I heard a big explosion, and ijust saw my partner and my daughter running towards me. And my daughter was screaming, crying, and my partner said, quickly, lets go. Quickly, theres been an explosion, lets go, quick as you can. And i just couldnt get out of there quick enough. And just all these people come running down the stairs, screaming, pushing each other, screaming, crying, and it wasjust it were manic. But i only heard one explosion. Thats all i heard, one explosion. So imran, your partner and your daughter had literally been seconds out of the building when it went off. Yeah, it was literally well, she was at the top of the stairs when the explosion went off, and grabbed my daughter and literally ran down the stairs with her. And fortunately my cars quite distinctive, so she saw me straightaway. And there were just people running out in front of me, screaming, and ijust assumed that theyd seen a celebrity or seen, you know. Because minutes before, a coach had past me, i thought
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