WTC South Tower Construction Shots - March 1971

Raw-video clips show mostly the steel erection at WTC 2 (south tower) around floor 83, impacted by the aircraft on 9/11. Maximum extension of WTC2 impact zone: 77-85 floors.
Includes :
1) aerials of twin towers being built,
2) placement and fastening of core-column sections,
3) fastening of core-column sections, core floor girders and perimeter-wall spandrel splices,
3) transition points between box-shaped and wideflange-shaped core-column sections,
4) welding of mechanical-floor perimeter panels and floor trusses probably on 77th floor,
5) and some interviews with iron workers.
Compiled shots from two digitized 16mm(?) film reels (A-roll "A686P29A" & B-roll "A686P29B"), produced for ABC News' segment on construction labor costs. Reporter: Gregory Jackson. ABC News provides only one date as of March 30, 1971 for both videos on its archive website. It remains unknown, what date it actually is: Video recording date, production date or the airing date.
Screentaped pre-screening videos from abcnewsvsource.com. Slightly upscaled to 1080p before upload.

[@kentuckytim4443]

These guys deserve every penny they made on this job. ❤🇺🇸

[@fixme.96]

imagine the sadness of those who work and built the two buildings

[@SeekingGreetings]

I have to deal with the sadness of people who lost *loved* *ones* . Although admirable, they were structures and we lost families. 😢

[@billkittleman9631]

Just imagine Titanic’s builders .. all that toil for a mere five official days of steaming 😞

[@jus10lewissr]

Anytime I see something filmed from high up inside the WTC towers where I can see the city far down below, I find it impossible not to think of the "jumpers" that were ultimately forced to leap to their deaths to avoid the smoke and flames. I love skyscrapers and enjoy watching them be constructed, but this one obviously just hits different.

[@goobi3780]

Right? People jumped from that. It really gives insight into what they were faced with inside the buildings

[@user-kp8sx1nh1c]

This is the Tower I worked in on the 86th floor. Enjoyed watching how she was built.

[@bigwillietheb]

okay you worked there , how did they get those cranes up on the towers & then how did they get them down

[@user-kp8sx1nh1c]

@@bigwillietheb They were called kangeroo cranes and they came from Austrailia. On You Tube Key in World Trade Canter Construction Kangaroo cranes.

[@Dec38105]

whats the yellow band ?

[@Xantylon74]

@@Dec38105 Looks like typical protection screen, preventing stuff falling of the building, protection from wind etc.

[@heimricvanleeuwen2563]

Okey so “tower” is feminine in English?! Confusing since a tower reminds me of the phallus.

[@lifeisamatrix5960]

The outer welders had balls of steel

[@Youngg_Ronnie]

I feel like u made an unintentional pun

[@craigusselman546]

I be got severe height phobia I admire those badasses so much

[@MrTambopaxi]

​😅 4:17 4:18 4:24 sea f@@Youngg_Ronnie❤x❤z❤f z6 T ç chf❤❤I ko😢😊😊

[@MrTambopaxi]

Ĥĥķòķķkkkàaqqqqqqq

[@dasfette]

Men, doing manly things.

[@SonJayChannel]

My greatest regret is that this vision of Manhattan was stolen from us before so many of us young people could experience it. My family visited the South Tower observation deck while my mother was still pregnant with me in 1998, so in a way, I still got to stand on top of a world I'll never see...

[@SonJayChannel]

@@--AnonymousUser-- visited many times, beautiful building, just very different. Better in some ways but not in others

[@marcoscamargodemelo7044]

O trabalho dos operários foi perfeito. Duas majestosas Torres davam um requinte de beleza e oponencia na linda Manhatan. Infelizmente foi também palco de uma tragédia terrível causado por homens sem amor no coração, deixando quase três mil mortos. Os sobreviventes ao ataque a maioria já faleceu. O memorial é uma reflexão do que aconteceu.

[@billkittleman9631]

They just completed the skyline, they truly did .. I’ve managed to somewhat grudgingly accept the new WTC, but the NY skyline will never be as majestic as it once truly was ..

