they re not letting anyone down onto the streets. i live on 7th street. they re blocking off the street completely until further notice. anna stay with me. i want to go to another call from scott westerfield, who is a self reported i-witness. can you hear me, scott? yes, i can. how are you? good. can you tell me how you were able to view this and what you saw? i live on the seventh floor, one block south of the explosion and across 2nd avenue. i heard the explosion. it sounded to me like a truck accident like something really big hitting something else. i looked down and saw that everybody was staring up northward on 2nd avenue. and i turned and saw, you know, the first smoke coming out of what i believe is a belgian french fry place.