INDEPTH: LONDON BOMBING
Eyewitness statements
CBC News Online | July 7, 2005
Witnesses to the explosions in London Thursday had this to say about what they saw and heard:
 Angelo Power
"There were flashes of light, people were screaming and smoke began to billow into the carriage. People prayed to God … We were trapped like sardines waiting to die. I honestly thought I was going to die."
Belinda Seabrook who was at Russell Square told the BBC she was on a bus just ahead of the double-decker bus that was attacked, when she heard " an incredible bang."
"I turned round and half the double-decker bus was in the air. It was a massive explosion and there were papers and half a bus flying through the air. I think it was the number 205. There must be a lot of people dead as all the buses were packed; they had been turning people away from the tube stops. We were about 20 metres away, that was all."
Security guard Ayobami Bello, close to the bus at Russell Square when the explosion occurred, told Reuters: "The scene afterwards was horrible: pieces of body on the ground. I saw three bodies on the ground and three just hanging out of the bus. I just missed it myself. If there are any survivors they will have very serious injuries."
Andy Abernethy told the BBC he was on a train on the Piccadilly line between King's Cross and Russell Square. He also heard a very loud bang just before the train derailed.
"There was smoke everywhere. There was no fire but the smoke was quite oppressive. There were a lot of serious injuries down there as well – a lot of serious head injuries. A guy by me thought he was going to die, I'm hoping he got out OK."
An unidentified passenger told Reuters: "I was on the bus. I looked round and the seats behind me were gone."
Jay Kumar, who owns a business near where the double-decker bus exploded told the Associated Press he ran out of his shop when he heard a loud explosion. "A big blast, a big bomb," he said. "People were running this way, panicked. They knew it was a bomb. Debris flying all over, mostly glass." He said the top deck of the bus had collapsed, sending people tumbling to the floor.
Tas Frangoullides told the BBC he was at King's Cross when he heard an explosion.
"Loads of glass showered down over everyone, the glass in the doors in between all the carriages shattered. There was a lot of smoke and a lot of dust, there were some areas of panic, I could hear screams. People were trying to work out what happened.
"A lot of people were covered in blood. I started walking towards Russell Square then I saw the bus. Police were running from the scene and waving people away.
I had to walk to work because I had to try and do something normal. It was all so chaotic. It wasn't till I got to work that I realized I had a cut on my head and my clothes were covered in dust."
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