[@brianrutherfield9233]

The amount of material used is insane!

[@Boxscot49]

The reporter smoking a ciggy during an interview is peak 70’s😂

[@bigwillietheb]

7 years to build , but only less than 2 hours to destroy

[@Vijimn1]

There is a saying in my language, ಕುಂಬಾರನಿಗೆ ವರುಷ, ದೊಣ್ಣೆಗೆ ನಿಮಿಷ translation : "it is years for potter , seconds for a stick"

[@robroy6374]

5 years to build actually (1968-73).

[@robroy6374]

exactly!@@Protogorius

[@stevej6813]

And to this day, people still believe this magnitude of steel and concrete somehow destroyed itself into an unrecognisable pile of rubble just because it sustained minor damage to the perimeter of eight floors with the only force being gravity. A physical impossibility, not just once, but twice on the same day. Simple minded much.

[@treydogg77]

And your one of those we call can’t fix stupid…

[@SRLAX21]

$8 a hour to build TWO MONSTERS

[@ebl89]

$8 in 1970 compared to now they would be making $50 an hour

[@Neoptolemus]

rj sepulveda he actually said 7,1$

[@nordicwarrior2176]

An average of making $25-$35 an hour in today's wages.

[@Erika-lingerieFr]

@@ebl89 But they can't work every day...

[@batescp1]

​@@ebl89oh my goodness, I was literally going to comment that. What if I'm your comment before I repeated it. Lol

[@nineeleventwentyfourseven607]

Some seriously high quality footage there Mr k. Certainly new to me, thanks for uplopading this.

[@rkgsd]

That's because the TV station used high resolution video, probably 2" videotape.

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

UNREAL to think this is roughly where the Boeing 767 impacted just 30 Years after this was recorded. This video is gold. Also soon the towers will have GONE longer than they stood.

[@111danish111]

That plane was built in 1983 !

[@greathornedowl1783]

@@111danish111so?

[@Wretched2JZ]

Sad they were such unique buildings. I wanted them to be around forever. But they coy don’t afford them anymore and couldn’t afford the 800k for 3 floor quote to replace asbestos.. They could build new towers for the price of it. So it’s no wonder to me they both came down. We’ll all 7 buildings came down.😢 Ironic Larry Silverstein just took the insurance lease out weeks before the “attack “. And on that day he forgot he had an emergency doc appt in the morning to get to. So Larry instead of being at the top of the tower where he usually was. Didn’t show. And his son also was told to call out. 🫤

[@jolicska]

@@Wretched2JZ silverstein was missing with his son from the towers on 9/11 among with hundreds of israeli employees were missing as well on that day. He wanted to torn down the towers as soon as he bought them back then, but NY city did not allowed him to do so. he pulled out the insurance contract for terrorist attack a month before 9/11. but people call these facts "conspiracy theory".

[@shona5512]

@@Wretched2JZ You just love misinformation, don't you? "They couldn't afford them anymore"? They were put up for lease in 2000. Larry Silverstein bought them in 2001 (because he already owned other buildings in the WTC complex) and signed the lease for them in July 2001.. You know what you do when you spend a large sum of money on something? You take out insurance on it. Moron. Why would it be fishy for him to not be there at 9:00am do you know how many other people should have been there but weren't for one reason or another? Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane were supposed to be on the plane's that hit the buildings, but Seth was hungover and missed his flight and Mark changed his plans the day before, Michael Jackson was supposed to be at a meeting inside the towers but he overslept and missed his appointment.. I suppose they were all in on it too?

[@mariusz4912]

It is unbelievable that a little over 30 years later, these wonderful buildings will no longer exist.😪

[@yearginclarke]

Just imagine how long those buildings could have been around with their magnificent presence in the NYC skyline if 9/11 (or a similar disaster) had never happened. The tragedy of 9/11 still hits very hard after all these years. All the human loss, pain and suffering caused from that day is supremely important to never forget...but these buildings being gone forever adds to the pain.

