from geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 01 Mar 22:53
https://lemmy.ml/post/43898085
Hossein Gholami, a 50-year-old elementary school teacher, was returning from work when he heard the blast. His 16-year-old daughter, Zahra, was training in the hall.
“I noticed a strange gathering of people at the corner of the street leading to the sports hall,” Gholami told Drop Site. “The screaming was rising from a distance. A colleague ran toward me, waving his arm, and said in a shaken voice: ‘Zahra, the hall, there has been an explosion.’ I felt as though the ground had split beneath my feet. Everything around me became hazy,” he said. “I ran immediately, and with every step the columns of black smoke rose higher, while the smell of fire and flames entered my nose with force.”
When he reached the site, he came upon a scene of horror. “The continuous screaming of the injured mixed with the sounds of secondary explosions. The ground was covered in debris and shattered glass. It was difficult to move with all the rubble. Ambulances arrived after about twenty minutes, but most of the injured were in critical condition,” he said. “The smell of blood and burns covered everything…the survivors were injured with fractures and burns from the shrapnel.”
Later, he learned that Zahra was among the dead. “Every time I close my eyes I see her face, her smile, and I hear the sound of the explosion,” Gholami said.
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