Shift that saved a life: Inside Windows on the World and its immigrant staff
TL;DR Summary
A CNN Films and TIME Studios documentary revisits Windows on the World, the World Trade Center’s iconic top-floor restaurant, highlighting its 25-year immigrant staff community, the shift swap that saved Sekou Siby on 9/11, and how survivors carry its legacy through advocacy and memory.
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- How a Restaurant at the Top of the World Trade Center Changed New York WSJ
- ‘If the Restaurant Was a Bust, It Was One More Heartbreak’ Grub Street
- Chef Was in Exam Room When Disaster Struck Building Above on 9/11 (Exclusive) People.com
- What it was like to dine at Windows on the World, the restaurant atop the World Trade Center, before it was lost on 9/11 Business Insider
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