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We're on the e-ring of the pentagon, we have a window that faces out toward the potomac, toward the kennedy center. we haven't been able to see or hear anything after the initial blast. i just stepped out in the hallway. security guards were herding people out of the building and i saw just a moment ago as i looked outside, a number of construction workers who have been working here have taken flight. they are running as far away from the building as they can right now. i hear no sirens going off in the building, i see no smoke. but the building shook for just a couple of seconds, the windows ...

To me on any given day 50,000 people work at the world trade center. >> at 8:45 many in the morning if they are not in the building they are around the building. these a beehive of activity down. there there's no more active area in terms of pedestrian traffic. >> a woman who saw the collapsed of the trade towers. tell me what you saw. >> on the corner of west broadway and walking toward the twin towers it just collapsed. looks like the building demolished, smoke, clouds of smoke everywhere. people running towards me. i was going toward the twin towers. people were going away from the towers a...

>> i have not gotten that close. i have to tell you that my father works in the world financial center and i called over there to see if he was okay, i could not get through, and i'm far away right now, i thought it might be dangerous. i saw lots of debris coming down, and right now i'm battery park. it's probably a five minute walk from here to the world trade center, but the smoke is incredible. i can't see the top of the tower. >> we're looking at pictures right now, jennifer, with a huge gaping hole. >> yeah, i see major fire, i definitely see fire. >> jennifer, you said you're looking nor...

>> needless to say, it's pandemonium, i'm sure, down there and we gathered that from even the eyewitnesss with whom we spoke and how terrifying this was for them to see. you can only imagine as you get closer to the twin towers, a new york land mark, what the scene must be like there. >> you talked about the buildings looking like they'll buckle, they're designed to have a two degree sway in either direction because of the height of the building and the stress, but that's probably more than they're equipped for. >> jane, can you hear me? >> caller: yes, i am near the world trade center, i was ...