My mom’s personal account of the Glorietta 2 bomb blast
Over at her Multiply, mom writes about her 10/19,
At that point, we didn’t know what it was. For some reason though, I feared the worse. My friend, Maricar, asked me what happened and I just said “I think it was a bomb”. I guess it was the screams that told me. We peered though the 3rd floor gym lobby and saw the security guard rolling down the steel partitions. Beyond, we could see thick clouds of smoke (we learned later was pulverized cement) billowing from inside the mall and the screams of terror became more audible. I heard the receptionist say the blast came from nearby Timezone. My God! The children! With that thought, I knew I had to focus and look after my own safety. It was a mother’s instinct in me that suddenly took control of my every move– I needed to be safe for my own children.
Read more at “Tragedy at Glorietta 2: Extraordinary lessons from what should have been an ordinary day”. You can read more blog accounts at Inquirer Blog Addicts, Global Voices and see pictures at Disneycute’s Multiply.
And here are some videos taken immediately after the blast. Credits to Tonyo.
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Your mom uses multiply? Wow
I can’t even get my mom to use Microsoft Word
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