9-11 Survivor Brian Clark Tells Us The Story Of The Day That Changed His Life Forever

A "loud double boom" is the first thing he remembers. Then flickering of the lights in his office on the 84th floor, then something caught his peripheral vision. He spun around. His view usually looked out over the Hudson River. The river and the sky. But this time"It was filled with flame," he says. "Two yards from my nose is the window, and it's right against the glass, almost swirling. I can't recall whether there was a flash of heat. But remembers a woman, spinning around from the window in shock and tears, and telling him that people were jumping off the building ___ At about 8:55, Clark remembers a voice over the public address system: "Building Two is secure." meaning his building. Eight minutes later, at 9:03, he was standing outside his office and talking with a coworker, Bobby Coll. They were 2 feet to a yard (60 to 90 centimeters) apart, he thinks, eye to eye. In an instant, "the room exploded...