Mike Hoeler and his colleagues usually spend their lunch break on the 103rd floor. They roll up the construction plans, close their laptops and eat the sandwiches they’ve brought with them. On some days, the top of One World Trade Center (1WTC) is surrounded by clouds, but on a clear day the view from the 417-meter-tall building is spectacular: the whole of Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge, and as far as Queens. The taxis on the streets are just yellow dots, the Statue of Liberty looks on from Liberty Island. But that’s not why the men stay where they are to eat: The trip from the roof to the ground floor takes almost as long as their lunch break.