'No need to evacuate tower,' staff told

A Briton who worked in the World Trade Centre in New York has said that staff were told there was no need to evacuate the building after the first plane smashed into the north tower of the complex on Tuesday morning.

'No need to evacuate tower,' staff told

A Briton who worked in the World Trade Centre in New York has said that staff were told there was no need to evacuate the building after the first plane smashed into the north tower of the complex on Tuesday morning.

Mike Shillaker said he was on the 72nd floor of the south tower when the first hijacked plane struck.

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