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>> the whole event only took ten seconds, but it just seems to expand in your mind when youre seeing it. it was the tower that we had just exited and where our company was up on the 84th floor. >> then i heard on the radio something ill never forget. the transmission said, tower two is down. all units evacuate tower one. i couldnt believe it. what do you mean tower two is down? i mean, its the world trade center. >> the first tower to be hit was still standing. port authority cop david limb was ...

We were alive. we were virtually standing on top of what was left of the world trade center. when i say that, you have to picture a straw and a pancake. we were in that straw. >> david limb and a handful of others were standing inside a lone stairwell that had somehow withstood the collapse. >> eventually i remember ladder company 43 are coming around the corner. never thought id be so happy to see firemen, you know, and they came, they threw us ropes. >> as david limb was treated for his wounds...

Falling -- excuse me. >> take your time. first i thought that i had died. i heard nothing, i saw nothing. but then i heard a voice. it was a voice, whos here? we couldnt see each other. it was totally black. we were alive. we were virtually standing on top of what was left of the world trade center. when i say that you have to picture a straw and a pancake. we were in that straw. >> david limb and a handful of others were standing inside a lone stairwell that had somehow withstood the collapse.

>> eventually i remember ladder company 43 are coming around the corner. never thought id be so happy to see firemen you know and they came, they threw us ropes. >> as david limb was treated for his wounds, lee arrived at the trade center to search for his missing son, jonathan. >> we walked down the street,many of the people were still just moving away from it and walking, bleeding walking up the street. i just had a sinking feeling that we might have a problem trying to find jonathan.

The transmedicationission said, tower two is down. all units evacuate tower one. i couldnt believe it. what do you mean tower two is down? i mean, its the world trade center. >> the first tower to be hit was still standing. port authority cop david limb was helping evacuees on the 35th floor. >> and now the people i was with were they upset, of course. i just told them we had to keep going, and we started heading down again. >> at 10 08 a.m., an nypd helicopter pilot reported that tower one woul...