Editing Windows on the World (section)

=== Cultural influence ===
It has been speculated that ''[[The Falling Man]]'', a famous photograph of a man dressed in white falling headfirst on September 11, was an employee at Windows on the World. Although his identity has never been conclusively established, he was believed to be Jonathan Briley, an audio technician at the restaurant. Jonathan was the younger brother of [[Alex Briley]], the original "[[G.I.]]" from the band [[Village People]].<ref>{{cite video
 | people = Henry Singer (director)
 |date = 2006
 | title = 9/11: The Falling Man
 | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810746/
 | medium = Documentary
 | publisher = [[Channel 4]]
}}</ref>

In March 2005, the novel [[Windows on the World (novel)|''Windows on the World'']], by French novelist [[Frédéric Beigbeder]], was released; the novel focuses on two brothers who are in the restaurant on September 11 with their father.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lacey |first=Josh |date=September 11, 2004 |title=Review: Windows on the World by Frédéric Beigbeder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/sep/11/featuresreviews.guardianreview17 |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=the Guardian}}</ref> [[Kenneth Womack]]'s 2012 novel ''The Restaurant at the End of the World'' is a fictive recreation of the lives of the staff and visitors at the Windows on the World complex on the morning of September 11.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 24, 2014 |title=Author Reviews The Restaurant at the End of the World Book at BSI |url=https://gantnews.com/2014/03/24/author-reviews-the-restaurant-at-the-end-of-the-world-book-at-bsi/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=GantNews.com}}</ref>

In 2021 young adult novelist [[Alan Gratz]] published a book called ''Ground Zero'' about a boy named Brandon who is with his father in Windows on the World on the morning of [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]].