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"A security guard tried to move us back because he said there was a suspicious package. We got about 50 feet away and turned back. About five minutes later, we saw a large flash-bang. It did not seem like that large a bomb because the package was not that big, but pieces were flying everywhere."

-- Mark Field of KNBC in Los Angeles

 

"I felt the ground shake. Some people looked really messed up. There were rivers of blood."

-- Desmond Edwards, Atlanta schoolteacher

 

"I looked up, there was fire and smoke going up. People were there. It blew them over. Some people got hit; some people didn't get hit."

-- Snenetricus Warford, witness

 

"I thought it was fireworks, like a big boom, and I saw three guys laying in the street. They all had leg injuries. Blood was running down the street. It was horrible."

--Terry Tyson, witness

 

"I was walking along and three people were laying in the street," he said. "I didn't see any fire, just smoke."

-- Tom Williams, witness

 

"I saw a bunch of smoke come up and saw particles in my eyes."

-- Chris Bender

 

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