John McLoughlin [as the South Tower collapses]
Run! The elevator shaft!
2nd most-quoted character in World Trade Center (2006): in 8 of its 23 quotes
Most scenes with: Will Jimeno (4), Antonio Rodrigues (3), Officer Colovito (2)
We're prepared for everything. Car bombs, chemical, biological, an attack from the top. But not this. Not for something this size. There's no plan. We didn't make it.
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2 quotes John McLoughlin John McLoughlin [narrating]
9/11 showed us what human beings are capable of. The evil, yeah, sure. But it also brought out a goodness we thought could exist. People taking care of each other for no other reason than it was the right thing to do. It's important to talk about that good, to remember. 'Cause I saw a lot of it that day.
Scenes with John McLoughlin
5 scenes
Officer Polnicki
[watching TV]
Can you believe this? What schmuck would fly a plane into the Trade Center?
Maybe they ran out of gas or something.
Officer Polnicki
Yeah, Colovito. Right.
Officer Giraldi
Just some jerk-off forgot which lever to pull on his twin-engine.
That's not a small plane.
Officer Polnicki
Hell, no.
Inspector Fields
All, right, listen up! Let me have your attention here! They're telling us it's a commuter plane. Tower One is being evacuated as a precaution. They've asked us to send a team down to assist. Sergeant McLoughlin.
John McLoughlin I've got a list of names here. Step out when you hear it. We're going downtown.
John McLoughlin Okay, listen up. Where's Kassimatis?
He's looking for you, Sarge.
John McLoughlin We got to evacuate the Tower. Who knows how to use a Scott Pak? And don't give me any PBA bullshit.
Hey, Sarge, to tell you the truth, I haven't used one in like four years.
John McLoughlin Look, what did I just say? Who's coming? Step forward.
I got it, Sarge.
I'll go.
Dominick Pezzulo
I'm with you, Sarge.
John McLoughlin All right. All right, we got a team. We're headed into Building Five. The rest of you wait for Kassimatis. Follow me. Stay together.
John McLoughlin [John begins leading the team down the street towards the site]
Jimeno.
Sarge?
John McLoughlin Take everyone's memo books, nightsticks, hats. They're useless here. Put them in the Suburban. It's over on Church and Vesey. Meet us back at the police desk in the lobby of Five. You got it?
Which one's Five?
John McLoughlin There's two towers. North Tower is One. South Tower is Two, right behind it. There's Five, right in front of us, which is where the police desk is. Take the alley. Hurry up.
Chris Amoroso
Now you're talking! Got the BT dogs up in here.
John McLoughlin Chris.
Chris Amoroso
What's up, Sarge? Sarge, I'm telling you we got to get up. There's a ton of people stuck up there.
John McLoughlin We're going up.
Chris Amoroso
Yeah? I gotta go with you.
John McLoughlin Sure, Chris. We can use you. We need more equipment. get a tank on.
Chris Amoroso
A-Rod!
Yo, what's up, Chris?
Yo, what happened to your eye, man? What happened to your eye?
Chris Amoroso
Ah, I was carrying this woman out, something whacked me in the freaking head.
She okay?
Chris Amoroso
Yeah, hey, Sarge, we ain't gonna find any equipment left in One.
John McLoughlin [John leads the group left towards the lobby of Tower Two ninety feet away]
Lynch has got gear down at the B-1 truck docks next to Two. There's a staircase right over there at Ben & Jerry's.
Chris Amoroso
I heard they were evacuating Two, Sarge.
John McLoughlin Must have caught fire from One.
Chris Amoroso
I heard Two got hit, that there was a second plane.
John McLoughlin No, Fields just said one plane, Tower One. Now, stay together.
Where did that wind come from all the sudden, Sarge?
John McLoughlin I don't know.
The fire just goes out like that, Sarge! Why is that?
John McLoughlin I don't know!
You're not a big talker, are you?
John McLoughlin No.
Well, see, you got to talk to me 'cause...
John McLoughlin [screams]
Aaaahhhh! Aaaahhhh! Aaaahhhh! Aah! I can't!! 'Cause my knees are crushed again!! That's why I can't **** talk! Oh, God!
John McLoughlin Sounded like a truck bomb. Like in '93. Blasted out the lobby. Pushed everything in here. Concourse must have collapsed.
You never answered, Sarge. What have we got? How long does this internal bleeding take?
John McLoughlin I don't know. I'm not a doctor. Twenty-four hours is the most I've heard of. Maybe fourteen, sixteen. Just don't sleep.
So we've been in six, seven hours. What does that mean? Another seven, eight hours from now? You remember that earthquake? Where was it? Turkey? There was a little girl there. She lived four days buried in the rubble like this. She was, like, three years old or something. If she could make it, we can make it. Maybe we ain't bleeding so bad inside. Sarge?
John McLoughlin Yeah, Will.
You got any kids?
John McLoughlin Four. I got four.
That's a lot of kids.
John McLoughlin Yeah. It's a lot of work for my wife.
What are their names?
John McLoughlin Steven. He's the oldest. He's 15. Caitlin's 12. Peanut. JJ, he's 10. We got a little girl. Erin. She's four. We had her late. It wasn't planned. It just... It happened. I don't know.
