BY PETER HAYDEN
From my office in Lower Manhattan, I heard the plane fly low overhead. I knew it was low, and I knew it was large. The crash shook the entire area. We didn't know the type of plane, but we knew it was a large commercial plane and there had to be a lot of jet fuel involved.
I arrived a few minutes after Battalion Chief Joseph Pfeifer. He briefed me on conditions, and I assumed command of the incident.
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