THE daughter of Worcester's new hospital boss Harold Musgrove has spoken from her New York office of the chaos and panic wreaking havoc across the city as terrified New Yorkers hijack cars to flee the city.

Ex-Malvern College pupil Laura Musgrove, a Public Relations consultant, says that the mass-exodus is like a scene out of the film Independence Day.

"There is still smoke billowing into the skyline. New York has just gone mad. You would not believe that this kind of havoc is possible," she said.

"It is like the film. Everybody is terrified. I'm looking out of my window now and it is complete pandemonium, everybody is fleeing. People are running everywhere.

"They are jumping into cars, trucks, taxis, anything that's available. Everybody is getting out of the city, it is just unbelievable.

"Our office is near an Egyptian political building which is very tall and could well be a target so we have been advised to leave.

"My friend was at the World Trade Centre after the plane ploughed into it and he saw bodies flying out of the windows. That was just before it imploded and he said it was absolutely horrific.

"They were just jumping to escape and apparently it was from several storeys up.

"I'm really worried because several friends of mine are missing, but all the cell phones are down. It is so unbelievable that this kind of thing can happen. America is meant to have the most sensitive security in the world. Now it feels like Armageddon," she added.

Laura, who moved to the Big Apple last year to work as a Public Relations Consultant, says that she loves New York and it is a brilliant place to work.

"I love this city, it is an exciting place by normal standards but this has just shown how vulnerable we all are.

"I think it will take a while for things to get back to normal. Saying that, judging the damage and the effect it's having I don't really think things will ever be the same again.

"How does one of the world's capital cities recover from an attack like this?" she said.

Back home Laura's father, Worcestershire NHS Trust Chief Executive Harold Musgrove, has spoken of his relief after discovering that his daughter was safe.

"I've spoken to Laura and she's fine," he said.

"She is sat in her office as calm as a button but it is apparently complete pandemonium over there."