well, shep, this border is quiet now. but throughout the day we saw thousands flocking across it here. and they were telling us tales of terror from tripoli and beyond. they told us tales of hiding in their homes for days on end for fear of being slaughtered. i spoke to one british teach his or her came caroline thomas who said on the one time that she did venture out of her home, she saw a massacre. listen. a lot of unarmed people walking into green square in the city center and shouting against the government and they were met by machine guns. they were met by plain clothed policemen with knives. i think mercenaries who saw them the next morning i recall [inaudible] walking around and many killed. i didn t see them killed but i saw the blood on the street the next morning.
qaddafi are fighting. they are killing them, the militias and the army and the imported phers nare ryes from african nations are doing muammar qaddafi s dirty work trying to ensure that he can hang on and cling to power. here on the tunisian/libyan border we are seeing thousands upon thousands of refugees streaming across the border. i spoke with the minister of transport, he told me in the past three days alone some 30,000 refugees have come across this border. they are bringing with them tales of terror from tripoli. they were in their homes fearful of their lives if they ventured out. i talked to a teacher who lived in tripoli for four years. she said she had hidden in her home too.
i m here now, so. everything was everywhere. it started falling on my feet and i said to my wife, let s go, we re going. we thank god, we keep saying it over and over. can t believe it is actually happening now, it will hit me later, all of our stuff is on it but we are off of it and there are still people on there. geraldo: tales of terror that have many americans asking how could it happen in this day an age. that is a good question annual get answers tonight, first to greg bushirke in italy. reporter: this is greg burke reporting from rome, this past week the death toll rose to 17,
i m here now, so. everything was everywhere. it started falling on my feet and i said to my wife, let s go, we re going. we thank god, we keep saying it over and over. can t believe it is actually happening now, it will hit me later, all of our stuff is on it but we are off of it and there are still people on there. geraldo: tales of terror that have many americans asking how could it happen in this day an age. that is a good question annual get answers tonight, first to greg bushirke in italy. reporter: this is greg burke reporting from rome, this past week the death toll rose to 17,
i didn t realize this is actually happening right now. and this could be later, all of us stuff has gone in, and so we re ultimate and there s still people on there. tales of terror that have many americans asking how could such a calamity happen in this day and age, it s a good question and you ll get some answers tonight. first to greg burke on the ongoing drama many. this is greg burke reporting from rome. the death toll is at 17 and they ve put off explosions to put holes in the ship. changes are made to stop an environmental tragedy in the waters. with drills and pipes on the concordia, hoping to pump off the gas before there s major leakage and schettino s wife