article_snippet: A residents kneels and anxiously clings to an escape ladder as the buildings around an escape ladder disintegrate .
article_snippet: And a woman kneels, crying, on an escape ladder as the building disintegrates.
article_snippet: Helping everybody out: An off-duty firefighter climbs down the escape route of building 121 after rushing to help.
article_snippet: Helped down: A man climbs up the ladder, which appears to be dented by the blast, to help the woman .