Michael Petre: “We’ve heard a big boom” Paul Brasseur: “We’ve noticed a smell of burning which resembled a blast” Paul Brasseur: “Here are the images we’ve lived. TITLE: INSIDE THE BRUSSELS METRO Two shot of the men TEXT CARD Michael Petre and Paul Brasseur commute together everyday. || SECOND CARD On Tuesday, before entering the subway, they heard about a bomb at the airport. Michael I think the metro was easy prey that day. [cuz there was no police or army presence cuz they went to the airport] OR I think the metro was easy prey that day. I suspected the police and the army would have gone to the airport. I was somewhat afraid to take the metro that day. Paul Brasseur: just like in a nightmare. We were worried that the event would happen and it did.” window Paul Brasseur: Our car was just next to the one where explosion happened, Paul Brasseur: We were paralyzed by the strength of shock, by the heat. We saw objects flying around, debris burning around us. - Michael Petre: Our situation was more chaotic (than in this footage). we couldn’t escape through the doors because we couldn’t open them, Paul: “My first reflex was to escape this hell at all costs. At the same time, I was really scared. I thought I was dead.” Michael: so we had to escape through the window. [has to end here] MICHAEL [IN 18:30] When I got home, we went to the hospital to get psychological counseling and, when I picked my children up from school, we spoke about it together using simple words. PAUL (IN around 07:15)This is frightening[...] There’s a feeling of anger, of revolt which moves us but we have to find solutions because we can’t keep living like this for very long.” END