North Tower World Trade Center Rooftop July 15, 2001- RARE VIDEO

This is a RAW UNEDITED video taken from the roof of the World Trade Center North Tower, Building #1, on July 15th 2001. Shown in the video is my friend Rod Coppola, a broadcast engineer for WNET Channel 13, who worked on the 110th floor and lost his life on 9/11/2001 in this very same building. The recording is jumpy and the RF interference from all the transmitters caused the video to breakup as well as causing the audio noise. The general public is not allowed on the North tower and most videos you will see are from the south tower, so this is a RARE video.

On Sept 11, 2001 at 8:30AM, I signed online with Rod using AOL IM discussing software changes to a program we were working on. Then at 8:46 the connection was severed. I had no idea what was going on until 15-20 minutes later when news of a "small plane" hitting the building was broadcast on the television I was watching. The rest is history. His body was found in a stairwell on Christmas Day 2001.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• World Trade Center
• NY city
• 1WTC
• Antennas
• WTC North tower rooftop
• New York City
• WTC
• 9-1-1
• 911 rememberance
• WTC rooftop
• Rod Coppola

[jtcomms]

Yes, the 'noise' and buzzing you hear is mainly from the TV antennas radiaiting energy into the camera. The camera is unable to reject the strong signal, so it causes the interference which you hear as buzzing and picture distortion.

[jtcomms]

Yes, that was me personally. Rod helped me work on an automation project (Automatronix), and we were almost completed with it when the planes hit. In his memory I completed it, and have a dedicated screen built into the program.

Jim

[glodeanu1234]

what is this interference , clicking of your camera ???

nice video

[jtcomms]

This was caused by all the RF from the TV stations on the antennas on the buiding.

[jtcomms]

This was caused by all the RF from the TV stations on the antennas radiating from the antennas.

[angjomich]

Great video.  I am truly touched being able to see Rod and hear his voice. THank you for sharing this

Patrice

[jtcomms]

You are quite welcome. I still miss him; we had a lot in common (both electronics and music). I have an older video a few years before this one, but it is on VHS, and Rod is highlighted a lot more on it. I would love to post it as well. I have been trying to contact Alice for some time (we lost touch some years ago), but no success.

Jim in FL

[A135S4656]

The Twin Towers were the most attractive, good looking, kewlest skyscrapers ever, I mean just look at it, they let you on the roof, they got great windows, great looks on the outside, differently shaped Windows, an antennae you can stand close to... NOTHING can replace the Twin Towers.

[numlol1]

kinda scary the north tower has no rails...my palms are sweating watching this

[Hardcoregamer2008]

the pictures by the interference, is that the tv program ?

[Sonorite]

@America100000able Huh Not as much as the lives that were lost that day!

[indyfan22k]

@89ErwinR They are gay. But the Planes' fire didn't cause the buildings to fall.

[AnthOBuB11]

@jtcomms Did you personally record this video? And Rod Coppola was the man seeing at 3:16 right?

[America100000able]

I heard in the video that they installed a HD Mast on the North Tower just months before 9/11. Sad. It must have cost a lot.

[tennisguyky]

Impressive video, very few people ever got to see the view from the North Tower! Sorry about your friend....So many unfortunate people died in the North Tower because they were trapped. Thanks for the upload, hope you get to visit the new Tower one day after it is finished...They are now up to the 91st floor!

[tysonradcliffe]

Really impressive video..I have always wanted to see the mast of the north tower up close.

Tyson Conrady

WSVX AM, FM

Station Engineer

[dalektaliban]

with the fall of this building came the fall of our privacy at airport security