Reply #123: NY Policemen reported explosions at ground level

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Floor level or Lower level Explosions reported by N.Y. Police
(pa-police-reports01.pdf pages 17, 24) Alan T. DeVona Page 2, Chronological Report of the WTC Radio Transmissions on 9/11/01
“0853 4-1 radios WTC Police Desk reporting an explosion on the lower level.
(pa-police-reports02.pdf page 88) Sergeant Michael McGarry Chronicle of Response and Rescue Efforts – September 11, 2001 Page 1
“Within a short period of time (approximately ¾ of an hour) one of the buildings to the World Trade Center collapsed. During this time period there were numerous explosions, causing us to leave and re-enter the incident area.”

FIREFIGHTER PATRICK MARTIN FDNY
WTC2
My lieutenant said he looked down at the first floor, and he could see the first floor of the south tower like exploding out. I looked up. I looked up, and the sky was filled with that debris cloud.