Rene Atkinson works in an office near 345 Park Avenue.
When he left work on Monday evening, he had no clue what was happening just a few minutes away.
“At 6:01 p.m., I grabbed my phone in my bag. I left the firm. I came downstairs. I arrived in the lobby, and it was like chaos,” he said. “I heard sirens. I saw people crying. At the time, I had no time to check social media, so I was unaware of what was going on.”…