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The Attack on September 11th 

New York: When the first jet struck 1 World Trade Center at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, the people in 2 World Trade Center with a view of the instant damage across the divide had the clearest sense of what they, too, must do: get out fast. 

Katherine Ilachinski, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast of heat exploding from the neighboring tower, was one of those. Despite her 70 years ago, Ms Ilachinski, and architect working on the 91st floor of 2 World Trade Center, the south tower, went for the stairs. Twelve floors above her, Judy Wein, a manager, screamed and set off too. 

But others up and down the 110 floors, many without clear views of the damage across the way and thus unclear about what was happening, were not so sure. And the 18 minutes before the next plane would hit were ticking off. 

Amid the uncertainty about what was the best thing to do, formal announcements inside the south tower instructed people to stay put, assuring(使…确信) them that the building was sound and the thread was limited to the other tower. 

Some left, and others stayed. Some began the climb down and, when met with more announcements and other warnings to stop or return, went back up. The decisions made in those instants proved to be of great importance, because many who chose to stay were sure to die when the second jet crashed into the south tower, killing many and stopping many more in the floors above where the jet hit. 

One of those caught in indecision(犹豫不决) was the manager at Fuji Bank USA. 

Richard Jacobs of Fuji Bank left the 79th floor with the other office workers, but on the 48th floor they heard the announcement that the situation was under control. Several got in the lifts and went back up, two minutes or so before the plane crashed into their floor. 

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