Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120908:23:02:00
Overall situation, the hazards and dangers, what is feasible, what is achievable, and what's obviously not. >> 4:49 p.m., fire is reported on the second floor. it spreads quickly. the elevator shaftway ventilated at the top acts as an enormous chimney. it draws the fire upwards, engulfing the bottom and top floors in flames. some run to the roof to avoid the fire. hundreds of others are trapped on lower floors. in only ten minutes, the fire is upgraded to three alarms. but some fire trucks can't even get to the scene. precious minutes wasted as desperate bystanders, police and firemen struggle...