At One Financial Plaza, Adam Formus said, "You could feel the pressure change. It was like riding up in an elevator."
SPRINGFIELD – Adam E. Formus of Enfield was at work on the 16th, and uppermost, floor of One Financial Plaza overlooking Court Square late Wednesday afternoon.
He and his coworkers were transfixed by the gathering storm, he said.
“Then there were people in the hallway screaming at us to get in the stairwell in the center of the building,” Formus said.
Once there he knew the storm had passed because his ears popped.
“You could feel the pressure change,” he said. “It was like riding up in an elevator.”
Next thing he knew, he was being evacuated down the stairs and out the door.