Steven Smith: The First Earthquake

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About 14 years, 14 days, and 2 minutes ago there was a U.S disaster. A man named Steven Smith who worked in the North tower of the World Trade Center on the 88th floor. Steven was on the elevator and was coming down the elevator to the 26th floor, as he looked down to check his phone it was 8:46 he felt a shake like an earthquake. ”OOO WHAT WAS THAT” Steven said. That’s when his whole day changed. As Steven began to ask people questions he wondered what it was he looked outside and saw a plane on the 93-99 floor. Steven started running down the stairs and when he got to the bottom he began grabbing people and pushing them out the door. He saw lots and lots of firefighters and police the firefighter he saw he asked him “What is going on?” The firefighter said “It is …show more content…
Steven was in shock for a second. The action doesn’t stop there, at 9:03 Steven heard a loud engine and looked up and saw a huge plane and heard a big huge bang. Another plane has crashed into the South tower of the WTC (World Trade Center). Steven began to have an internal problem. He was holding himself back from trying to save the people in the South part of the WTC. He raced over there and began picking people up and pushing them out the door. Steven saved as many people as he could and started coughing and became lightheaded and tried to get home as he could. As the day went on, Steven was at home and called all his family to make sure they known he was okay. He grabbed the remote and turned to channel 3 to look at the news to see what is really going on. He turned the TV off because he got he needed to know. When outside he saw a herd of people rushing at him with a cloud of debris coming after them. He ran in outside he saw a herd of people rushing at him with a cloud of debris coming after them. He ran inside the close doors and was coughing like crazy. He was amazed at what the day brought him. As the started to end, the people of where

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