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Printable version Eyewitnesses tell of travel hell Two people have been killed and scores injured after a series of explosio ns on the London Underground network and a bus in central London. Eyewitnesses tell what they have seen and heard from around the capital. DAVID JONES, TAVISTOCK SQUARE Suddenly there was this thud, people on the bus said there's been an expl osion behind us and people rushed to the front. There was not a lot of fire but there was the smell of an explosion and a t that point people wanted to walk away from what they had seen. I suppose, to be honest, my first thought was G8, Olympics, somebody does not want London to celebrate. We ran into a building and a security guard was saying get in, get in'.
BELINDA SEABROOK, RUSSELL SQUARE I was on the bus in front and heard an incredible bang, I turned round an d half the double-decker bus was in the air. It was a massive explosion and there were papers and half a bus flying th rough the air. There must be a lot of people dead as all the buses were packed, they had been turning people away from the tube stops. GERALDINE FOURMON, TAVISTOCK SQUARE There was a big bang. After the smoke went away I realised there was a do uble decker bus exploded. I saw at least five people jump from the top deck of the bus. It was such a big explosion and the bus was packed because the tube was c losed. ANDY ABERNETHY, LONDON It was a train on the Piccadilly line between King's Cross and Russell Sq uare and literally it was just a very loud bang. There were a lot of serious injuries down there as well. A guy by me thought he was going to die, I'm hoping he got out OK. JACQUI HEAD, KING'S CROSS Suddenly there was a massive bang, the train jolted. There was immediatel y smoke everywhere and it was hot and everybody panicked.
Terror of passengers People started screaming and crying. Very silent and we we re thinking we were not going to get out. TAS FRANGOULLIDES, KING'S CROSS The train didn't get very far out of the station when there was an explos ion. Loads of glass showered down over everyone, the glass in the doors in bet ween all the carriages shattered. There was a lot of smoke and a lot of dust, there were some areas of pani c, I could hear screams. 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 wa s all so chaotic. It wasn't till I got to work that I realised I had a cut on my head and m y clothes were covered in dust. ARASH KAZEROUNI There was a loud bang and the train ground to a halt. People started pani cking, screaming and crying as smoke came into the carriage. A man told everyone to be calm and we were led to safety along the track. When they led us to safety, I went past the carriage where I think the ex plosion was. The metal was all blown outwards and there were people inside being helpe d by paramedics. His clothes were torn off and he seemed pretty badly burned. ANA CASTRO, LIVERPOOL STREET People were screaming and shouting and saying things like I'm dying, I'm dying, please help me.
I think I saw somebody who was dead it was just indescribable. LISA CURTIS, NEAR LIVERPOOL STREET People were evacuated immediately. I overheard one lady saying to a polic e officer that it looked like someone had left what looked like a brown jumper on the platform and it exploded. SARAH REID, NEAR LIVERPOOL STREET I was on the train and there was a fire outside the carriage window and t hen there was a sudden jolt which shook us forward. There was really hard banging from the carriage next door to us. A carriage was split in two, all jagged, and without a roof, just open. SCOTT WENBOURNE, ALDGATE I saw three bodies on the track.
We walked to the platform, which took about half an hour as there were so many of us, after all it was rush hour. There were police at the platform and some of the injured were tended to. JACK LINTON, 14, ALDGATE There was a massive explosion, smoke and flames. Then eventually the smoke cleared and we mana ged to open the central doors down the train to go to the back of it bef ore they walked us along the track past the train to the station. The middle of the train was blown out and there were people on the track. I've got glass in my hair and my pockets and my ear hurts. SIMON CORVETT, EDGWARE ROAD All of sudden there was this massive huge bang. It was absolutely deafeni ng and all the windows shattered. The glass did not actually fall out of the windows, it just cracked. The train came to a grinding halt, everyone fell off their seats. There were just loads of people screaming and the carriages filled with s moke. You couldn't really breathe and you couldn't see what was happening. The driver came on the tannoy and said We have got a problem, don't panic'. You could see the carriage opposite was completely gutted.
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