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Mclaughlin. he himself pulled two people out, he witnessed four to five people being found in the first 15 minutes out of that collapse. he said the power of that collapse made the ground shake and made other people in the street fall over. apparently construction workers nearby, about 10 to 15 of them immediately went to try to rescue people, fire crews arriving within three to five minutes. he personally witnessed people aged between 30 and 50 years old who had been shopping in the thrift store next door, which seems to have taken on the brunt of the damage. he personally witnessed them bein...

Who witnessed the whole thing. he joins me by phone. bernie, you were driving along when this -- when this building happened. how close were you? >> i was maybe ten feet from the bulling, rig building, right next to the sidewalk, at the red light. i was in my truck. if you look at those pictures and you see a white pickup truck, that was me. >> i'm looking. i'm looking, i see an ambulance. maybe in some other pictures we'll see. please continue. >> i was sitting there, ready for the light to turn red on the way to another job site. i had a meeting at 11:30, happened to be at that red light. an...

We were at the lennox hotel which is right at the corner of boylst boylston and exiter, a half block from where the bombs exploded. we were waiting for my friend who ran the marathon to meet up with us. me and a girl friend were having lunch. at 2:50 this massive explosion occurs. we could feel the ground shake below us and everything on our table shook. ten seconds later a second blast hit and we looked outside and saw a plume of smoke up in the air. we saw the building across from the spectator stands which was a mirrored tall office building shakes. and that's when panic struck everyone in ...

Plane hit the second tower, we knew immediately this was premeditated and it was a terrorist attack. >> steve silva and david abel both of the boston globe of our thanks to them joining us earlier today and with us tonight, morning anchor at our nbc station, knbc who was in boston because her best friend was running in the race. where were you and what did you experience when the blast happened? >> reporter: we were at the lenox hotel about a half block from where the bombs exploded. we were rating for my friend who had run the marathon to meet up with us. suddenly at 2:50 this massive explosi...

>> the president has spoken on this issue. we don't know who is responsible. we do the know whether it was someone from the united states or overseas. and there is no sense right now as to a motive. joining me on the phone right now is cassidy quinn bretler. she was 30 feet way when the explosions happened watching her co-worker cross the finish line. tell me what you saw. >> like you said, i was 30 feet from the finish line when it happened. mainly i heard it and i felt it. i heard -- you are showing video of it. i heard a noise that i've never heard anything as loud as that in my entire life...