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>> fertilizer is used in explosive devices, so you can understand why its so flammable. >> we talk about ammonium nitrate. fertilizer plants are always of concern for that very reason. >> we were talking about where it was located. theyre describing it as a rural area, but there was an apartment complex, a school and nursing home. would it be unusual to be located near an apartment complex or a nursing home? >> thats a fair question. but besides the obvious damage, the air quality in there. this...

Tell you that are in this particular spot. we dont know exactly where those people are hunk erred down. we have heard reports of red cross shelters that have been opened outside of the evacuation zone where people are gathering. like a similar situation that we have seen in boston this week where complete strangers have opened up their homes to strangers who do not live in the evacuation area and are allowing their fellow neighbor to crash there until the all clear is given. not in this area whe...

Hit the ground. i was trying to cover up my daughter because there was a lot of debris flying. and then after that, it was just basically search and rescue. >> reporter: the smoldering fire and fumes prevented rescue workers from getting near the plant. officials say the blast area resembles a war zone. >> massive. just like iraq. just like the murray building in oklahoma city. same kind of anhydrous exploded, so you can imagine what kind of damage were looking at there. >> reporter: casualty nu...

Off. big old mushroom cloud. >> reporter: the blast was so strong it registered as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake. >> explosion on the horizon. >> a bomb just went off inside here. its pretty bad. >> reporter: half of the towns 2600 residents were forced to evacuate. officials concerned about potentially deadly gas fumes and a second fertilizer tank that could also explode. people living near the plant feared for their lives. >> when it exploded, we all just hit the ground and i was trying to cover ...

Dying, what goes through your mind as a human being? not as a journalist but as a human being? >> thats a great question. im compassionate, emotional, just like anybody else. i tried not to interfere with the rescue workers. i try to be as, you know, as discreet as possible. in a situation like, this you just have to be there. you have to immerse yourself into that scene. you are the eyes for the world. i mean, this -- i was angry. did i everything i did to get beyond that barricade and be on th...

Dying, what goes through your mind as a human being? not as a journalist but as a human being? >> thats a great question. im compassionate, emotional, just like anybody else. i tried not to interfere with the rescue workers. i try to be as, you know, as discreet as possible. in a situation like, this you just have to be there. you have to immerse yourself into that scene. you are the eyes for the world. i mean, this -- i was angry. did i everything i did to get beyond that barricade and be on th...

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And full reaction to the disappointing example of cowardice in washington with more halperin, howard dean, mike barnicle and sam stein. this morning rescue workers are searching for survivors after a massive explosion last night at a fertilizer plant rocking the small town of west, texas. the blast was caught on camera by a father with his children. >> it should collapse. >> are you serious? >> i really honestly thought we were gone. if you have seen the video first thing i asked her is if shes ...

See these moments so often. yankees stadium after 9/11 where they get together and recovering a little bit together. >> we will be covering that as well. mike barnicle is in boston covering the story. another big story out of west texas. this morning, rescue workers are still searching for survivors after a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant that rocked the small town of west. last night, the mayor of that town checked everything out on the scene. he just started speaking at a news conferen...

Going to read for you the latest we have from the scene, and quoting from the "associated press": two explosions shattered the euphoria of the boston marathon finish line today, sending thoughtses on the course to try to carry off the injured while the stragglers in the 26.2-mile trek were rerouted repair from the site of the blast. competitors and race organizers were crying as they fled in chaos. bloody spectators were being carried to the medical tent that hat been set up to care for fatigued...