911 William Rodriguez, WTC’s North Tower 9/11/2001 Basement Level B1 An explosion so hard that pushes upwards in the air. Upwards. And it came out from below us, from the mechanical room that was right below us. Two different events separated by almost seven seconds (explosion/plane) I know the difference of a sound coming from the top and one from the bottom. QUOTE: I made it there at 8:30 in the morning, go straight to the lobby, down to the basement. The building has six sublevels of basement. B1, B2 all the way down to B6. At 8:46 we hear BOOM! An explosion so hard that pushes upwards in the air. Upwards. And it came out from below us, from the mechanical room that was right below us. And it was so loud and so powerful that all the walls cracked. The false ceiling fell on top of us, the sprinkler system got activated, and everybody started screaming so loud because they didn't know what was going on. And the first thing I'm going to say is that a generator just blew up on the B2 level, the level below me and everybody screaming. And when I'm going to verbalize it 6 to 7 seconds after we're here. But! The impact all the way on the top of the building of the plane. Two different events separated by almost seven seconds, separated by time. And now I work in the building for 20 years. I know the difference of a sound coming from the top and one from the bottom. So when everybody started, what the heck is going on? A person comes running into the office saying, explosion! Explosion! His hands extended, all the skin pulled from under his armpits, on both arms hanging, and we thought it was clothing. It was part of his clothes. Until he gets closer, he's coming like this. Like a zombie explosion. Explosion. And when I looked at him, I realized it was his skin. Like when you take off a glove and you let it hang him. And when I get to see his face, all this part was hanging off his face. And everybody started screaming in horror. And I say, don't move. The guy was a black guy named Philippe David worked for a company called Aramark. nypost.com/2026/09/10/us-new…