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Benny felt his senses coming back to him as he slowly opened his eyes, flexing his hand slightly as he tried to move. He couldn't see very far in front of him through all the thick smoke, except a strong glow as he listened to the roar of a big fire above him. He tried moving his right leg when suddenly waves of pain cascaded up his body as he screamed out in pain, looking down to see shards of computer screen glass embedded in his pants with blood staining the edges. He sat up as best as he could as he hovered his hand above the wound, before biting the bullet and yanking the glass out with muffled screams. He laid back down when all was said and down, panting as he cried from the pain before he saw a shadow descend down upon him through the glow.

"Hey! Are you okay?!" came a female voice as Benny felt someone kneel down beside him, before helping him up to his feet.

"Yea...I'm fine. What happen?" Benny asked, seeing that a heavy weight black woman was looking at him, ash and dust covering her face and clothes.

"I don't know. I was just delivering reports when a explosion knocked me down. I was over by the elevators and the doors were completely blown open, I think a bomb went off. I tried dialing nine-one-one but the servers were jammed. We need to get out of the building thought, it doesn't seem safe to wait for help," the woman said, the sound of metal groaning and bending as if to clarify her worries as Benny looked up at the ceiling. He could see huge cracks in it and most of the structural pillars throughout the office had been knocked out.

"Yea, I think your right. Did you find anyone else?" Benny asked looking back at the woman, watching as her eyes looked away sadly.

"Your the only survivor I've found so far. The rest are...gone," she said, looking down at the ground as she said it as they began to cough.

Benny let the woman help him along as he limped to the nearest stairwell as they passed the elevators. He stuck his head into the shaft for a quick glance as he looked upwards and saw a massive fire burning along the walls. They stepped over bodies as they made their way towards a stairwell door, opening it up with ease as they were welcomed to fresh air.

"It's much cooler in here, but I don't think that will last. Are you going to be okay making it down the steps? I mean, we've got seventy floors to go," the woman asked, looking down at Benny's leg as she saw the blood stained pants.

"Yea...I'll be fine. Let's keep going!" Benny said, pulling out his phone as he made his way down the steps. He saw the screen was completely cracked and useless, as he threw the phone aside in anger.

"My names Alicia Norman, what's yours?" Alicia asked as they made their way down their first set of stairs and continued on down.

"Benny Weir, nice to meet you. I just wish it could have been on better terms!" Benny said, coughing up more dust as he knelt down and hacked up saliva.

"Me too hunny, me too!" Alicia said as she stood back and let Benny hack up the dust that was coating his lungs and throat.

Ethan's POV

Ethan awoke to his phone vibrating on the nightstand table as he groggily reached over and picked it up, bringing it to his ears.

"Hello, you've reached Ethan Weir," Ethan said, listening as he heard crying on the other end. "Elizabeth, is that you sweetheart?" Ethan asked.

"Dad, turn on the news! Somethings happened at dad's work!" Elizabeth hollered through tears as Ethan shot up in bed and walked over to the bedroom TV. He turned it on as the news flashed across the screen.

"For all those viewers just tuning in, we have reports of a plane having crashed into the World Trade Center. We have live footage now, of the North Tower with a gaping hole in it's side and smoke billowing out. It appears that a large commercial airliner has crashed into the buildings side, you can hear the sirens of the fire department and medical teams racing to the sight right now. You can see here that people are being treated on the sidewalks, and debris is still raining down over the city," the news anchor said as Ethan sat down on the phone and listened to Elizabeth's sobs on the other end of the phone.

"Hunny, calm down okay? Daddy is going to go and get dad! Just stay calm for me okay sweetie! Stay calm, I'm going to get your father!" Ethan said as he hung up and raced to get his day clothes on before racing out the bedroom door, grabbing his car keys as he raced out the front door of their apartment. Ethan could hear sirens echoing throughout the city as he looked towards Upper Manhattan and saw the smoke drifting across the sky as he watched a few people come out of their homes to look to the sky. He jumped into his car as he started it and pulled out his phone and dialed Benny's number, annoyed as it went to voice mail.

"Hey baby, it's me! Please call me back as soon as you get this okay! As soon as you get this!" Ethan hollered into the phone as he took off down the road, punching his wheel as traffic came to a standstill before pulling over and parking his car. He could see that traffic was at a standstill with emergency crews racing through the streets. He put the car in park as he got out, locking the door before he started running down the sidewalk towards the World Trade Center as papers blown out from the impact began to fly through the air. That's when he heard it, the sound of another plane's engine as he looked up at saw a massive jet racing across the sky over the streets before it flew over downtown and then impacted the South Tower.

"Oh my GOD!" Ethan cried out, watching as other bystanders began to scream and run off away from the building as Ethan stopped momentarily before continuing to run down the sidewalk, hoping he wasn't too late.

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