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The early stage, hopefully you can knock it and you can control it. this time we weren't that lucky. >> luck is nowhere to be found. the fire department doesn't have enough extinguishing powder on hand to control the flames. as it burns out of control, the order is given to pull back. >> my gut said get away from the building, something's going to happen. >> but before everyone clears out -- >> the smoke began to suck in, which is an indication the fire was drawing for oxygen. and i had enough time to go, "oh," and do a 180, and it was over. >> the building explodes into smithereens. >> it was...

Their buildings shake. >> it was, like, it's got to be a building falling because it keeps rumbling. >> gregory's tow truck is parked right above the epicenter of one of the biggest underground explosions the city has ever seen. >> i don't know what happened to that guy who was in the truck. he was on top. >> his truck launches into the air and returns to earth with a jolting thud. >> this truck weighs 15,000 pounds by itself. so it had to be a powerful blast just for it to go up and come back down like that. >> the explosion leaves a huge crater in the middle of the street. it swallows the to...

He's on his way to recovery. >> i just know i have a long road ahead of me for rehabilitation, and the support of my friends and family and the pastor and congregation and my faith will keep me on the straight and narrow. >> mccullough's passenger, judith bailey, suffers less severe burns and makes a recovery as well. but the steam pipe explosion is blamed for the death of 51-year-old lois bemeric, a human resources executive from new jersey who dies from a heart attack. more than 40 others are injured. an investigation concludes heavy rainfall and leaky pipes caused the explosion. the city or...

What happened. the top of the screen, out of nowhere, the street explodes as if a giant bomb goes off. >> you could see absolutely a terrorized expression on all these people's faces because they didn't know what it was. they probably thought it was a bomb in the subway system. >> with september 11th never far from new yorkers' minds, many think the explosion is another terrorist attack. >> yeah, you think it's terrorism. that's the first thought that goes through anybody's mind. >> people run for cover as the dirt, rocks and asphalt blasts into the sky and rains down. and after the explosion,...

If that thing was going to blow, we were dead right there. 200 feet away. >> the noise from the pressure building inside the tanker is deafening. >> there was the hissing of the fire, just kind of started building and building and building. >> firefighters back away from the flaming tanker. >> all units evacuate to at least 10,000 feet. 10,000 feet evacuation for engine two. imminent explosion. >> we got about 200 feet of it out, and unbelievably, it got louder. it got so loud. >> before firefighters were able to get to a safe distance, the propane truck erupts into the biggest explosion many ...