My View from the street
THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE
May 8th 1995 Bairdstravel had the pleasure of taking the lift to the top of 110 floor World Trade Centre . Observation deck was busy with tourists from all around the globe enjoying the superb views.This was one of the highlights of our holiday in New York .The World Trade Center Towers were among the tallest buildings in the world.The complex was located in the heart of New York City's downtown financial district and contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24 million m²) of office space.
All photographs are taken and owned by D Baird
Where were you when on September 11th 2001?
Bairdstravel was working nightshift . So he was home in Duntocher and
watched the second aircraft hit the trade centre.
Although most of the space in the World Trade Center complex was off-limits to the public, the South Tower featured a public observation area called Top of the World Trade Center Observatories on its 107th floor. When visiting the observation deck, visitors would first pass through security checks added after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, then were whisked to the 107th floor indoor observatory at a height of 1,310 feet (400 m). The Port Authority renovated the observatory in 1995, then leased it to Ogden Entertainment to operate. Attractions added to the observation deck included a simulated helicopter ride around the city.
The food court was designed with a subway car theme. Weather permitting, visitors could take two short escalator rides up from the 107th floor to an outdoor viewing platform at a height of 1,337 ft (408 m). On a clear day, visitors could see up to 50 miles (80 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, unlike the observation deck of the Empire State Building
September 11, 2001
On that morning nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Each team of hijackers included a member who has undergone some pilot training. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners (American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175) into the World Trade Center in New York City, one plane into each tower (resulting in the collapse of both buildings soon afterward and extensive damage to nearby buildings.
The hijackers crashed a third airliner (American Airlines Flight 77) into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C.. Passengers and members of the flight crew on the fourth aircraft (United Airlines Flight 93) attempted to retake control of their plane from the hijackers;
that plane crashed into a field near the town of Shanksville in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania. In addition to the 19 hijackers, 2,974 people died as an immediate result of the attacks, and the death of at least one person from lung disease was ruled by a medical examiner to be a result of exposure to WTC dust. Another 24 people are missing and presumed dead. The victims were predominantly civilians. This brings the total of casualties of the September 11th attacks to 2,999.
Our hearts go out to family and friends who lost dear ones on such a tragic day.
Bairdstravels photo`s from his time at the Twin Towers
View of the Statue of Liberty from the Towers