Lt. Joseph Torrillo, director of fire education safety, FDNY: As I was running that air caught the back of my helmet, and I saw my helmet fly away. My helmet was flying faster and higher, and I could see it as I was running. It was like The Wizard of Oz. At that point, as the building came down lower and lower, the air pressure was so strong—they estimate almost like a tornado force—the air pressure lifted me off of my feet and I was flying through the air.
