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So we walk north just trying to figure out what took place here, and then try to gain some control. it was just a sense that this wasn t a good place to stay. chief pfeiffer s priority was to set up a new command post and find his men. right now, they were coming down the stairs. at some point, i started to run. i don t even know if i was touching stairs on my way down. when i got about to three or two is when i started to think about my family. i said i ve got to get out of here. when we reached the lobby, i joked about it. i said the command post was abandoned. the board was set up and nobody was there. i said, oh, this is not a good ....
Up. this way! and it s dead silence. nothing. no radio calls. no sound. nothing. and i feel a person who was on top of me get up. get out of here. you okay? yeah. and i recognize it s chief pfeiffer, and i realized he jumped on top of me to protect me from all of this. [ radio sound ] ....
Sign. i knew there was nothing i could really do. i mean, i was not a fireman. but as a cameraman, yes, there was something i could do. it was to document what was happening. strange enough, the only thing that was my preoccupation was to clean my lens. jules was with chief pfeiffer who was plotting his next move. [ siren ] the firefighters from my house had reached the lobby and scattered. we were walking at this point. we knew we were out of the building. felt we were safe. ....
right then in there i knew it. this was going to be the worst day of my life as a firefighter. go to the trade center. immediately i knew this was not an accident. oh my god. chief pfeiffer made the first initial report. looks like the plane aiming towards the building. when we are passing it, looking up, it is like the world just stopped. we have something that has happened here, planes with an awful lot of smoke. whatever occurred had just occurred within minutes. ....
Where we are now, people are still jumping and debris are still falling. it is too dangerous, you can t go out this way. the world trade center, too at hit. what is it an explosion. which way? can we get out here? chief pfeiffer tells the people carrying june, stdge. chief pfeiffer went to check one of the foot, if it was still standing, it would be their best way out. ....