WORLD TRADE CENTER DESTROYED, FIRES SPREADING Updated 12:27 EST
Fires are now spreading in lower Manhattan, as a severely crippled New York City Fire Department sends out urgent calls up and down the East Coast for support. At least a dozen people jumped from the upper floors of the World Trade Center before the buildings collapsed. More than two hundred New York City firemen are unaccounted for as of this hour in the World Trade Center catastrophe, and the Fire Department is having serious organizational and communications problems.
It is believed that the fires will be contained in lower Manhattan. New York City fire codes are among the most stringent in the world, and many buildings are sprinkler-equipped and fire resistant.
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