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i work in the metlife building right above GCT. my office mate comes into our office at 6 pm and just calmly says, "there's an explosion down the street, it's time to go," and he disappears just as quickly as when he popped his head in. everyone on my floor just books it to the fire escape. everything was orderly, and we had to walk down 39 floors. once at street level, another co-worker and i walked outside to lexington. since 45th and lex were shut down to traffic at this point, everyone just stood in the middle of the street and stared down lexington. cops were telling everyone to stay off manhole covers for fear of another explosion. the amount of dirty steam spewing was unbelievable to see, even if four blocks away. it kept sounding like a train pulling into a train station, that's how loud it was. kind of surreal experience.
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