[@Xendrius]

illuminati destroyed them just as they will destroy your future.

[@iant9461]

@@yearginclarke Too long for some.

[@dalethomasdewitt]

​@@yearginclarke. . . . . . . . . . matter is conserved despite chemical transformation. The mental expression of violence to the audience will be forever remembered. The level of untarnished criminality spoofing the kerosene heater which is made from said such metals similar would/could melt 3/4 of the steel contents; ballistics; volcano erupt sqibs non resistance fall? Yet many conform to get along allowing more MIC funds from public submission to authors of that evil

[@oxman1834]

I was reading the nist report and was impressed to find out how the towers were tapered in a sense with the different thickness or gauge I guess you would say! The lower columns and walls had to support more weight. It was interesting that 14 different types of steel were approved for building but 12 were used. And just as many strengths! Very cool to read how they were constructed!

[@Agui007]

My deepest respect to all those iron workers working in hazardous conditions. I have so much more respect for those towers. Never before seen footage! 😮

[@vibeofthee80s_]

1:20 Probably my favorite shot in the video, with the Statue of Liberty in the background really great camera work as well 10/6/23

[@YouTobeHD1]

Thank you for setting this video up, this is the treasure.

[@marcoramires5045]

*DID THESE GUYS LIVE TO SEE THE COLLAPSE OF THE BUILDING THEY BUILT? A WORK OF 7 YEARS DESTROYED IN 10 SECONDS.*

[@summerteeeth]

Strange to think that in another 8 years the towers will have been gone for as long as they were up.

[@billkittleman9631]

I truly cannot believe how much time has already passed .. I think a full 50 years have to pass before it will finally no longer seem as if it just happened yesterday 😢

[@leoui5081]

Brilliant video. Thank you mate!

[@chazchavara3192]

It’s crazy to think they only lasted 30 years 😥

[@Tomanystixx]

Chaz Chavara less than thirty twenty eight years

[@funvideofan1625]

They lasted only 28 Years

[@jeanrobert7071]

Yup..Opened April 4TH 1973..the Twins were Only 28 Years/Months...Gone way Before their time✌✌✌

[@nordicwarrior2176]

When we're they finished?, I thought from the time they opened it's the length of time they were standing and operating all together.

[@davepowell7168]

@@nordicwarrior2176 How do you mean? WTC7 for example was not opened until 1989, the disintegration of the World Trade Centre was a defining moment of the 21st century. The terrorist attack by ' Al Qaeda Islamic extremists' was a conspiracy theory essential for the PNAC agenda and was effective enough to introduce irrelevant security policies and commit warcrimes. Invasions of Afghanistan and lraq breaching the declaration of human rights 1947. Both crimes against peace and humanity References available, open to questions. No adversity or disrespect from me

[@duderino7364]

Samual L. Jackson is truly everywhere ! (13:37)

[@Noah1997callahan]

40 years they were only up for. I had no idea. When the Beatles came in 65’ there was no trade centre. Crazy

[@billkittleman9631]

30 years

[@Noah1997callahan]

@@billkittleman9631 haha my bad

[@iamhappy679]

Rest in peace to those who died 🕊🤍 My respect goes out to their loved ones So sorry for their loss Thank you to those who tried saving another life during this including firefighters, doctors, nurses, police officers 🕊🤍 Thank you to those who built the World Trade Center ❤

[@michlo3393]

Poor guy having to defend his wage. The arrogance of some people to say someone else either makes too much or doesn't deserve what they get. You don't see THOSE folks hanging on the side of a skyscraper making welds.

[@miller566]

All the mobsters made millions from that job.

[@michlo3393]

@@miller566 I'm not gonna lie, you offered me a no-show construction job that paid $100k in 1971? Sheeit, I'm there. And I ain't mad at any of the mob-connected soldiers who did it either. Just wish I had a piece.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

@@miller566What they made is a fraction of what the *biggest* gang made...

