thirteenth floor !! was there one in the twin towers ?
Level 34? Um, no, both towers had 110 stories. It's not unusual for buildings not to have a 13th floor. It's not the asker's fault that this is so, since it's been a tradition for a long time. I lived in an apartment building that skipped from 12 to 14 and the building had been built in the 1950s. Otis Elevators estimates that 85% of buildings that have a 13th floor do not call it the 13th floor. Back to the actual question: WTC 1 and 2 as well as 7 (all of which were destroyed during the attacks) appear to have had 13th floors; I found references to people having been on the stairwell outside the 13th floor on 9/11.
Yeah there was a thirteenth floor of both towers. It went up to level 34. I'm not sure though.
The levels of a multi-story building are numbered sequentially, from one or ground upwards. In some countries, the number 13 is considered unlucky and building owners will sometimes purposely omit the thirteenth floor. Even landlords who are not themselves superstitious realize that the rentability of suites on the 13th floor might be compromised because of superstitious tenants, or commercial tenants who fear superstitious customers. Thirteen may be considered a bad number simply because when a group of 13 objects or people is divided into two, three, four or six equal groups, there is always one leftover, or unlucky, object or person. It was suggested by Charles A. Platt writing in 1925 that the reason 13 is considered unlucky is that a person can count from 1-12 with their 8 fingers, two thumbs and 2 feet, but not beyond that, so the number 13 is unknown, hence frightening, hence unlucky.[1] This idea discounts the use of toes or other body parts in counting. In Tarot decks, the 13th card of the Major Arcana is Death. While Death is rarely interpreted literally, it is possible that this furthered the perception of 13 as an unlucky number. just some interesting facts on the number 13: Thirteen was once associated with the Epiphany by Christians, the child Jesus having received the Magi on his thirteenth day of life. In Judaism, 13 signifies the age a boy matures (bar mitzvah). The number of principles of Jewish faith according to Maimonides According to the Torah, God has 13 Attributes of Mercy
