but, hearing no answer to her shout, melissa doi returned to the call. >> doi: can you, can you-- stayor: yes, ma'am. >> doi: i feel like i'm dying. >> pfeifer: orio palmer knew how dangerous this was, and he didn't stop. ladder 15 knew how dangerous it was. but we never thought that an entire high-rise building would collapse. there was no history of it anywhere in the world. >> pelley: but this day, history was changing, because the planes had blasted away the spray-on fireproof foam insulating the structural steel. the burning floors were sagging, slowly pulling the exterior inward. e.m.s. division chief john peruggia was in the city emergency operations center, where he received a warning from an official he believes was an engineer. >> john peruggia: he said, "the buildings are severely compromised. you can see slight lean. they're in danger of collapse." so i grabbed one of my staff guys, e.m.t. rich zarrillo. and i said, "rich, go to pete ganci-- don't talk to anyone else-- and deliver this message: the buildings are in danger of collapse." >> pelley: in this four-second video,