And 2 world trade center at 1 362 feet 415 1 m.
Twin towers roof rescue.
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.
Cbs news photojournalist mark laganga captured the eerie scene up close.
Only 29 minutes passed between the two world trade center towers falling.
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.
But the doors to the roof were kept locked because a similar rescue in 1993 when a bomber tried to destroy the towers was slammed as a publicity stunt by fire bosses and the port authority which owned the centre the wall street journal.
In one of the buildings police helicopters could have landed on the roof to take people to safety.
The california 9 11 memorial in clovis will unveil a m.
Genelle guzman mcmillan another survivor.
Hovering just 300ft above one of the twin towers the camera peers down on to the burning roof and captures the thick clouds of black smoke billowing out after the planes have gone in.
The rescue effort continued round the clock.
Dr emil chynn was one of the first medics at the scene when the first plane crashed into the twin towers at just after 9am on september 11 2001.
Clovis california ksee kgpe wednesday marks 18 years since nearly 3 000 lives were lost in the terrorist attacks on sept.
As for the north tower there was nobody on the roof he said.