they handle duties that many s.w.a.t. teams would handle, but also high-rise rescues, antiterrorism, i point that out, because you'll often seem they stationed outside empire state billing, as a terrorism deterrence or rapid response quad. typically there are police assigned strictly to watch over the empire state building as well as the crowds and some of the other famous places in this pardon of town. >> lester, let me interrupt you, we're going to go to w nbc. they're talking to an eyewitness. >> and i walked into my office and came back out.