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>> and you see this mortar attack. what are you doing? >> i'm still, over here on tower three. still covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit right around here. we have no cover for mortar attacks. even the buildings, i'm surprised one didn't collapse. >> another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump. that's when i jumped off the tower and moved back. got somewhere under here. and that's when the mortar hit and once that hit, it just, it was pitch-black and dead quiet. jack came over and said, hey, man, there's no movement and that's when i sprinted to the ladder and th...

>> and you see this mortar attack. what are you doing? >> i'm still, over here on tower three. still covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit right around here. we have no cover for mortar attacks. even the buildings, i'm surprised one didn't collapse. >> another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump. that's when i jumped off the tower and moved back. got somewhere under here. and that's when the mortar hit and once that hit, it just, it was pitch-black and dead quiet. jack came over and said, hey, man, there's no movement and that's when i sprinted to the ladder and th...

>> and you see this mortar attack happen. what are you doing? >> i'm still over here on tower three, covering this area. to me it looked like it hit right around here. we have no cover for mortar attacks. even the buildings, i'm surprised that one didn't collapse. another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump, that's when i jumped off the tower and got somewhere right around here. that's when the mortar hit and once that mortar hit, it was pitch black and dead quiet. jack came over and said hey, man, there's no movement. that's when i sprinted to the ladder. then i just kind of...

What are you doing? >> i'm still -- i'm over here on tower three, covering this area. to me it looked like it hit around here. we had no cover from mortar attacks. the buildings -- i'm surprised it didn't collapse. another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump, that's when i jumped off the tower and moved back and got somewhere right around here. that's when the mortar hit and once that hit it just -- it was black and dead quiet. jack came over and said, there's no movement. that's when i sprinted to the ladder. i kind of went up as fast as i could. that's when i saw dave off t...

>> reporter: tourists were caught off-guard as well. >> we thought it was part of the program. then we noticed the guide herself was concerned. my first thought was is this an earthquake? but i know it's very unusual. i have never heard about an earthquake on the east coast. >> reporter: we are getting pictures of damage from the national cathedral. the central tower at the cathedral is highest in the district of columbia. mason on site is checking things out and said four of the pinnacles that jut out of the tower three of four of them are danieled there are cracks there. if you had a chance ...