CBS News - 9/11 aftermath - 2001-09-14 - 12:35 a.m. (E)

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[0:00] I know I got knocked down Anthony jumped

[0:03] back up and looked out the window what

[0:05] he saw horrified him some people debris

[0:09] falling lot of Ashes lot of fire a lot

[0:12] of smoke that was so scary that that's

[0:14] when I started you know

[0:16] panicking everyone on the 81st floor ran

[0:19] for the emergency exit and started down

[0:22] the stairs at first they made steady

[0:25] progress we're on the 50th floor the

[0:27] 40th floor the 30th floor but as we're

[0:30] going down we're seeing firemen resting

[0:33] the sweat is dripping off their face and

[0:35] they're carrying oxygen

[0:37] tanks and you start to think are you

[0:40] going to make it just a few blocks north

[0:43] Phil's girlfriend Helen oloff was at

[0:45] work watching TV and wondering the same

[0:49] thing I became hysterical and I try to

[0:52] call him and I couldn't get him

[0:55] obviously I kept saying that my heart is

[0:58] in that building Phil finally made it to

[1:00] the lobby of tower 1 he was just about

[1:03] free of the building but

[1:07] then

[1:09] holy oh my

[1:13] God that's when the second plane hit

[1:16] Tower

[1:19] two all

[1:22] over lights went out three cops jumped

[1:25] on top of me one guy gave me his helmet

[1:28] and I covered my face and they just said

[1:31] remain calm they were in darkness the

[1:33] air thick with smoke and dust and the

[1:36] cop said let's get out of here and he

[1:38] started feeling his way around once we

[1:40] saw that bit of light I don't think

[1:41] anything would have stopped us I walked

[1:44] out it was literally a war zone there

[1:46] was ashes all over there was small Balls

[1:49] of Fire there was concrete yeah glass as

[1:53] far as you can see everywhere as far as

[1:55] you can see Anthony came out a

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