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Dixie 14: "Now they're beating on the vault door. We don't have much time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: You Could Die Here | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Dixie 14: "The floor in the vault is getting warm. There are fires underneath us. We need to evacuate to the roof. Can you tell us, is the roof clear?" No answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: You Could Die Here | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...Fire in the vault!" Amazingly, no one panicked. One official carried the fire extinguisher over to where the carpet had begun to burn. Two blasts put out the flames...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: You Could Die Here | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...steel shell of the vault was now so hot from the fires raging below that the tiles laid over it were beginning to crack and buckle. We were all drenched in sweat. We were breathing through wet paper towels, very slowly and shallowly, trying to save oxygen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: You Could Die Here | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...smoke was getting heavy, making it hard to breathe. It was doubtful we could have lasted an other 30 minutes in the vault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: You Could Die Here | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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