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Marck, Slowing dramatic oral arguments in Albany, the state’s highest court ruled for the plaintiffs. In the. decision, ‘the court ordered the full re- leasit.of the oral historics, ¢x- 0 pas of-ora) oh, God, I'm going te die and just entrance... Lientenant went to, [ be- Reve, Chief Galvin — I'm not aure who it was -~ got our arders to go to the 77th floor and above of the south tower, headed out of the lobby of the hotel... and were, as far as we knew, heading for the south tower, passed another couple of chiefs walking through ¢ walkway, made-a right. turn,. were beading towards what we believed to be the south. - Lao shee lg ccc Snae Ice polar lobby doorways, walked: into that lobby. Evetything was dark. h the flag-craped coffin of fellow firefighter Lt. Dennis Mojica. Water was coming down and everything like that, and then . fitst everything started rumbling, a lot of noise, Turned around, weat back the way I came, got probably five steps through the doar way I had just.came. I don’t even know if I got to that, because there was a walk —. there were bars in front of. that that werent there any-- more, got knocked off my feet and sent — was buried under some stuff and pushed across the floor; and after everything stopped. ourselyes out, put the flas light -on, for each other and then exited the building. ©. ix f couldn't even say which way. ‘Towards air. Firefighter Adrienne Walsh ladder 20 Well, T wasn’t working. I was in my car an the BOE. I had entered the Kent and Wythe Avenue exit, and we were in bumper-to-bumper traffic. | was on my way to | fire. . . and as [ approached the towers, I saw through the warehouse buildings a. white pulf of smeke and what seemed lke confetti, | and I thought, “Oh, that’s. interesting.” As we Fined along, again, . there was an opening be?” tween two, and I saw black smoke and I saw three floors of fire, which I thought was very bad for a building like that. | knew we were on our way down there. We were about fourth due. So } said... “fm missing the Gre of the century.” As we inched along under the Promenade, 1 saw the second explosion, so we had two buildings on fire. Linched my way off on the Ailantic Avenue exit, sped to my parents’ house . and dropped the keys, oar. keys, off to them, because 1 didn’t want to get a Ucket for al street parking, I r4mnto anil ot GPTTN IMALES PHOTO apartment and changed my clothes, put my running shoes on and Hrerally ran to work, I got to the battom of the Brooklyn Bridge and-ran in front of — I think it was Engine Company 246 and they gave me a lift across the bridge, I got off across the bridge and ran up to Lafayette Street. By the time I got to the triangle here on Lafayette, the first tower just fell, and there were streams of people . coming up Lafayette. 1 ran into quarters, quickly went upstairs, pul my-uniform on; | quickly rai downstairs; got ne rs ace Seay & = y NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document