i know the NYPD had a helicopter flying that day around the WTC. I remember seeing several helicopters on live tv buzzing around. Everyone was
asking why they couldn't land on the roof and pick people up and make rescues that way.
An Israeli television news show with helicopter footage of the South Tower collapse, from Kazaa. The announcer speaks Hebrew, but we hear this in English: "It's gone, the whole tower... it's gone! Holy crap! They knocked the whole friggin' thing down! They did it... it's down, the ***' tower's down."
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B7: "Battalion 7...
Ladder 15 we've got two isolated pockets of fire. We should be abie to
knock it down with two lines. Radio that, 78th Floor numerous 10-45 Code 1's."
L15: "What stair are you in, Orio?"
"7Alpha to lobby command post."
"1 5 to Battalion 7."
L15: "Chief, what stair you in?"
B7: "South stairway Adam, South Tower."
L15: "Floor 78?"
B7: "10-4, numerous civilians, we gonna need 2 engines up here."
L15: "Alright 10-4, we're on our way."
"Battalion 6 to command post."
"Battalion 6, Battalion 6 reports there's a sky lobby available at the 44th floor that will
serve the floors above. Do you ... that, k?"
"7Alpha to lobby command post. Chief Palmer reports on 78th floor numerous 10-45
Code l's, we got isolated pockets of fire. We're going to need at least two handlines up
there, k."
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In contrast, the jet that hit the South Tower, 18 minutes later, veered to the right just before impact and hit the rightmost third of the tower's southwest wall, producing an impact gash that extended from the 78th to the 94th floor.
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