[@miller566]

@@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid that fraction is more money than you will ever see even in today's world.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

@@miller566 Wow. Imagine being so wildly insecure that you: a) are personally threatened by the declaration of fact b) think money is impressive Get help, bud. This made me wince.

[@vektor7690]

Прекрасное историческое видео, необычайный по своей грандиозности и масштабу строительный объект, особенно для своего времени! Ещё бы посмотреть такое детализованное видео 66-69 годов от начала демонтажа старых зданий и котлована, если такой сюжет был снят в своё время..

[@user-cl8cc4sd5j]

Башни близнецы строили, слышком несколько лет. Столько силы и труда было, не для того чтобы через 28 лет 11 сентября 2001-го года, обрушились. И погибли не только Американский народ, ну и наши люди бывшего территории СССР.

[@YouTobeHD1]

Do you have more these videos? I love watching these videos with iron workers during the construction of the towers.

[@santaclaus3077]

Crazy to think these guys were building a tomb for thousands of souls

[@Galidorquest]

5:31 All the drivers down there are 70+ years old now, including the construction workers...

[@davepowell7168]

In NY ! Not all, some woulda bin driving dirty fo sho

[@AspieOperator]

Damn, 271 in 1971 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $2,035.02 today, an increase of $1,764.02 over 52 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.95% per year between 1971 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 650.93%.

[@sahelkubrom1636]

Ounce of gold was only 35 dollar in 71

[@daveb2280]

@@sahelkubrom1636 Also, 1971 was the year Nixon took the U.S. off the gold standard. Big mistake!

[@vision4videoAustria]

I now realise, that the buildings only got 30 years old

[@lucasrosetti3449]

28 years old

[@davepowell7168]

WTC7 was opened in 1989 and destroyed in 2001. The only tower (47 floors) demolished with no victims inside. References available.

[@joegervasi7351]

If they have stuck around they would've been 50 years old this year.

[@DavidRichardson-iy4ot]

Didn't deserve the end that they got

[@geemonster9179]

30 years old WTC 2 was topped out in July 1971 the official opening was 1973 but tenants had already moved into the towers before they were completed@@lucasrosetti3449

[@PostalWorker14]

Floors are massive

[@TonyVerrazano]

All the effort of these men and hours upon hours of work just to crumble to the ground in 11 seconds.

[@marcoramires5045]

*PERHAPS THE PHRASE FROM THE DUST YOU CAME TO THE DUST SHALL RETURN, HAS MEANING BEYOND SIMPLE BIBLICAL WORDS.*

[@rayray5662]

Great video

[@gracepark-pf1ks]

Extremely fascinating amazing what humans can create and build!!!! How can they make the buildings so high??!!!

[@rizvanahmadov777]

Сколько старания и сил приложили люди чтобы построить эти красивые и надëжные здания и какая то кучка идиотов разрушила их

[@daveb2280]

Capitalism builds things and creates things. Socialists and terrorists destroy things as well as people.

[@bulat6679]

judging by the thickness of the columns and beams, it becomes clear that the buildings did not have any significant margin of safety, it is even surprising how the southern tower survived after being rammed by an airplane; perhaps if the blow was lower and direct, the outcome could have been much worse, this also explains the reason for such a rapid collapse of the buildings , such a weak structure could not withstand the collapse of the upper part even from a height of several meters and, having received an impulse, the collapse went lower

[@shillhunter4380]

Diarrhea of the mouth. Cmon

[@danieleperini3565]

They also had a substantial central core where the main beams and elevators run, check it out

[@bulat6679]

@@danieleperini3565 if you look at the plan of the usual floor of the tower, the core does not seem so massive and strong, it carries most of the static and dynamic loads, while the columns have a small cross-section for such large loads from the weight of the floors, they were overloaded initially

[@Coltsniper1106]

All the twoofers think these buildings where invincible and could only be brought down by controlled demolitiom charges etc…. I mean ffs two planes hit the buildings with all that force from the mass and velocity and fuel being released throughout impact zones of each building and start fires. What did they thing was going to happen 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@billkittleman9631]

The lingering question in my mind is what exactly happened to that top sec of the S T .. at apx. a 25 - 30 degree angle it literally looked like it wanted to break off intact and fall into a neighboring building .. not alleging any theory here but it is rather odd how it (that top portion) just somehow mysteriously “disintegrated in place” on the way down ..

