One hotel employee says he rushed from the basement of the Marriot hotel to the second floor.

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Over at George Washington University's Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter, the brothers are on the basement floor, concentrating on their breathing.

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Had I been sitting on that basement floor with these building blocks instead of legos, who knows what I would have built.

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The cause of the fire, which damaged the basement and first floor, is under investigation.

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