Sunday, November 15, 2015

'Dozens of people were shot right in front of me. Pools of blood filled the floor'

A South African graduate has shared what was going through her mind as she faced murderous gunmen with hundreds of concert goers at Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Friday. 

Isobel Bowdery, 22, posted the emotionally raw status on Facebook to describe her horrific ordeal which is accompanied by a photo of the t-shirt she wore to the concert, stained with blood.
The former Cape Town University student thanks the many strangers that helped her during the night from the man who she credits for saving her life to a couple she heard exchanging loving last words.
In a chilling admission, she said she first thought the gunmen were just an elaborate part of the Eagles of Death Metal show, until they opened fire 'meticulously' on the helpless crowd leaving as many 80 people dead on Friday night.
'Dozens of people were shot right in front of me. Pools of blood filled the floor. Cries of grown men who held their girlfriends dead bodies pierced the small music venue,' she wrote. 
Survivor Sylvain Raballant, 42, said: 'I turn around and I see two guys with Kalashnikovs. They were dressed normally - jeans and sneakers. At first I thought they were shooting in the air. Then I saw people falling over,' 
As the audience gradually understood they were caught in a siege, they tried to make themselves as invisible as possible.

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