it was a big ball of fire that just went up. and i looked around at people. we were all horrified. i m stuttering, because i m in such shock. i ve never seen anything like it. it s horrible. and, of course, this is real cause for concern, because the world trade center is one of the busiest office buildings here in new york with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of workers who the governor has his office there. city office there. seval thousand. and of course given the timei this has happened, it s only probably appropriate to surmise that people might have been in the building. and you know, we ve seen stories in the past where planes have hit buildings, small planes, and it would be hard to imagine that a small plane could create that kind of hole in a building like the world trade center and create the damage on the other side of the buildi ng from the sheer impact. small planes tend to crumple and then fall down the building. again, we haven t talked to anyone close to t
like a tsunami. angela chris felt helpless as the river carried her child away. my 16-year-old son was camping about 100 yards from us, and we were screaming because we couldn t get to him. he came floating down the river with his little buddy. he said, mommy, please save me. my husband went back and he was in the tree, and we were coming in. more than 100 searchers are fanning out again this morning for that loan camper still unaccounted for. catherine calloway joins us from langley. what s making the search so difficult right now? reporter: it s the same thing that s been difficult all along. we went out yesterday with one of the mother elite teams, and what they re facing as you mentioned, the water rose up more than 20 feet off the river bed there, and when it rose, it took with it buildings and trees and debris, leaving it sometimes up in the trees, and it was
whole thing which starts soft and ends really soft lasted three whole minutes. so it was, for me, it was kind of quick, not really that quick but quicker and faster or maybe shorter than the previous earthquake we had 25 years ago. on march the 3rd, we are having 25 years since the last really big one, but it wasn t as big as this one. when you look outside your windows, how much damage do you see? is it buildings that have been flattened? is it just glass broken? are structures appearing to stand normally? are you still in your apartment right now? yes, yes. i m still in my apartment. i m having some home issues with my fridge because i didn t have power until maybe a couple hours ago. so defrosting and everything.
some of the damage, and the reality is is the damage will not be known for months in its entirety and until we can really get about and see all the different levels of damage. you re talking massive destruction of all the foliage has been ripped off the trees. the many of the trees have absolutely fallen completely and destroyed property along with a lot of the flying debris that has hit buildings and cars and vehicles. and as the previous commentator stated, the communications are virtually nonexistent throughout the island right now. san juan and the san juan area has some comms and cell phone coverage, buts besides that it s really minimal. we had flood levels that were 20 feet above anything that people had ever seen before. who is leading and coordinating the disaster
with the amount of fire. it was a big ball of fire. that just went up. and i looked around at people. we were all horrified. i m stuttering, because i m in such shock. i ve never seen anything like it. it s horrible. and, of course, this is real cause for concern, because the world trade center is one of the busiest office buildings here in new york with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of workers who the governor has his office there. city office there. several thousand. and of course given the time this has happened, it s only probably appropriate to surmise that people might have been in the building. and you know, we ve seen stories in the past where planes have hit buildings, small planes, and it would be hard to imagine that a small plane could create that kind of hole in a building like the world trade center and create the damage on the other side of the building from the sheer impact. small planes tend to crumple and then fall down the building. again, we haven t t