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...devastation may be reaching that limit, it's possible that people living in other parts of the country may be moving close enough to glimpse it. The repeated slow-motion images of the towers swooning and buckling, the shots of victims tarred and feathered with blood and dust, the very ordinariness of the workday exploding into a doomsday may exact a psychological toll as people wonder whether the same hell will be visited on them...
...fear and agony for hours. She felt a man trapped near her and pushed next to him for comfort. She heard him cry out twice; eventually, he fell silent. She repeatedly asked God, "Please give me a second chance at life." There was only darkness and dust. So she said another prayer: "Please just give me this one miracle." And a man appeared above her, a saint named Paul, who lifted her from the rubble. Twenty-six hours had passed...
Paws in the Dust...
...vowed to help. He was on hand to reunite Leslie Long and Doug Murray with their two cats, which had survived for 48 hours on little more than toilet water. Their apartment was coated with several inches of filth, with only a trail of paw prints peeking through the dust...
When the building began to collapse, Lutnick sprinted north to escape the avalanche of debris. When he finally emerged from the dust and smoke, he realized what the future would be like for him and his 320 surviving workers in the New York City area, plus 1,150 more worldwide. "We've got to make our company be able to take care of my 700 families," he said...