Douglas Taurel
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Oh, I mean phone lines were jammed. But they were satellites. A tower. Sorry, the tower. Yeah, the tower. Yeah. The towers.
Yeah. And yeah. And so, you know, and then we started watching people jump. Yeah.
Yeah. And yeah. And so, you know, and then we started watching people jump. Yeah.
Yeah. And yeah. And so, you know, and then we started watching people jump. Yeah.
No, no. And that was... That was really surreal. And I remember being next to a female trainer, and she just completely broke down. And I grabbed her, and I said, let's go inside. It's OK. And then people were talking about it. In fact, the part of the 9-11 museum that I can't do is that part. They have a video section.
No, no. And that was... That was really surreal. And I remember being next to a female trainer, and she just completely broke down. And I grabbed her, and I said, let's go inside. It's OK. And then people were talking about it. In fact, the part of the 9-11 museum that I can't do is that part. They have a video section.
No, no. And that was... That was really surreal. And I remember being next to a female trainer, and she just completely broke down. And I grabbed her, and I said, let's go inside. It's OK. And then people were talking about it. In fact, the part of the 9-11 museum that I can't do is that part. They have a video section.
And when you go through the museum on the right corner, they have a video section showing that. And they show that lady who the infamous lady, she pulls her dress down for her last sentence of dignity, and she jumps.
And when you go through the museum on the right corner, they have a video section showing that. And they show that lady who the infamous lady, she pulls her dress down for her last sentence of dignity, and she jumps.
And when you go through the museum on the right corner, they have a video section showing that. And they show that lady who the infamous lady, she pulls her dress down for her last sentence of dignity, and she jumps.
Not the people, the buildings. So right there. So I went back inside, and I can't remember what time the first building fell, but I saw it on TV falling. And I remember thinking, holy shit, that's right out there. And I remember I ran outside. The building had completely fallen by the time I come outside, but I saw the fume of smoke coming out.
Not the people, the buildings. So right there. So I went back inside, and I can't remember what time the first building fell, but I saw it on TV falling. And I remember thinking, holy shit, that's right out there. And I remember I ran outside. The building had completely fallen by the time I come outside, but I saw the fume of smoke coming out.
Not the people, the buildings. So right there. So I went back inside, and I can't remember what time the first building fell, but I saw it on TV falling. And I remember thinking, holy shit, that's right out there. And I remember I ran outside. The building had completely fallen by the time I come outside, but I saw the fume of smoke coming out.
And what I try to tell people is, so it was a big glass building, glasses everywhere. Imagine this whole room, just glass. And it'd be like, someone just dumped a bucket of gray paint. And I remember seeing the smoke coming down and I remember telling this guy, Bernard, I said, Bernard, he was a trainer, I said, Bernard, put the towels. Again, that's kind of like my mechanism.
And what I try to tell people is, so it was a big glass building, glasses everywhere. Imagine this whole room, just glass. And it'd be like, someone just dumped a bucket of gray paint. And I remember seeing the smoke coming down and I remember telling this guy, Bernard, I said, Bernard, he was a trainer, I said, Bernard, put the towels. Again, that's kind of like my mechanism.
And what I try to tell people is, so it was a big glass building, glasses everywhere. Imagine this whole room, just glass. And it'd be like, someone just dumped a bucket of gray paint. And I remember seeing the smoke coming down and I remember telling this guy, Bernard, I said, Bernard, he was a trainer, I said, Bernard, put the towels. Again, that's kind of like my mechanism.
I started thinking about an out. And so I said, put the towels underneath the, underneath the doors. This shit's going to be coming in. So we started grabbing towels, putting them in because I worked construction when I was in high school. So I knew there was a lot of asbestos in the building. The shit you think about when you're under stress.
I started thinking about an out. And so I said, put the towels underneath the, underneath the doors. This shit's going to be coming in. So we started grabbing towels, putting them in because I worked construction when I was in high school. So I knew there was a lot of asbestos in the building. The shit you think about when you're under stress.
I started thinking about an out. And so I said, put the towels underneath the, underneath the doors. This shit's going to be coming in. So we started grabbing towels, putting them in because I worked construction when I was in high school. So I knew there was a lot of asbestos in the building. The shit you think about when you're under stress.
And I was thinking, I don't want to breathe asbestos in. So we put that in and then it'd be like that current behind you. It just went gray. It just went completely gray. So, you know, you're dealing with that. You're trying to, you know, digest what happened there in 9-11.