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Posted By: warshawlaw

I was in SF in law school at the time and when the quake hit I was in an elevator just passing the 12th floor on the way down to the store to buy beer and chips for the game. We free fell four floors then shook like hell. I thought the cable had broken, until we stopped and could hear plaster falling, sirens wailing, etc. We forced the doors and got out. It was like a war scene; broken stuff all over the place, a big cloud of smoke rising from the Marina, no news on the emergency channels (some system), serious gangstas heading downtown as the workers streamed out of skyscrapers heading home.