see elements of the building come down and it was like a scene out of independence day. it rained down and the winds were ripping through the core doris in lower manhattan. g i got in to a carer that was with open and it was night time for several minutes. was in the first tower. this is the south tower. as it was coming down what that looks like is mild compared to be at the center. it is pitch black for block sfwls was it smoke as well as dust. smoke, dust, part of the building coming down pieces of a disintegrating building coming down as well. after that several minutes of pitch darkness, what did you see in the streets then? a deep gray smoke. it looked like a nuclear winter the type of thing you see in the movies with ash all over the ground, on top of cars, on police cars on windows. i made my way to the building because it is the one light i could see and stayed there until