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[sirens] >> and the place where that plane hit, the outer wall of the building and the building is a series ever concentric rings, so when you hit the outer wall, you are only affecting that part of t. but those walls are down and you can see the gutted areas. >> the whole place, everything came down. couldnt see. couldnt breathe. terrible. i never seen nothing like it. i went through vietnam, i never seen anything like this. >> can they go in, based on the conditions of the building? >> somebod...

Boom, boom, a double explosion. i learned later it was the plebe hitting the building and then exploding. and for the next 10 seconds. i was terrified. >> the impact was so great and the sound that it made was so loud that i got temporarily deaf. i couldnt hear anything. it looked lick a demolition crew came in and knocked everything over. >> the building just kn continued to move, left, left, left toward the hudson river, a long, long way. it felt like yards. whether it was or not. i dont know....

Betty, talk to me? betty? are you there? [sirens] >> we just had planes crash into the world trade center. the world trade center tower number 1 is on fire. the whole outside of it. >> we have a very tragic alert for you right now. an incredible plane crash into the world trade center here at the lower tip of manhattan. >> its believed a 737 has crashed into this. speckizing that three floors taken out, crashed into the side of the building. joining us, one of the producers with fox report on th...

>> just a few moments ago, world trade center building number 7 collapsed. earlier, we were warned by firefighter sources that the building was in danger. engineers were on the scene and they say that the building was structure structurally very weak. >> all they did was come to work that moirpg. that morning. they didnt come to do battle. >> the people who went to vietnam knew what that they were doing. they were trained for that. you dont expect that, going to work at the pentagon in an office...

To looka at. there is a massive hole. >> wheres the fire? >> im on the 106th floor of the world trade center, we just had an explosion up here. >> okay. 106th floor? what building are nu, one or two? >> 1 world trade. you can see the smoke from outside the windows. >> okay. just sit tight. just sit tight. were on the way. >> all right. please, hurry. >> the plane obviously went in on one side and came out the other. this is horrible. >> right now, lets hand it over to john scott. you can see the...

People. i mean, they are covered. they are obviously in pain. [sirens] >> and the place where that plane hit, the outer wall of the building and the building is a series ever concentric rings, so when you hit the outer wall, you are only affecting that part of t. but those walls are down and you can see the gutted areas. >> the whole place, everything came down. couldnt see. couldnt breathe. terrible. i never seen nothing like it. i went through vietnam, i never seen anything like this. >> can t...

Where are you going? i said, well, i saw fireballs coming. were going out of here. no. go back to your office. the building is secure. it is safe. >> there was an announcement. strobe lights flashed, siren whooping a little bit and this very clear announcement, building 2 is secure. well, that took a little bit of pressure off. i went for a walk to the east floor, which is where our trading floor is and walked up to the north wall. and there were hay lot of our people against the glass, looking ...

>> get out of the building! get out of the building. >> john, the scene isor -- the scene is horrific. one of the towers literally collapsed. while talking to an officer, questioning me about my press credentials, we heard a very loud blast and explosion. we looked up and the building literally began to collapse before us. there was debris falling, id say, three-quarters the height of the building. people and the entire perimeter began literally, including myself, running out of breath to run fo...

Fall on you. you think you are going to die. >> fear and concern going. thats what make its such an heroic act. >> i got to about the sixth floor, all of a sudden, this tremendous noise started, went black. the building was shaking, rocking and rolling. we were getting tossed around. i knew the building was collapsing. i thought it was a matter of seconds before we are dead. >> we know there are people trapped here. we need to get them out. >> we are 4 feet under. i dont know. >> all of a sudden...

>> walls tore in jagged angles, door frames fell out of the walls, it was a mess. but it was as if someone had opened a concrete sack and waved in the air, yellow and white dust everywhere. >> i am crying, saying, "lord, i dont want to die. i dont want to die here, i have two little children. please, lord, save me. send somebody -- anybody to help me." >> the building swayed and then it came back to vertical and sheen then i snapped out of it, sobered up and turned on my flashlight. e >> in that...