[@jeanrobert7071]

Ahhhh Niiice...the Birth of the Twins and Only 27 Years Old..5 Years to Construct and Only 59 Min./1 HR./40 Min. to Deconstruct...when I used to Fly into N.Y. Summers: '95-'07 Where I helped out ( Volunteered ) For Engine 54/Truck 4/Bat. 9 Midtown..I used fly in and look out the window and say.." Hey Girl's " when I left October 30th '01to go back to Chicago and I came back For the 6 month Anniversary and I flew in and saw this 16 Acre Hole where they used to be...I was SOOOO Sad..I was like ...Oh crap it really did happen😪

[@FurthermoreJack]

5:00 wow so many seen that view of the Empire through that window on so many floors for all the years

[@kennithdubroy797]

Im Canadian and watching this makes me sad and angry. I can only imagine how a New Yorker feels

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

I always was amazed me how a plane travelling at 600 mph can disappear inside a building without it coming out the other side..I know on the second plane you did see a few thing fly out but when u look at the construction I understand why as it has two cores..I would love to see a simulation of the inside of the building as the plane hits and see what the effects were on the inside of the building..I remember Chief Oreo Palmer was one of a very few who actually saw the state of floor 78 but you could tell by his voice it was hell up there with numerous code ones everywhere he looked.😢❤R.I.P..❤

[@H4K4N]

Because the planes were built from aluminum + carbonfiber panels. If they were steel, they would come out and the buildings would probably collapse immediately. The flying bits from the second plane were titanium parts from the engines. There is a simulation about what happens after the planes hit.

[@billkittleman9631]

There’s any number of computer-generated re-enactments here on Yt ..

[@Herecomesthethruth]

The core was just columns and elevator shafts,no concrete core,and btw the core was surrounded with gypsum boards

[@moisescaballeromartel4074]

Muy interesante. Buen vídeo 👍

[@KatDrivtx7]

Legends 💪💪

[@peaceatlast8286]

March 1971? I was 20 years old then. Where did the time go?

[@vincenttallarida6861]

I was < 6 months old then and I'm asking myself the same question.

[@NiekKuijpers]

Damn your old man

[@ThePunitiveDamages]

"Nothing fucks you harder than time" - Ser Davos

[@Azarable]

@@vincenttallarida6861 I wasn't even born at that time.

[@Azarable]

@@NiekKuijpers Some of us weren't even born yet.

[@grantfurr580]

3 years to build 9 seconds to collapse into the own footprint

[@luiscarlosaraujo4426]

Welcome to Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil.

[@lifeisamatrix5960]

I think them men made too less of money for what they would do and very skilled work and dangerous

[@Peter_WoT]

Interessant, dass viele dieser Bauteile genau an den Verschraubungsstellen beim Einsturz auseinandergerissen sind. Schrauben bekommen durch ein thermisches Vergütungsverfahren ihre hohe Festigkeit. Aber genauso verlieren sie diese Festigkeit wieder wenn sie zu stark erhitzt werden.

[@bieneulm1982]

Danke! Es gibt immer noch Leute, die deshalb die Verschwörungstheorien glauben, weil der Stahl ja nicht geschmolzen sein konnte ( dass nur auf 800-1000°C erhitzen schon reichte, um eine fatale Schwächung der gesamten Struktur zu erreichen, wird nicht bedacht).

[@moaningpheromones]

11:00 I love him - what a great bit of footage - Joseph Wright. He don't get no respect, like Rodney Dangerfield.

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

The reporter sounds drunk, his questions are stupid, and the interviewees are looking at him like he's nuts

[@daveb2280]

Back in those days very few people followed the news and politics. And if they did watch the news it was mostly local news. Those workers had no clue about Nixon's program and likely neither did most of the country.

