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It this is kind of a therapy for me as much as it is telling my story. >> [noise]. >> with all the debris falling, the guy on my desk grabbed me he said lets go, lets get out of here. then it dawned on me that my friend lindsey, one of my best friends from school, she was in the second tower on the 89th floor. shes got to be okay. obviously she has to be okay. theres no way anything bad can happen to anyone i know. stupidly, i love myself phone on my desk, and so, i didnt know how to get in touc...

So this is kind of a therapy for me, as much as it is, you know, telling my story. with all the debris falling, one of the guys at my desk grabbed me, hes like, "lets go, lets get out of here." but then, it dawned on me, that my friend, lindsay, one of my best friends from school was in the second tower on the 89th floor. shes got to be okay. obviously shes got to be okay because nothing bad could ever happen to anyone i know. >> look at the second building. >> but stupidly i left my cell phone ...

Much as it is, you know, telling my story. with all the debris falling, one of the guys at my desk grabbed me, and hes like lets go, lets get out of here, but then it dawned on me that my friend lindsay moor house, one of my best friends from school was in the second tower on the 89th floor. shes got to be okay, obviously she has to be okay because theres no way anything bad could ever happen to anybody i know. >> look at the second building. >> stupidly, i left my cell phone on my desk, and so ...

Telling my story. with all -- all the debris falling, one of the guys at my desk grabbed me and said lets go, lets get out of here. but then it dawned on me that my friend lindsey moorhouse, one of my best friends from school was in the second tower on the 89th floor. shes got to be okay. obviously she has to be okay because there is no way anything bad could ever happen to anybody i know. >> into the second building! >> stupidly, i left my cell phone on my desk. and so i didnt know how to get i...

Me, as much as it is, you know, telling my story. with all the debris falling, one of the guys at my desk grabbed me, hes like, "lets go, lets get out of here." but then it dawned on me, one of my best friends from school was in the second tower on the 89th floor. shes got to be okay. obviously shes got to be okay because nothing bad could ever happen to anyone i know. but stupidly i left my cell phone on my desk, and so i didnt know how to get in touch with her. >> oh, no!

Does that indicate there might be a shift in the remainder of the building that youre worried about? >> were constantly monitoring the building. we havent seen any shift at all. we have special technology thats measuring to make sure theres not any shifts. thats a constant. in regard to the debris falling, i wasnt briefed what transpired there. as i mentioned, theres the 45-foot area that were not -- its next to the building. we are not working in because of the overhangs. the hardszards that we...

Ruins. there is a layer of ash covering everything. it is a grim scene. as far as the sound goes they are using sonar and dogs. because it is a partially destroyed building there is a lot of debris falling. at times falling on the people trying to rescue others in there. while there are sounds they have not determined them to be coming from humans at this point, bill. >> dana: steve harrigan, thank you so much for getting us started. >> bill: thats tough stuff down there. back to you in a moment...

Tonight, of course, the concern now growing for families in the path of that billowing smoke. and debris actually landing in their yards now. abcs marci gonzalez again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, those towering flames burning out of control at this chemical plant for a third day. >> it is evolving. it is a dangerous situation. >> reporter: today, debris falling into neighborhoods. >> they look almost like a lump of charcoal. >> reporter: officials closely monitoring air quality, insisting it ...

>> oh. >> reporter: flames, 20 floors high engulf the luxury building, chunks of debris falling, still on fire. >> within six or seven minutes, the entire side of the building was engulfed in flames. >> reporter: for more than two hours, the skyline lit up, and not by a scheduled fireworks display. emergency responders racing to help. >> we saw quite a bit of firefighters making their way running top speed through the mall to try to get to that location. >> reporter: inside there was pandemonium...

Of people there in the streets. again, on the left side of the screen were now seeing pictures of people who were able to escape that massive hotel fire as the fireworks continue. a lot of the discussion happening online is about whether or not these fireworks should have gone forward at all, whether or not this should have taken place. many people in dubai saying that just that horrifyingly frightening image of a 63-story building on fire and the danger there of the debris falling. and you see ...