"The plane exploded within the building. There were five or six seconds - I was tottering on my feet trying to keep my balance - and three-quarters of the office was instantaneously consumed in this sheet of flame. One man was standing inside the flame. I could see him. It was a co-worker, Joe Fountain. His whole body was on fire. I kept calling to him, `Come on, Joe; come on, Joe.' He walked out of it."
- Catherine O'Connor, Catholic War Relief Services worker, who was in the Empire State Building when it was hit by a plane. Joe Fountain died of injuries four days later.