[@bernieganders7488]

I always have these two questions about their construction. 1. How did the steel columns get their silver-white color when they were original a brownish red color? 2. How did they install the windows?

[@MrKoenig1985]

1) Aluminum cladding. 2) From inside and maybe from the outside too, while standing on makeshift working platforms.

[@thefarsidefanthefarsidefan7374]

@Bernie Ganders, Silver aluminum alloy.

[@craigusselman546]

They were covered in aluminum siding A LOT of aluminum siding that gave them their silver shine.

[@MarioFDL]

Posiblemente el aluminio y el oxido de hierro venga la termita de la que los conspiranoicos hablan

[@Mancan76]

You can actually see that the were always that brownish-red color, after the towers collapsed many columns had their aluminum cladding stripped and the raw steel was revealed

[@Markjw25]

Welder in the interview saying he takes home $284 in a good week is about $7.10 per hour pay. That's a lot of money back then. With inflation to 2023 that's equivalent to $52.95 per hour, with a $2,118 weekly check.

[@dannymurphy4199]

Sad to think most of the people in this video mostly have passed on and the buildings are also gone

[@user-tv8mg2vh5f]

South Tower topped off in July 1971

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

05:00 in this video.. The Empire State Building is thinking ... I will see you come and I will see you go.

[@geemonster9179]

Topped out on July 19th 1971 i was just over 2 years old

[@thomash4447]

I was 10 days old! :)

[@billkittleman9631]

It’s just a little surreal to think that that tall elegant lady off in the distance was there long before these two giants arrived, and she’ll remain standing long after they were gone

[@Vijimn1]

11:05 Why they are burning that steel structure? pre heat so welding correctly penetrate? Thanks in advance

[@rogerhuffmanjr.7695]

You can see why they collapsed. Mostly steel and rivets, and steel in a hot fire loses its strength. Contrary to popular belief it doesn't have to melt, just soften. One conspiracy theorist I talked to recently was absolutely adamant that these buildings were constructed of concrete. He said he was there and they were concrete. I said: Sir, get real, everybody knows the Trade Centers were held up by steel. He said: No I was there before they collapsed they were concrete. I said: Oh really? Then what's all that stuff sticking out of the debris field like a bunch of matchsticks? The mental gymnastics these conspiracy theorists will go to to believe their own "theories" is worthy of Olympic gold.

[@StephandJoshMartin]

Holy shit, this channel was made by Joe. I remember you from Clearview. You’re cool.

[@pedrodaniel8897]

Será que alguns daqueles homens ainda estariam vivos , para assistir a queda daquilo que eles construíram?

[@AlphanPeter]

What a building ! What a loss 😢

[@Xantylon74]

I would like to see how they installed the window, because there was no frame yet. In some of the pictures you can see the temporary windows in a wooden frame 9:46. It looks like the real windows were somehow clamped between the inner and outer cladding.

[@Herecomesthethruth]

The floor system was the weak link.

[@Graeme726]

Mad to think it's not far off till the time since they were destroyed will over take the time they existed 😳

[@user-jl4fc7xh3q]

This is much better than watching the buildings burn then collapse.. You can see how strong these buildings were..

[@patricksmith4424]

I am really suprised this video was allowed, it blows apart the pancakers case of the twin towers being like a pack of un glued cards.

[@naysayer1238]

@@patricksmith4424 That is not the case of the people who don't fantasize about bombs and/or rockets and/or thermite delivered by elves.

[@Le-Monade]

@@naysayer1238 Don't be silly..the thermite wasn't delivered by elves! It was delivered by the US government and military industrial complex. 😂😂

[@kingtryton]

How did they get the cranes down once the buildings were topped out

[@user-ci6zg5zy6b]

😎

[@spkanava]

71

[@adrianjames4447]

Werent they also sprayed with a fire resistant foam too or was that coated on the back of alloy cladding?

[@davepowell7168]

The trusses were coated with fireproofing.

