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Transcript of 911 call from September 11

CNN | March 30, 2006
NEW YORK, New York (AP) -- A transcript of a 911 call 
made by a victim of the September 11 terrorist attack. 
The call was placed four minutes after a hijacked 
plane struck the north tower of the World Trade Center:

New York Police Department operator: Police Operator 
One-Eight-Eight-Six. What is your emergency?

Christopher Hanley: Yeah. Hi. I'm on the 106th floor 
of the World Trade Center. We just had an explosion 
on the, on the like 105th floor.

NYPD: The One-O-Six floor?

Hanley: Yes.

NYPD: One-O-Six. OK. Um.

Hanley: We have a conference up here. There 
is about 100 people up here.

NYPD: What is your last name?

Hanley: HAN-L-E-Y.

NYPD: H-A-N.

Hanley: We have smoke, and -- it's pretty bad.

(NYPD operator can be heard typing.)

NYPD: This is on the One-O-Six floor, right?

Hanley: Hello?

NYPD: OK, we have the job. Let me connect you with the fire, OK?

Hanley: Yes, there is fire, smoke.

NYPD: You have. Hold on. Let me connect you with fire. OK?

Hanley: We have about 100 people here. 
We can't get down the stairs.

NYPD: Hold on. Let me connect you with fire.

(Pause.)

NYPD: Come on now.

(Telephone rings.)

Fire Department of New York dispatcher: 
Fire Department 408. Where's the fire?

Hanley: Yeah. Hi. I'm on the 106th floor of the 
World Trade Center. We just had an explosion up here.

FDNY: OK. One-O-Sixth floor. What building are you 
in, sir? One or Two?

Hanley: That's One World Trade.

FDNY: All right.

NYPD (Still on the line): One?

FDNY: Yeah.

Hanley: Yeah, there's smoke, and we have about 
100 people up here.

FDNY: Sit tight. Do not leave, OK? There is a 
fire or an explosion or something in the building. 
All right? I want you to stay where you are.

Hanley: Yes.

FDNY: All right, what's your phone number there?

Hanley: We're on the 106th, the 106th floor.

FDNY: What's your phone number? Sir, your phone number.

Hanley: 646-752-1436.

FDNY: All right, we're there. We're coming up to get you.

Hanley: I can see the smoke coming up from outside 
the windows down.

FDNY: All right. We're on the way.

Hanley: Huh?

FDNY: We're on the way, sir.

Hanley: OK. Please hurry.

FDNY: All right, just keep the windows open. 
It's going to be a while because there's a fire 
going on downstairs.

Hanley: We can't open the windows unless we break them.

FDNY: OK. Just sit tight. Just sit tight. We're on the way.

Hanley: All right. Please hurry.