WORLD TRADE CENTER TASK FORCE INTERVIEW
FIREFIGHTER KENNETH ROGERS
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Watching the building, mostly the south
tower. There were people jumping, someone said we are
going to go a long way up, let's take off some of our
gear. At first I didn't, but after a while I thought
he was probably right because it was getting heavy. So
I took off some stuff and he took off some stuff. Some
other guys did.
Meanwhile we were standing there with about
five companies and we were just waiting for our
assignment and then there was an explosion in the south
tower, which according to this map, this exposure just
blew out in flames. A lot of guys left at that point.
I kept watching. Floor after floor after floor. One
floor under another after another and when it hit about
the fifth floor,
I figured it was a bomb, because it
looked like a synchronized deliberate kind of thing. I
was there in '93...
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20050812_WTC_GRAPHIC/9110290.PDF