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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 452
was rubble on the floor, and you can’t see anything.” Ascending to level B they found a 300-
pound steel and concrete fire door crinkled up “like a piece of aluminum foil,” off its hinges and
lying on the floor.
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Other WTC employees have reported explosions in the basement as well. These include:
William Rodriguez, Jose Sanchez, Felipe David and Salvatore Giambanco. Rodriguez said “that
he heard a massive explosion in the WTC basement just seconds prior to the jetliner striking
above while working in a sub-level 1 office along side 14 others, all of whom heard and felt the
very same thing.” Sanchez recalled his experience in a 2002 taped statement with Rodriquez; he
stated: “It sounded like a bomb and the lights went on and off,” said Sanchez in the tape
recording.
We started to walk to the exit and a huge ball of fire went through the
freight elevator. The hot air from the ball of fire dropped Chino to the floor [his
leg was broken] and my hair got burned... The room then got full of smoke and I
remember saying out loud 'I believe it was a bomb that blew up inside the
building.'
The statements of Felipe David and Salvatore Giambanco were recorded for a Columbian
TV special on 9/11 in 2002. David recalled: “That day I was in the basement in sub-level 1
sometime after 8:30 a.m. Everything happened so fast, everything moved so fast. The building
started shaking after I heard the explosion below, dust was flying everywhere and all of a sudden
it got real hot. I threw myself onto the floor, covered my face because I felt like I was burned. I
sat there for a couple of seconds on the floor and felt like I was going to die, saying to myself
'God, please give me strength.'” David stumbled to the office where Rodriguez and his
coworkers had felt the blast, his burnt skin was dangling off his arms and face. Rodriguez helped
David to safety and then escorted him to an ambulance.
Giambanco was on the opposite side of sub-level 1 than was David. Giambanco recalled:
“We heard the explosion and the smoke all of a sudden came from all over. There was an
incredible force of wind that also swept everything away. I remember hearing a scream of a
woman, but I couldn't see her. I had just gotten off the elevator and I was standing by it with
another man but didn't know his name.” Giambanco and the other man jumped in the elevator for
protection. The doors closed and the elevator descended and got stuck between sub-level 2 and 3.
They were later rescued by Rodriguez who returned to help after helping David to safety.
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Rick Sanchez, anchor for MSNBC, was reporting at the scene of the attack on the twin
towers on the morning of 9/11. Sanchez reported on the explosions in the basement. He
specifically indicated that their were additional explosions in the WTC unrelated to the plane
crashes, that police found suspected bombs and that police suspected a van parked in the parking
garage may have had a bomb in it. Here's what he reported live on the air on 9/11:
Police have found what they describe as a suspicious device and they fear
it may lead to another explosion. Obviously there is a real sense of caution here
on the part of police. I spoke to some police officials moments ago, Chris, and
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