911 callers describe chaotic scene after driver ‘blew up the MAC’

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — New 911 calls from inside Portland’s Multnomah Athletic Club capture the tense moments after a car slammed through the front doors earlier this month.

Callers described the scene as chaotic as former employee Bruce Whitman drove an explosives-filled SUV into the MAC, killing himself and damaging the facility.

“From what we know, a car drove through the front door and drove through the access point to the facility and crashed in, possibly on fire and it’s supposed to explode,” said a MAC employee who called 911.

People scrambled for answers — and a quick exit…

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