Man On Roof Of Twin Towers

Exactly how high were the twin towers of the world trade center.

Man on roof of twin towers.

By laura donnelly and lauradonnelly 08 september 2012 13. A man comforts a woman on the roof of a building in brooklyn new york after the collapse of the world trade center towers on september 11 2001. A man has spoken about how he survived the collapse of the twin towers by surfing down the falling buildings on a block of concrete. The photo became an internet phenomenon as many manipulated pictures spread online.

Pasquale buzzelli a survivor who claims to have been on the 22nd floor of one of the collapsing towers lived through the fall with only minor injuries. Roof is not safest option though some people were rescued from the world trade center s roof after the 1993 basement garage bombing fire evacuation plans for the buildings never included a rooftop escape. The roof of the south tower said hayes was totally obscured. The twin towers which opened in 1973 were 110 stories and stood approximately 416 meters 1 365 feet.

They were the tallest buildings in the world at the time. Genelle guzman mcmillan another survivor. As for the north tower there was nobody on the roof he said. And 2 world trade center at 1 362 feet 415 1 m.

Guzli said he edited the photo as a joke for his friends and did not. The man jimmy mceniry second from left and members of nypd esu at ground zero two days after the twin towers fell. Jimmy mceniry was the new york police department s nypd last man out of the world trade center as the second tower fell on september 11 2001. The man in the photograph was identified as hungarian péter guzli who took the photo in 1997.

Beneath the 110 storey twin towers was a shopping and service concourse that was for us the equivalent of a village square a place that contained all sorts of outlets such as a hot bread shop a.