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Sep 11, 2011 · Everybody who was at Windows on the World at the time of impact on Sept. 11 — approximately 170 men and women — perished. MICHAEL NESTOR: I'm Michael Nestor. I'm the deputy inspector...
Sep 9, 2023 · On September 11, 2001, all 170 people in the restaurant — including 72 Windows on the World employees — were killed after hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower at 8:46 a.m, blocking off any means of escape. Less than two hours later, the tower collapsed.
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Luis Feglia, 73, who lives in Long Island and is originally from Uruguay, will attend. He was one of the “lucky ones,” he said. Feglia worked as a captain, the highest rank of servers, at Windows. He had worked in several restaurants before, but nothing compared to the meticulous service required at Windows. “The manager used to say we need to prov...
On the morning of the attack, Feglia left the building at 1:30 a.m. after his shift. He planned on returning to the building around 8 a.m. Though his shift started later, he had a meeting at 10 a.m. and planned on getting to the employee cafeteria early to eat breakfast and wait for the meeting. He dropped his son off at school that morning and, wh...
After the attack, nothing could make up for the lives lost or the trauma of helplessly watching the tower collapse from the ground. But people did what they could. “I had people from all over the world calling me, saying they were thinking about me,” said Feglia. “It was very surprising, the kindness I received.” FEMA, the Federal Emergency Managem...
Meanwhile, the prototype of what is now ROC United was forming. A relief center that gave money and support to former Windows employees morphed into the nonprofit ROC United in 2002. One of the organization’s first collective actions was staging a demonstration to express what they perceived as a betrayal by David Emil, the president of the company...
“It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years,” said Maelen, who started his shift at Windows at 2 p.m. — which wound up saving his life. “It’s always with me. But it does get harder around this time of year.” He’ll join other survivors at the Sept. 11 gathering. “It’s a celebration,” he said. “There’s a lot of story-telling and laughter because that’s ...
Windows on the World was destroyed when the North Tower collapsed during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Sep 11, 2013 · Windows on the World was one of the greatest restaurants New York City has ever seen. Located on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center, it offered guests soaring views of not only...
- Greg Morabito
Aug 27, 2011 · Windows on the World was the ultimate destination restaurant, and Joe Baum, the consummate host, played it for all it was worth. You walked from darkness into light, toward floor-to-ceiling...
Sep 11, 2019 · Windows on the World had occupied the 106th and 107th floors of the World Trade Center’s North Tower for the past 25 years, with a three-year gap when it went dark after the 1993 bombing that...
