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>> get out of the building! get out of the building. >> john, the scene isor -- the scene is horrific. one of the towers literally 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 fo...

Washington, d.c. is also on high-alert status because that might be the next target. >> i walked into the states building, a group of people were sitting around the television, 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 ...

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...

Washington, d.c. is also on high-alert status because that might be the next target. >> i walked into the states building, a group of people were sitting around the television, 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 ...

>> do you know who it is? >> we dont know. we are picking him up now. >> heads up. it looks like another one. >> are you there? diagram >> i had two messages lot of my answering machine. one just saying, stayce, its me, pick up because we screened our calls all the time. that was 8:59 and another one at 8:54. it was him again, letting me know that i was going to be hearing on the nude -- news that the other tower had been hit. >> everyones okay, but its

Washington, d.c. is also on high-alert status because that might be the next target. >> i walked into the states building, a group of people were sitting around the television, 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 ...

Floors. we heard another noise and the building shook again -- not as much as the first time. it had to be the second plane hitting the other tower. somewhere in the 30s. 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 bodie...

>> get out of the building! get out of the building. >> john, the scene isor -- the scene is horrific. one of the towers literally 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 fo...

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 ...

Floors. we heard another noise and the building shook again -- not as much as the first time. it had to be the second plane hitting the other tower. somewhere in the 30s. 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 bodie...