High-rise apartment resident talks about 9th floor fire

No, I was on the couch laying down watching the news this morning. And the fire alarm started going off. They kept saying emergency, evacuate the building, get out, something's happening. And we got in the hallway and you could just see a smoke. You could see a lot of smoke coming from the vents. And we thought that maybe it was one of the apartments on my floor. Next thing I know, we started going back in and gathering our things and going down the hallway. I go down to the ninth floor, and you couldn't even see inside of the window of the ninth floor. It was that black. And we come downstairs and you can see that on the other side of the building facing south that is fire all over the place like coming out the windows. A man was hanging out the window. They had to evacuate him with the boom on the fire truck. They did a good job. They got here fast, efficient, and they got in there and was coming up the stairs before I was going out. And you live on the floor below, right below? Right above it. I live on the 10th floor. Wow. And it was happening on the 9th floor, I guess on the east side of the apartment building over there. Wow. I mean, what is that to me, just seeing all your neighbors, everyone out? I mean, it is. I mean, it's really... It's really just a bad timing. You know, everything going on, the holiday season, I really hope everybody's okay. They end up, you know, taking a couple people away, but I really pray that they're okay. I mean, I think that's the number one concern, making sure everybody's okay at this point. How ironic you were talking of you listening to fire safety. I was watching to fire safety on Channel 2 this morning, watching the ladies talking about it, and at that point, it just so happened the fire alarm went off. Y'all was talking about charge and all that other stuff. Just watching it, and the first thing I thought about was my neighbor got an e-bike. So it was just ironic, and two minutes later, the alarm started going off. We heard from one of your neighbors that they were told it was a structural fire. Have you heard anything? I haven't heard anything. I just came outside, and at the time I came outside like everybody else. I just grabbed what was important, my jacket and my phone and my boots. Do you live alone? Yes, I do. Okay. So, I mean, just walk me through and describe being just the evacuation this morning. Well, I mean, this is the second time that I heard the alarm, but I think the first time it was because of the elevator. So when I heard it, you know, I mean, kind of like any other person, you want to make sure that it's an emergency. See, and next thing you know, you just see people just start scrambling. And I was one of the first ones downstairs with one of the other neighbors. And by that time, when everything was going on, I think it was serious at that point. It got serious at that point. How long have you lived here? I just moved in. I just moved in. I haven't been here 10 days, 10 days tomorrow. I just moved in tomorrow. Yesterday was Veterans Day. I'm a former Marine. Like, so my first, my first plan of action was if I thought it was coming from someone's, I told him kicking the door. I thought it was coming from somebody's apartment. I said, kicking the door. But at that point, like it was more than, more than, you know, just, you know, trying to help somebody. Wow. 10 days in your new apartment. Uh, but luckily you, you are, you are okay. Yeah, I'm great. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm just worried. I'm just I'm just hoping that everybody else is okay at this point.