"Top Of The World"

"In Memory of September 11"_
Although the majority of space in the WTC complex was off-limits to the general public, 1 WTC (North Tower) had a restaurant on the 107th floor called Windows on the World, and 2 WTC (South Tower) featured a public observation area aptly named "Top Of The World."
When visiting the observation deck, visitors would first pass through security checks added after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Next, visitors were whisked to the 107th floor indoor observatory and greeted with a 360 degree view of the New York City skyline, and exhibitions including a three-dimensional scale model of Manhattan, and a simulated helicopter ride around the city. Weather-permitting, visitors could take two short escalator rides up from the 107th floor and visit what was the world's highest outdoor viewing platform. At a height of 1,377 feet (420 m), visitors were able to take in a view of the North Tower and New York City unlike any other. On a clear day, it was claimed that visitors could see up to 45 miles (72 km) in any given direction. An anti-suicide fence was placed on the roof itself, with the viewing platform set back and elevated above it, requiring only an ordinary railing and leaving the view unobstructed.
Windows on the World was an elegant restaurant known as a place for big celebrations, such as weddings. In its last full year of operation, 2000, Windows on the World reported revenues of $37.5 million, making it the highest-grossing restaurant in the United States. [ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center
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[A135S4656]

I would have done anything for them to not have done this to the World Trade Center.

THumbs up if you agree with me.

[tammyscotland]

Thank you. This is something I'll never get to see for myself but thank you for letting me see it through your eyes, the way you saw it. Thank you

[SmashesDesigns]

Beautiful, but so Terrifying at the same time, to be that high, is like being in the skies.

[joeman1499]

@MrJevrick

my grandma went there in the 70's and she told me that the elevator was really fast.

[kittypooh808]

Total goose bumps watching this video. R.I.P. to those who lost their lives here.

[mrhondacivicsi]

shame the usa did this to its own ppl. may your govt burn in hell and may the innocent lives lost that day be forever at peace.

~from toronto, canada

[theone2225]

I went to NYC for the first time in my life on my 10th grade trip, we went up in the South Tower of the World Trade Center and went to the observation deck, it was amazing, I remember it so well.... I can still picture it all.....it was May of 2001, 4 months before 9/11. 

[MrCoMmEnToR19]

Never forget.

[steve998]

I went there in 1999, when I was cabin crew, on my first trip to NY. I remember being absolutely terrified, (I am female, despite sign in name and really scared of heights!) but when I got to the top, the view from the Top of the Word was breathtaking. Truly amazing. I remember thinking wow, imagine if you fell from here and my stomach lurched. Little did I know for so many people, that thought would be a reality. Does not bear thinking about, and my stomach still lurches every time I do.

[Hotrod6045]

I wish I had the chance to go up to the top of these buildings before they fell but I was 10 years old on 9/11 and will never get that chance forever.

[CheckDare]

To think that all it took was a handful of hateful, islamic goat-shaggers armed with box-cutters to bring them down, killing three-thousand innocent civilians.

Never again.

Shutter ALL muslim immigration to the west until they can prove that they can be civilized. As if.

[mustachecoolpants]

wow. really scary to think of how high up the building was.