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Building. but there were a lot of people that were still on the way out when we got downstairs. so there are a lot of upper floors up there. >> reporter: given the history of september 11th, 2001, what was it like when you felt it and the confusion there? >> well, a lot of people felt the building shake. at first they didn't think a lot of it. when security said get out of the building, then you got a little nervous. then you started thinking staircase. do i want to be coming down a staircase if there's something bad that's happening? we had no choice. we were nervous. that thought is in the b...

It's like you could smell the smoke. not thick, but you knew that there was smoke. >> reporter: did it smell like fuel? >> it smelled like -- it smelled like construction material that was on fire. that's the smell you smelled. >> reporter: did everybody you know make it out wt i was just checking to make sure everybody on my -- everybody in my department, everybody on my floor did get out of the building. but there were a lot of people that were still on the way out when we got downstairs. so there are a lot of upper floors up there. >> reporter: given the history of september 11th, what was ...