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THE SMOKE IS SO HEAVY, THE
MOMENT WE GOT HERE, WE WERE
COUGHING.
IT IS STILL PRETTY DIFFICULT TO
BREATH COMFORTABLY.
I WANT TO BRING IN ANGELICA.
SHE LIVES IN THIS BUILDING,
WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE SAME BLOCK
AS TO WHERE THE EXPLOSION
HAPPENED HERE IN EAST HARLEM,
ALSO KNOWN AS SPANISH HARLEM.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I KNOW YOU WERE STUCK FOR A
MOMENT.
>> I HEARD A BIG EXPLOSION.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
IT WAS A BUILDING COMPLEX.
YOU COULD SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE BUILDING.
IT STARTED GOING INTO SMOKE.
MY NEIGHBORS CAME BANGING ON MY
DOOR TELLING ME TO GET OUT.
I COULDN'T GET OUT.
MY DOOR WAS JAMMED.
EVERYTHING OFF MY WINDOWSILL
FELL.
THE IMPACT OF THE EXPLOSION
JAMMED THE DOOR AS WELL.
>> HOW LOUD WAS IT.
IT WOKE ME OUT OF MY SLEEP.
THAT'S HOW LOUD IT WAS.
>> I SAW A MAN, IT LOOKS LIKE
YOUR FATHER, CAME UP AND
EMBRACED YOU.
>> YES, HE DID.
HE WAS SO WORRIED, THE WAY I
CALLED HIM.
I WAS ALMOST HAVING AN ANXIETY
ATTACK.
I WAS CRYING I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO.
MY BOSS CALLED THE FIRE PEOPLE,
EVERYBODY.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO SNEAK INTO
THE BACK TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR
ME.
>> Reporter: THE WOMAN NAMED
OLGA WHO WAS SOBBING IN TEARS.
SHE RAN UP HERE, RAN BLOCKS AND
BLOCKS, BECAUSE HER DAUGHTER
LIVES ON THIS BLOCK.
I BELIEVE TO SAY THAT EVERYONE
IN THIS BUILDING WAS ALL RIGHT.
SHE IS STILL SEARCHING FOR HER
DAUGHTER.
THAT GIVES YOU THE FRANTIC
SCENE.
SHE TRIED TALKING TO NYPD, FDYY,
SHE COULDN'T GET ANY ANSWERS.
DO YOU HAVE ANYONE THAT LIVES IN
THE BUILDING THAT HAS EXPLODED?
>> I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY IN THE
OTHER BUILDING BUT I WAS
CONCERNED BECAUSE WE ARE TOOTH
AS A WHOLE.
>> A BLOCK.
ALL THESE ARE CONNECTED.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE?
>> FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.
I WAS TOLD BY A LOCAL JOURNALIST
WHO YOU WERE TALKING TO EARLIER,
REMEMBER HIM, WHO WAS FILMING UP