[@naysayer1238]

@@davepowell7168 That was blasted off by the 200 ton plane and fireball at 500 mph.

[@davepowell7168]

@@naysayer1238 Yes, the affected floors were compromised

[@HaiderAli-ot2gg]

you can clearly see the nano thermite being set on all the steel columns

[@mike2c512]

Show the time stamps… why would they put thermite on the columns during construction?

[@robroy6374]

that was done in 2001, not '71.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Yes, absolutely. Not dumb at all. 👍

[@robroy6374]

smh@@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid

[@JohnfromWaterFrontVillige]

Yes all that red primer paint is very highly explosive

[@sammydeluxe420]

They have done very hard work That Time ☹️☹️

[@600322]

Obviously it was shot on super8 film with ,no sound,at that time by a company photographer,of some sort.Late 1960?

[@SB-dg8hq]

Such a strong steel building, it's hard to believe that a airplane made of thin aluminium could knock it down.

[@bighill4436]

It was c4 planted in those buildings

[@user-kp8sx1nh1c]

It was not the airplaines. It was a planned, controlled demolition.

[@tau-ceti]

Not really. A passenger jet travelling at ~400mph is essentially a missile. Mix that with fire and a load of physical forces with numbers that are hard quantify...then it doesn't seem that unlikely. What is more unlikely, is that the narrative of explosives being used and this whole thing being one big conspiracy. “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” - Carl Sagan.

[@charlesyaryan6619]

Was the Jet fuel burning, softening the steal, Not the impact itself

[@machiavelli4428]

​@charlesyaryan6619 911 the new pearl harbor debunked the jer fuel theory ...goes unto extensive detail about how jet fuel

[@avguytx4361]

$284 a week in 1970 dollars would be equal to about $2200 a week in 2023 per inflation dollars....IF they worked a full week. And people griped about their pay.... You have to have some pelotas to work in open flooring that high in the air. 22 years later, my thoughts and prayers to all of those affected by this tragedy.

[@King5150Ed]

I'm not sure if this is true but I did hear that this was the first contract that Bethlehem Steel lost to foreign steel?

[@NCFOUTDOORS]

Is Koenig your last name

[@juanr9446]

Why the wikipedia context on the top

[@yesitssarahbby17]

Wonder if they would have still continued building them if someone told them about the towers eventual fate

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

How would they have known about 30 years into the future? Even if, they wouldn't believe it and continue anyway. Loads of money not to be thrown away based on fantasies.

[@robroy6374]

still continued building them? how long do you want them to build for? 🙄

[@nate666]

​@@rufusgreenleaf2466Actually Revelation 11:13 in the Bible predicted 9/11: It mentioned a tenth of the city collapsing. They were building a massive number 11 if they just read Revelation 11 they could have seen it coming!😱

[@Coltsniper1106]

Even if you knew the possible future and decided to prevent something happening. Something else can then happen later down the line that we dont know about. 🤪

[@systemtunjayork9967]

Si yo hubiera sabido en ese tiempo que chocarían 2 aviones, hubiera seguido construyendo y en cada piso hubiera dejado varios paracaídas

[@javierbarrucz7755]

Building the south tower hard work 😓 ❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢 14:14

[@matthewestioco4943]

I wonder how they got the cranes off the building when it was finished being built?

[@scottlogiudice]

#MrKoenig1985 Why not also cover perspectives from Judy Wood as well as 911 Architects and Engineers. Good forum to hear all analysis of the event.

[@James-ux5ys]

I don't see 47 steel core columns.

[@bigwillietheb]

I saw where the construction worker said a good week he can bring home about $284 a week & for 1970 that was good money but still that is New York City & cost of living is higher

[@conspiracytheorista8988]

...and in 30 years or so, lightweight aluminum planes would pierce right through much of that steel and concrete! Amazing, the things that can happen...

