myself, bill, tom fitzpatrick, we all went down to the garage, got into bill's car. as we came out, we have people running all over brooklyn already. and i'm saying like, "what the hell is going on here?" - [tom] pete stopped the car, and we got out, and started to head towards the plaza. bill and i were just near the big ball, these sphere. the sound of a plane coming down. - bill was at the back of the car with tom fitzpatrick, putting their coats on. i just remember hearing that roaring noise. (explosion) - and when it hit the building, i never saw it, because i don't think bill saw it either, in full scale. we just both were sort of looking that way to get hit by something. - i really knew that there was gonna be a lot of guys in trouble. and i had a feeling that my father, you know, would maybe be part of that. - never did i think that my father-in-law would be in any danger, because he's a chief. he was the first deputy fire commissioner. he's not stretching hose line, he's not going up into the building. (siren) - as we got closer to the building, you could se