As a bewildered public endeavored to assimilate

　　this overwhelming event,

　　at 9∶03 a.m., a second hijacked jet

　　crashed into Two W.T.C.

　　Millions of people around the world,

　　having been alerted to the incident

　　and now watching the terror

　　unfold on their televisions,

　　watched in shock as the second plane,

　　in the blink of an eye,

　　entered the south tower

　　at approximately the seventy-second floor

　　and partially exited the opposite wall.

　　Fire and police departments

　　were mobilized immediately.

　　Rapid evacuation of the buildings was crucial.

　　Many workers on upper floors,

　　knowing there was no escape,

　　committed suicide by hurling themselves

　　out of windows to their deaths.

　　Then, 62 minutes after it had been crashed into,

　　the south tower crumbled into the streets

　　in a gigantic cloud of dust and debris.

　　Hundreds of police and firefighters

　　intent on their rescue mission

　　lost their lives as Two W.T.C. collapsed.

　　Drivers and attendants of emergency vehicles,

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