it was not the next one but the one over. >> sean: were you pretty close. >> yeah, i got down the hall and the smoke was so bad. the place was burning. we went down stairs and went outside. i ran into a lt. colonel who told me he had seen the plane hit the building. that clarified that. i looked out and here were these small pieces of metal, parts of the aircraft all over the lawn, the apron around the building. there were not a lot of people there at that . the first responders hadn't arrived. people were coming out of the building burned and hurt and wounded and being taken out. i stayed there for a few minutes and attempted to help. then realized that first the people were coming and they didn't need me there. and i went back to my office and began the process of thinking through and talking to the president and the vice president. >> sean: as you look at this