"It's the most unbelievable

thing I've ever seen."

That sums up the reaction of

most of Manhattan yesterday as they watched the twin towers of the World

Trade Center come crumbling down after a terrorist attack.

Dylan Chandler, a friend of

this reporter who lives at 400 West 43rd St., said he witnessed the second

attack by a plane live from his balcony near the site of the attack.

Chandler, along with his father,

Jack, heard the explosion of the first plane, and rushed to the balcony

to see the source of the explosion.

As they watched the first tower

go up in smoke, they noticed a second plane approach the adjoining tower.

"We saw it ... it just

smashed right into it," he said.

Shortly after the twin explosions,

the buildings collapsed onto themselves and sent debris raining to the

streets below.

Chandler, who has lived in

Manhattan all his life, was almost in shock after the attacks.

"We've seen those buildings

from our balcony for years, and now they're go ne. It's just unreal,"

he said.

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