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Ready for our meetings. >> after the rush hour would have ended. yet, i got stuck in rush-hour-like traffic on the road, just to the west of the pentagon. >> we got a call that american airline 77 was a potential hijacked aircraft. >> as we sat down to have a meeting for this client, one of the people said, well, barbara olson wont be here because shes on a plane to california. >> the plane took off at 8:10 in the morning, or thats when it was scheduled. i had been in my office at the department...

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 for our lives. this is, we believe, debris from one of the planes that hit one of the towers in the world trade center. the fbi is he...

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 up to their left. you could see the north tower. and very sadly, at that moment, what they were looking at was people jumping. >> it wa...

This mess, dude. i think we better get out of this. >> we jumped in the truck with the camera and left an inch or two crack in the door with the cable. we decided to try. >> oh, my god. >> we might die here together. you and me. you all right? [coughing]. >> we were in the dark, literally. it was frightening. it was a frightening moment... to have no connection to the outside world and have no idea what was going to happen next. >> we should be the be here. should we? >> everybody else [bleep] r...

30s or 40s, the first fireman and policemen started coming up. i finally made it down to the ground floor. we came out right in front of the ploughsa, which is the area between the two towers, where the fountain is. that was horrible. that was a war scene. there were fires, there was a debris falling from both tower, dead bodies, right in front of the window, right in front of me, there was a body strapped to an airplane seat. >> there was another one. we just saw... we just saw another one. we ...

>> are you there? okay, listen. hearing news reports a plane crashed into the other tower of the world trade center. actually right near us. we can see it clearly. its right on our level, too. >> i had to listen to this on my answering machine. one jeff saying its me. pick up. we screened our calls all of the time. that was 8:49. another message at 8:54. it was him again letting me know that i was going to be hearing on the news that the other tower had been hit. >> everyone is okay. its pandemo...

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...

The white house. >> the white house is being evacuated. that comes to us from one of our fox producers in washington. the white house is being evacuated. the pentagon as well. >> you have to pack up. >> a plane was hijacked 20 minutes south of here and they are head to the capitol. >> now! >> jim, are you with us? >> the streets around the white house were blocked, seconds ago. there are emergency vehicles on almost every block around the white house and the white house is being evacuated. feder...

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...

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 ...