IT WAS HELL SAYS HERO BUSMAN
IT WAS HELL, SAYS HERO BUSMAN
By MELISSA KITE
A BUSMAN who ferried some of the victims to hospital said last night: "It was like a scene from hell."
Michael McNally added: "I wasn't able to drive fast because people were screaming in pain. I was only able to go at about 30mph.
"As we went over the ramps at the hospital, I could hear the roars of pain." Michael, 40, was in the bus depot when the bomb exploded.
He and fellow driver Aidan McBride rushed to help.
Father-of-two Michael said: "As we got to the traffic lights the sight was horrendous.
"What we saw was impossible to imagine. There were bodies lying, people screaming, people digging at buildings with their bare hands trying to get others out from under the rubble.
"I just stopped the bus in the middle of the road. There were four ambulances in front of me, and we just tried to get people on board.
"I just thought 'We will try to get as many people in here as we can because this is carnage'.
"There were so many of them. Some of the people were able to walk on the bus, others we carried on.
"One girl had a hole in her side. They handed her to me and she put her arm around my neck.
"When I got home my hair and my uniform were drenched in blood. I had to throw my clothes out."
By MELISSA KITE
A BUSMAN who ferried some of the victims to hospital said last night: "It was like a scene from hell."
Michael McNally added: "I wasn't able to drive fast because people were screaming in pain. I was only able to go at about 30mph.
"As we went over the ramps at the hospital, I could hear the roars of pain." Michael, 40, was in the bus depot when the bomb exploded.
He and fellow driver Aidan McBride rushed to help.
Father-of-two Michael said: "As we got to the traffic lights the sight was horrendous.
"What we saw was impossible to imagine. There were bodies lying, people screaming, people digging at buildings with their bare hands trying to get others out from under the rubble.
"I just stopped the bus in the middle of the road. There were four ambulances in front of me, and we just tried to get people on board.
"I just thought 'We will try to get as many people in here as we can because this is carnage'.
"There were so many of them. Some of the people were able to walk on the bus, others we carried on.
"One girl had a hole in her side. They handed her to me and she put her arm around my neck.
"When I got home my hair and my uniform were drenched in blood. I had to throw my clothes out."
Further Information
Publisher: THE MIRROR
Ref: TM/029
Published Date: 18-Aug-98
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