The Glass Tower Disaster | A Short "Documentary" | Fascinating Horror

Thanks for watching, everyone. And, as per usual, you've made my day with the comments. Delighted that I was able to fool some of you... if only for a few minutes. Happy April Fool's Day!

Fun Fact: During filming of The Towering Inferno, an actual fire broke out on one of the sets and Steve McQueen found himself briefly helping real firefighters put it out. One of the firefighters, not recognizing McQueen, said to the actor, "My wife is not going to believe this", to which McQueen replied, "Neither is mine."

The 70's were rough. Towers were infernoed. Poseidons were adventured. Airline pilots were all going down with food sickness forcing civilians with both flight experience and psychological issues to overcome overwhelming odds. Not to mention Ringo cutting a disco album.

Was thinking ‘wow this architect is really handsome, kinda really looks like Paul Newman!’

I listened to this about 24 hours ago. Only now I realised this was an April Fools prank. Well done sir, you got me good.

Great movie....until 9/11. I was in the South Tower on the 44th floor, despite not knowing what was going on. But my nose knew there was a fire. So i told everyone near me to grab their stuff and head to the stairs. I wanted out and the elevator scene where it stopped on a fire floor in the movie was stuck in my mind. Building security got on the PA and pleaded with us to return to our offices. I ignored it. That got me down on the ground before my building got hit. Thank you 1970s disaster movie craze. It may have saved my life.

It’s amazing how every single thing that could go wrong with this building did so, all at the same time—and on its grand opening. It’s like a Hollywood movie.

As someone who's never seen The Towering Inferno, this video was a wild ride. Especially the bit about airlifting in a man with explosives lmao. I especially enjoyed "a second, less nervous pilot."

Omg, you got me! The whole time I was listening, I kept thinking "Oh wow,! I never knew The Towering Inferno" was based on a true event 😅 It wasn't until I read the comments that I realized this was posted on April the 1st. Nicely done! 😆👌🏼

"Estimates of the cost of the disaster placed it around $14 million" The budget of the movie. Genius 😂

Movie scenes described as an actual horror story is honestly my favorite part of your channel. I love this yearly tradition.

Such a fascinating story, they should make a movie out of it!!

I saw "The Towering Inferno" on Christmas Day, 1974, and I read the two novels that inspired the move: "The Tower" and "The Glass Inferno". I was around 13 and was starting to read more in the newspapers than just the comics and the advice column. I wish I had a more precise recollection but one article was about how people in the movie were affected by it. If my memory is correct, Faye Dunaway moved from a 20th floor apartment to a 3rd floor apartment -- that or something close. Many lives, knowingly or unknowingly, have been saved because of this movie that teaches people about fire safety and because of improved fire safety codes. -- Something I learned elsewhere is familiarize yourself with your surroundings so you know how to get out in an emergnecy. This isn't about living in fear but about having practical and sensible about possible trouble. Also: the Glass Tower, though it never really existed, is one of the most beautiful buildings I've ever seen.

Ah the Towering Inferno. Who can forget? The architect eventually gave up his career and started a company which made sauces and salad dressings. In an interview he said the change made him a “new man”, inspiring the products name “New man’s own”

you know, as someone who's been to san francisco several times, i was briefly left wondering to myself "man, i've never heard anything about this building......" and then i remembered.

Every year i don't check the date, and every year I'm left absolutely delighted by this kind of 'coverage'

Literally watched this and thought "this sounds like something out of a movie" and didn't realize until I Googled it, and then saw what day this video came out 😂. Well done, you got me.

Nice touch about the non-use of toughened glass. People just running through like it was sugar stunt glass.

God, I remember this disaster so well. We were all reeling from that ocean liner that capsized two years prior and then this. It was a scary time.

this april fool's joke you do each year has to be not only my favorite on youtube, but possibly my favorite running april fool's joke of all time. love you man, keep up the great work