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EXCERPT FROM NYPD-SIS RECORDING #146-83C, interrogation of Thomas Haskins by Thomas K. Brody, detective, second grade.

HASKINS: When we got down to the ground floor, the two Brodsky boys headed out to the truck through the back entrance. I took the door into the lobby. And there was the tech, sitting on the floor against the wall, without his mask, his hands raised over his head. I felt sick. Then I saw the smoke draw his gun and dash out through the front doors. I heard him say “Shit,” and then he was gone out through the doors. Then I heard the guns and I knew he was dead. Frankly, I didn’t know what to do. I believe I might have been somewhat hysterical. You understand, don’t you, Tommy?

QUESTION: Yes. But what did you do?

HASKINS: Well, silly as it may seem—I wasn’t thinking quite right, you understand—I turned and went back to the service staircase and started to go up. And there, at the second-floor landing, was Duke Anderson.

QUESTION: What was he doing?

HASKINS: Just standing there. Very calm. I said, “Duke, we’ve got—” And he said, very quiet, “Yes, I know. Don’t do a thing right now. Stay right where you are. Just stand here. I’ve got something to do, but I’ll be right down and we’ll be getting out together.”

QUESTION: Are those his exact words?

HASKINS: As near as I can remember.

QUESTION: And what did you do then?

HASKINS: I did exactly what he told me. I just stood there on the stairs.

QUESTION: What did he do?

HASKINS: Duke? He turned around and went back up the stairs.