One man rushed to the firm's south-facing windows and looked out, only to see a crowd gathering 87 floors below in Battery Park City, staring up at the tower.
Kids were scrambling around on the floor, gathering the empty cartridges.
People began gathering on the floor among the armor and on a balcony at the far end of the gallery.
But at the same moment, Republican leaders were gathering on the floor of Minnesota's house of representatives to promote a vicious legislative attack on transgender rights.
Federal scientists said they had found that oil was not gathering on the floor of the gulf, but Mr. Travirca said he had a hard time believing that.
I was on the top floor, gathering eggs, and I guess I forgot which floor I was on when I decided to go outside for a breath of much-needed fresh air.
It includes a first-floor gathering place where students can track global business and financial news on an array of 42-inch wall-mounted television screens.
While his war council meets downstairs in the White House situation room, his economic team has been gathering regularly several floors above, even calling in Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, to bring the latest economic data.
When he arrived at the Watford hall, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which would be playing the score, was gathering on the wooden floor, amid arc lamps and a thicket of microphones.
