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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20151231 21:07:00

We basically grabbed everyone in the room, me, my girlfriend, my sister, my parents, and we essentially got to the nearest bar escape. my mother is normally in a wheelchair, on the 16th floor going to struggle getting down the sort of emergency steps. basically have to throw her on my back and get down to the ground floor and get out that way. at which point the fire alarm went off in the hotel. so, yeah, that did worry me somewhat. and to be honest i m here two hours later with no idea where we should be or what we should be doing. and i can still see our flat on fire. so it is slightly worrying. no question. and i m happy that you and your family got out safely. what was the misdemeanor yeah, absolutely. of the other hotel guests as they were going out? was it calm? were people following instructions? absolutely not. i mean, look, i cannot fault the hotel staff at all. they were trying to calm

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