and yet you ve got to show calm and you ve got to show leadership. and inside you must be turmoil. i think i remember how i did it. the first time i got emotional, the first time i realized how terrible it was, how bad it was, i was right below the north tower. police were telling me to look up because things were falling down and they were afraid it was going to hit us. and i realize it wasn t things falling down, it was a man throwing himself out of the 101st floor. my emotions, i can t tell you what they were. i just froze. i said to myself this is the worst thing i have ever seen. this is the worst situation i m ever going to face. and then i said to myself, i can t think about that right now. all i can think about is what is the most effective way to handle it. what is the safest thing to do to help these people. let me just focus on my job, the next step ahead. one of the initial press conferences you were asked about the death toll. and i want to play you a bit of footage of
terrible it was, how bad it was, i was right below the north tower. police were telling me to look up because things were falling down and they were afraid it was going to hit us. and i realize it wasn t things falling down, it was a man throwing himself out of the 101st floor. my emotions, i can t tell you what they were. i just froze. i said to myself this is the worst thing i have ever seen. this is the worst situation i m ever going to face. and then i said to myself, i can t think about that right now. all i can think about is what is the most effective way to handle it. what is the safest thing to do to help these people. let me just focus on my job, the next step ahead. one of the initial press conferences you were asked about the death toll. and i want to play you a bit of footage of what you said. the number of casualties will be more than any any of us can bear ultimately. and i don t think we want to speculate on the number of casualties. the effort now has to be to sa
point it out to the authorities. jamie: and i suppose the thermos alert if you re riding the rails and you see one and you re suspicious, you can report that as well. mike, merry christmas. thanks for being with us today. and to you too, merry christmas. jamie: thank you. gregg: very disturbing scene during a meeting of romania s parliament. we have to warn you what you re about to see is pretty graphic. a man throwing himself off the chamber s balcony in protest of the country s new austerity measures. the 40-year-old man fell about 20 feet to the floor in front of after stunned parliament. according to witnesses, he was wearing a t-shirt that read and this is a quote you re killing our children s future. he was also heard screaming the word freedom as he was taken out on a stretcher. the good news is his injuries are not considered life threatening. jamie: and a rush hour day causing a ruckus in argentina. passengers were angered by a