Okay, I was at place de la republique to honor the victims. Near a thousand people were there. They were singing "oh Happy Day" and holding signs giving free hugs and then BBC radio interviewed me...which was stressful because I don't like that sort of thing. I don't know if any noticed on the news that there was a false alarm...? I was there, standing on the statue at place de la republique and my husband was standing beside me. Well, I was taking a picture and people started to scream and run. My husband got separated from me instantly. I almost got knocked off of the statue (which is kind of high up) and jumped down to start running.
So many things were going through my mind. I thought I was going to be shot in the back, how was I going to find my husband, I needed to call my mom to say goodbye if something went wrong...my husband finally found me. We went across the street to wait and I called my mom. I scared the poor woman to death because people started to run again and I was on the phone with my mother running while screaming and crying, "Mom, I don't know what's happening." just over and over. People were running into cafe's...it was this big stampede. I saw children on the ground screaming and no one cared...I feel like I saw the worst of selfish humanity tonight.
We found out that someone had set firecrackers off...REALLY?! This idiot...someone could have been trampled to death and died...people were injured because of this idiot.
So, that's what going on at the moment. This happened a few hours ago and I needed to take a breather and get out of my fight or flight mode...scariest thing in my life. So continue to pray for us...we're scared, we're jumpy but we're all together singing to God and trying to love one another...
Paris Mourners Flee After False Alarm Causes Panic