THE
PORT
AUTHORITY
OF NY & NJ
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Joseph
M
Morris, Chief
of
Department
FROM:
Alan
T.
DeVona
DATE:
March
28,
2002
SUBJECT: PERSONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY
OF THE
9/11/01
DISASTER
COPY
TO:
File
On
9/11/01
at
0846 hours,
the
undersigned
had
just walked
out from the
Police
Desk,
5 WTC
when he heard an explosion. Looking out onto
the
Plaza he saw that it was
filled
with buildingdebris
and
had
fireballs
raining down upon
it. The
undersigned contacted
the WTC
Police Deskrequesting an EMS and FDNY response for major
injuries.
The undersigned and PO
Basic
radiothe WTC Police Desk stating the top floors of 1 WTC are on
fire
possible aircraft collision.
The
undersigned responds
to 1 WTC
Fire Desk
to man the
Command Post
and
coordinate withincoming rescue agencies.
The
undersigned radios
to
have
all WTC
Police units
get
Scott
Air
Packs
and
begin evacuation
of 1
WTC.
The
undersigned radios
the WTC
Police
Desk
to
callNYC for every available EMS unit also notifies the WTC Police Desk to call CPD for a job-wide
mobilization.
The
undersigned steps
out on to VIP
Drive observes several
D.O.A.'s
when FDNYarrives
the
undersigned escorts
a
severely burned woman
to the EMS
workers.
The
undersigned
confers
with FDNY Battalion Chiefs at the Command Desk, and starts to coordinate with them in
an effort
to begin an ascent up the
B-Stairwell.
At
FDNY's
request, the undersigned tried to
find
a
serviceable elevator that they could utilize.
The
undersigned established
an
evacuation routeusing Police Officers
and
FDNY Personnel
to
form
a
corridor
from
Stairway
B
into
the
Concourse
and
towards
the
Church Street exit.
The
undersigned gives
an
order
to
release
the
previously
arrested
prisoner.
The
undersigned confers
with
NYPD
ESU
Team before
they
start
their
ascent of Stairwell B, 1 WTC. The undersigned is approached by numerous PAPD units, as
they
entered the lobby of Building 1 and dispatches them through the Concourse to evacuate thecomplex. The undersigned
makes
the
initial
call for the evacuation of 2 WTC approximately sixminutes before the second
airplane
collides with that building. The undersigned confers with
Director
Morrone
and
Inspector Infante
at the
Fire Starters Desk
of 1
WTC.
The
undersignedmakes
a
third request
to the WTC
Police Desk
for
every
available
EMS
Unit
to
respond
to the
WTC
Command.
The
undersigned radios
WTC
Police Desk that
the
Heliport will
be the
staging
area
for all
responding police units.
The
undersigned informs FDNY Battalion Chiefs
of
reports
of
100
people trapped
at the
Windows
on the
World,
1 WTC -
107
th
floor.
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