[@peterp2153]

“Lightweight”. The planes weighed something like 275,000 lbs and were traveling in excess of 500 mph. Do you have any idea the amount of force/energy released upon impact? Next you’ll tell me there’s no way a water jet tool can cut through steel, since they’re no way something as soft and shapeless as water can cut something as hard as steel. Even though such tools exist and are routinely used for industrial purposes.

[@afridgetoofar1818]

This goon thinks a 767 is made from cans of Pepsi 😂

[@conspiracytheorista8988]

@@peterp2153 The water jet can cut through the steel because of the way it’s forced through the machine’s very narrow nozzle. At such speed and high pressure the water dynamics are changed significantly, giving it a destructive force that can cut through steel and other metal. The plane, on the other hand, is NOT made more strong or substantial in any way by simply flying through the sky… and when it hits something, it’s the same relatively weak, lightweight structure that can be taken down by a collision with the soft body of a BIRD. Search “bird strike airplane” and verify this for yourself. Your water jet example is idiotic, as the properties of the water are completely changed by the cutting machine, and an airplane is NOT changed in any way, simply by flying through the air at sea level… and therefore could NOT have done what we saw on September 11th, 2001.

[@Tona10186]

​@@afridgetoofar1818his name is literally has conspiracy in it

[@visionmodernclassics3062]

Thats the only argument conspiracy theory!! Look at the collaps of the north Tower (second collaps). From the Hudson River side you can clearly seen that one Giant steal structure still rises up to the sky but within seconds It vanished into dust. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIvaqHaEpLWUZ9ksi=NZXYl3U3v4vVFYJF 1:52:41 : „the scaleton was left“ If someone of the NYST can explain the phonema that tons of steel structure vanished to dust in just several seconds. It did not colaps into pieces or crumbles together ..no it vanished to dust. =>>> 1:41:32 If you study phyiscs there is only one engery who is able to weaken the atome sturcture of ferrit. And this also explains why the Cars around ground Zero are full of rust within seconds Question: Why Building 7 is not part of NYST report. This building belonged to WTC and also collaps without a plan crash. Why was there no Investigation on this collaps…maybe becaus the BBC forecast the collaps 15 min before the event happend. 🤣

[@jamesgewalt2571]

40 hour work week, $284!!! Take home. WOW

[@jshepard152]

In the early 70s you could buy a new house on Long Island for $25-$30k.

[@Jakeman90210]

Adjusted for inflation they’re getting $54 an hour. Wow!

[@berhen7360]

Those workers realy got to less respect.. Nobody is thinking of them.. 10 other guys for you.

[@robre6840]

how was the exterior aluminum cladding attached to the outer shell can anyone chime in on this ?

[@MrKoenig1985]

I think it was mounted to the exterior wall through L-brackets.

[@brd400]

I prefer the deconstruction one.

[@PostalWorker14]

They welded the connections between the columns and they still broke

[@gibbethoskins8621]

Imagine these workers in the old age seeing them collapse

[@desertbreeze69]

How many died during WTC construction

[@johnnyconrad4859]

If they only knew

[@Blaffard]

Ce sont des armes de destruction massives ?

[@PostalWorker14]

No internal columns except the core

[@cubismo85]

In order to save space. This was the new standard in the 1960s, something which the japanese architect of the towers did not like, so he removed his responsibility for making these towers when it became apparent. The new WTC 1 have internal columns and like Empire State Building, are built like a birdcage.

[@jedi-mic]

I just realised you can see there's quality issues with the welding as you can see after the collapse where in the pieces are broken off are at the welds. Probably Was the first thing to give way

[@juzoli]

The welding had to hold the weight of the building. They didn’t have to resist an airplane crushing through, or a top half collapsing into the bottom half. It is not a quality issue, as they satisfied the requirements.

[@jamesstewart1794]

​@@juzolior a controlled demolition

[@juzoli]

@@jamesstewart1794 Controlled demolitions are started at the bottom, not at 2/3rd up of the building

[@georgealmeter3562]

284 dollars a week! Holy shit

[@jshepard152]

In the early 70s you could buy a new house on Long Island for $25-$30k.