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That left fire department radio. suddenly you have hundreds and hundreds of firefighters that have radios. seems to become more and more difficult. when one guy from the wtc who was trying frantically to reach anyone on the elevators. >> 69, can you respond? is there anyone to respond? >> and going through the list. >> hello. is there anyone in this car? >> theres about 98 elevators in the world trade center. >> if you cant speak -- >> in the middle of all this, suddenly an elevator opens up. an...

>> my main concern was -- we had 20,000 people above and we had to figure out a way to get them out. >> chief! >> as it turned out, we had no usable elevators. >> with the elevators out, there was only one way to get up there. walk. companies come in, you see them with a concerned look on their face. theyre sent up.

On their ac or their lights. heat advisory in effect throughout new orleans in the surrounding communities in louisiana. the thermometer says its going to be 90 but because of heat index values itll feel more like 100 to 105. for some folks its too hot to rough it out and evacuating to shelters far outside of louisiana or outside the state. >> we were hot all week. we had power only in the hallways and elevators but the apartments didnt have any powers. i slept on the balcony for like a whole we...

Wouldve been otherwise but we know theres a lot of people who are in fact hurt. >> it could take days or weeks or in some spots it could take months until power is fully restored and on top of that there is a heat advisory in effect throughout new orleans and the surrounding area impacted by the storms and the thermometer said 90 degrees but if you like 100 degrees and for some folks is becoming too hot to rough it out into evacuate the shelters. >> we had a hard week this week into the hallways...

The elevators or to the stairwell, im sorry. as i watched on tv and saw what everybody was seeing when the south tower came down first, my mind did not even go there. when the north tower came down, neil, thats when i knew my husband was gone because he was still in there. neil: incredible. terry -- i apologize. >> no, thats okay, we never had recovery. so there was an official, it was awful for me and my children. neil: hang in there. youre getting some progress here. terry estrada, one of the ...

Taxes, people commuting to work. lebanon also has a chronic electricity problems so people rely a lot on private generators. of course all of which also need fuel, so this has led to massive power outages. people sometimes have as little as two hours of power a day, sometimes six hours, so that has problems in terms of we are in the mediterranean, quite hot, middle of summer so without air—conditioning it can be quite hard to sleep, much less to think or do any kind of work. people who live on...

For the best reverse mortgage solutions. call now so you can... retire better laura: >> the state department says it expects to speed up the number of americans and academics out of afghanistan. thousands are desperately the country now that the elevators under control. 9000 people have been arrested by the us and state officials expensive allows more was be pronoun daily, president biden will speak about the evacuation operations later today at 1:00 pm eastern. meanwhile 3 more senators who tes...

But i say its an important milestone. >> listen, i wasnt here for the 03, but the 27 was, i was. >> i was there, i reported on that one. >> the bezos flight, they had 15 test flights but none have had humans on board until now. this is pretty risky, miles. >> ill be honest, as a pilot with several thousand hours flying airplanes, the humans are usually the riskiest part of the operation, right? it almost always is the pilot, that is somehow in the loop. you know, there was a time, don, when you ...

>> i was there. i reported on that one. >> bezos launch tomorrow, fully autonomous. they had 15 test flights but none had humans onboard until now. this is pretty risky, miles. >> you know, ill be honest with you. i think as a pilot with several thousand hours flying airplanes, humans are usually the riskiest part of the operation, right? when you look at crashes, it almost always is the pilot that is somehow in the loop. you know, there was a time, don, when you and i would have been reluctant ...

Role as weve seen in the last few days. but with the hurricane bearing down, perhaps, in the next few days, thats something to watch for us. rosa flores, thank you. since the collapse weve heard shocking stories from survivors who managed to get out on time. we have heard from others who saw red flags leading up to the tragedy and officials telling us what they are seeing as they respond. and they work in the rubble. here they are in their own words. >> the 13 story building with most of the bui...