe that nearly everything we saw in this video doesn't exist anymore. The old WTC was an amazing place.

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

This is not Windows on the World, that was a SUPER fancy restaurant, this is The Greatest Bar on Earth, on the same floor, but a way more casual and affoedable option next to Wild Blue, a different steak restaurant

It’s crazy to think that there was modern restaurants in buildings from the 70s and it probably would’ve continued to be retrofitted for decades to come

Seeing the staff and knowing none of them made it out alive (except one but that was bc he was getting his glasses fixed in the lobby) 😳

Everyone loved a denim Jean. I wonder how many in that video are no longer with us.

Just 6 months later all this beauty would be a pile of rubble.

So beautiful ❤️! Always wanted to visit, but the opportunity passed me by.

This beautiful life as we all knew it is now gone forever.

I almost cry this beautiful tower is no more

This is sad…….I wonder how many of the people going to work didn’t make it out six months later.

Thanks for sharing - my first time watching this. I saw one of the waitress "Tabitha" in the video.

This makes my heart ache

And to think I had pending plans to visit end of Aug. 2001, & that restaurant was 1st on my list. I couldn't wait to see the view. O, well....

Insane to think that ALL OF THIS literally disintegrated into *nothing*

2:40 Looks like he's seen a ghost

Interesting (and kinda wholesome) to see the North Korean flag displayed inside the South Tower’s Lobby at 1:25

Don't forget, 8 years prior to this film, the WTC was bombed from underneath and I believe 6 people died. The WTC had to undergo repair and renovation as a result.

I hate that 9/11 happened and so many people from these towers died that day. May they rest in peace.

Imagine that.. sitting eating breakfast and BOOM your life is over....

How were cockpit doors not secure in 2001? That is madness!

I remember the Warner Brothers store in the basement showing at 3:40. We bought a Batman pen from there!

I can only pity those who grab a bite to eat while they're in the current One World Observatory; most of their cuisine options are comparable to any generic food court. Also incredible is the fact that their only restaurant (if it can even be called that) is accessible from a ticket to visit the observatory, meaning that, effectively, someone's paying for both an observatory ticket and their meal, even if those customers don't care for the former. I just miss that Windows On The World gave diners a view without the additional surcharge; just pay for the meal while also having a panoramic view that's $0.00.

i have never seen a video of the inside of windows on the world...

I remember going to the windows on the world on the World Trade Center, the food was very good the employees were super nice i use to go to the World Trade Center to eat at the restaurant when the 9/11 happened it was very frustrating. 😢

R.l.P. to aII these peopIe six months Iater♥️

Pierces the heart,

The sad thing is we could be looking at a lot of folks in this video who probably didn’t make it and that’s the harsh reality!

I wanna believe the Twin Towers and everyone we lost are still having a grand time in heaven . I just hate they had to suffer all that to get there

Just looking at the footage of everything and to think that after the collapse would be only fine grey dust and twisted steel beams, its as if all the furnishings of every floor including all the people were pulverised into a fine powder, takes some getting your head around when you think about it.

Wow short before things changed

Crazy to think that only 6 months later every single person in this video in the restaurant would be dead because nobody up their survived 😢

1/2 year before the towers went down.

I've never liked being in tall buildings like that.

2:13 were they ordering beers lol?

1:13 Never knew that there was a North Korean flag at the WTC.

Pretty surreal me and my family were there on that Summer of 2001

I'm pretty sure the black waitress at 2:35 was one staff member of the Windows On The World team. I have seen her picture on the 9/11-obituary-website. She did not survive 9/11. May her soul rest in peace.

Windows of the World was the highest grossing restaurant in the country at the time of the attacks

Did the World Trade Center have a movie theater? It’s the one thing I haven’t read about so far

cool

So sad such beautiful buildings destroyed by hate. Also, so many lives lost may they rest in peace.

Well if I ever get a time machine I will definitely go back to see the towers. And steal that tapestry right before the big ones hit.

Thoughts on the black employee at 2:34? Did she perish or was she not working that day?

March 2001 wow my 3rd birthday 🎂 in that month

At 3:07 I see Cerberus Pyrotronics MXL fire alarm speaker strobes. Did those alarms go off on 9/11? Because all I ever hear is that loud one in building 7.

So sad seeing all the servers and staff in the background knowing many of them were probably still working there at the time of the attack

Everyone's wearing dad sneakers and mom jeans. 😂

I've been to the site several times. Downtown Manhattan is haunted by 9/11.

*The World Trade Center Tapestry.*

In 6months gone

I was born on march 5 2001, feel weird to see that vid, may all 911 victims rest in peace

Quantos dos que estão aí nesse vídeo será que podem ter morrido no dia dos ataques???

If you were a time traveler , and came back with warnings , you’d get called a nut or batshit crazy . But I swear even if they had to shut some stuff down for a while it would’ve helped cuz I hate we know what we know now and it’s just a constant story after story that didn’t need to be

North Korean flag☠️🇰🇵 (1:15)

And think that all that is gone

Боже какой архив Все живы , всё мирно Все здоровы и что сейчас происходит

The music...

Was this Wild Blue?

Did you intentionally use La Bamba as the background music because Ritchie was the victim of another famous American plane crash?

The sad thing is the employees working upstairs that probably died a couple of months after the tape

We won't forget you, bush son and father for bring it down.

Y pensar que en ese momento, en otro lado del mundo estaban planeando destruir esas torres y su gente dentro

la bamba seriously

Might as well pop open the most expensive wine there at 10:28am 9/11 and toast to the end.

No shot they had a flag of North Korea in the foray.

Months later and the street would be cover in bodies blood dust and trash

This is great as posterity. I probably remember 9/11 happening more than anyone else what a few days it was...!

So there was a mall in the World Trade Centre?

I wonder if the waitress at 2:35 made it out on 9/11.

Links to songs, please?

1:12 POLSKA GUROOOM

Why is the north corean flag in the wtc? XD

Before 9/11 Attacks