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Sandra Oey and Rocky D’Angelo of Ottawa, who are vacationing in Belgium, were near the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels Tuesday morning, the scene of one of two terror attacks that left up to 31 dead and dozens wounded.
“I thought it was a car accident at first but then I saw smoke coming out of the station when we got there, and that’s when I actually checked Twitter and saw a bombing had happened,” said Oey.
Two bomb blasts, at least one of which was blamed on a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport around 8 a.m. Tuesday. About an hour later, another bomb exploded on a rush-hour subway train near Maalbeek station, close to the European Union headquarters.
“There were some people that seemed really worried, a couple were in tears,” Oey said of the scene outside the metro station. “But for the most part I think people were just trying to get away from the area. I felt really worried, I didn’t know exactly what was going on.”
Oey and D’Angelo turned back and made a beeline for their hotel, where they stayed to watch news coverage on television. Oey said they hope to leave Brussels for London on Wednesday by train, as originally planned.
Rocky D’Angelo (left) and Sandra Oey pose for a photo in front of Parc du Cinquantenaire during their vacation in Brussels, Belgium on Monday.
Roughly an hour earlier, Jenny Reynen, who grew up in Kanata, was arriving at the Brussels airport at 8:15 a.m. — right after explosions went off inside the terminal.
Reynen and her mother were just finishing up a European vacation, and were in an Uber trying to get to the departures area. “The traffic was crazy and we heard on the radio in French that a bomb had gone off at the departure.”
As she neared the airport, Reynen said the scene was chaotic.
“We saw an airline attendant being evacuated, she was crying,” Reynen said. “After that, we were all taken to an airport hangar as an evacuation point.”
Reynen and her mother had to wait at the hangar for nearly four hours until they were allowed to go to their hotel. Reynen said one of the options given to people at the airport was to walk to the nearby town of Zaventem, about 2.5 kilometres from the Brussels airport.
“It’s upsetting because my mom and I could have easily been in the terminal or on the train.”
Matthew Zadow, an opera singer from Kingston who lives in Brussels, was about four kilometres away from the metro where the explosion occurred. He said he got a phone call from his son in Grade 7, saying, “‘Dad, are you OK?'” The phone networks went down, Zadow said, but he was able to text his sons, who were in lockdown at their school.
He then had to go to his sons’ school, where he went through the lengthy process of getting them out of the lockdown.
“It involved a fairly sophisticated procedure of presenting your national ID card and waiting for them to be released and signing a paper, that took a couple hours,” Zadow said by phone from Brussels. “Everybody was pretty calm.”
Nic Ciatto-Bégin, 24, who’s from Ottawa but was visiting his father in Tubize, just outside of Brussels, said he had friends who arrived at the airport shortly after the attacks.
“That was pretty scary for them, they’re pretty shocked as well,” Ciatto-Bégin said.
Canadian politicians — facing one of the biggest political days of the year with the first budget of the Liberal government — moved swiftly to denounce the attacks.
“I am outraged and deeply saddened by the news that so many have been killed and injured in terrorist attacks targeting the people of Brussels, Belgium,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a statement. “Canadians mourn the loss of so many innocent victims. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Belgium.”
Speaking at Parliament Hill, Trudeau’s foreign minister, Stéphane Dion said, “Hearing the screams of children in the smoke of the Brussels metro only strengthens our resolve to combat terrorism in all its forms and increases our solidarity with the people of Belgium and the whole of Europe.”
On Twitter, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson announced in French the Belgian flag would fly at city hall for the next three days “in solidarity with the people of Belgium.”
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said there was no information from CSIS or the RCMP suggesting a change in threat levels to Canada.
Rona Ambrose, leader of the Conservative party, said in a statement that “an attack like this reinforces our resolve as Canadians to stand up to this scourge; to root out terrorist networks; and to take the fight to those who wish to do us harm.”
Belgium raised its terror alert to the highest level, diverting planes and trains and ordering people to stay where they were. Airports across Europe immediately tightened security.
“What we feared has happened,” Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel told reporters. “In this time of tragedy, this black moment for our country, I appeal to everyone to remain calm but also to show solidarity.”
Air Canada, which runs one flight a day to Belgium from Montreal, diverted one plane to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Global Affairs Canada said no Canadians were believed to be injured in the attacks.
NDP leader Tom Mulcair also issued a statement: “Canadians are waking up horrified by the news today of the terrorist attacks in Brussels. We stand, united with the world, in grieving this loss of life and in condemning these despicable acts of violence.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Brussels following this senseless loss of life,” said Green Party leader Elizabeth May. “I extend my deepest condolences to the victims’ families and the nation as they mourn, and join them in seeking justice for those responsible.”
With files from The Associated Press and Kady O’Malley
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“I thought it was a car accident at first but then I saw smoke coming out of the station when we got there, and that’s when I actually checked Twitter and saw a bombing had happened,” said Oey.
Two bomb blasts, at least one of which was blamed on a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport around 8 a.m. Tuesday. About an hour later, another bomb exploded on a rush-hour subway train near Maalbeek station, close to the European Union headquarters.
“There were some people that seemed really worried, a couple were in tears,” Oey said of the scene outside the metro station. “But for the most part I think people were just trying to get away from the area. I felt really worried, I didn’t know exactly what was going on.”
Oey and D’Angelo turned back and made a beeline for their hotel, where they stayed to watch news coverage on television. Oey said they hope to leave Brussels for London on Wednesday by train, as originally planned.
Rocky D’Angelo (left) and Sandra Oey pose for a photo in front of Parc du Cinquantenaire during their vacation in Brussels, Belgium on Monday.
Roughly an hour earlier, Jenny Reynen, who grew up in Kanata, was arriving at the Brussels airport at 8:15 a.m. — right after explosions went off inside the terminal.
Reynen and her mother were just finishing up a European vacation, and were in an Uber trying to get to the departures area. “The traffic was crazy and we heard on the radio in French that a bomb had gone off at the departure.”
As she neared the airport, Reynen said the scene was chaotic.
“We saw an airline attendant being evacuated, she was crying,” Reynen said. “After that, we were all taken to an airport hangar as an evacuation point.”
Reynen and her mother had to wait at the hangar for nearly four hours until they were allowed to go to their hotel. Reynen said one of the options given to people at the airport was to walk to the nearby town of Zaventem, about 2.5 kilometres from the Brussels airport.
“It’s upsetting because my mom and I could have easily been in the terminal or on the train.”
Matthew Zadow, an opera singer from Kingston who lives in Brussels, was about four kilometres away from the metro where the explosion occurred. He said he got a phone call from his son in Grade 7, saying, “‘Dad, are you OK?'” The phone networks went down, Zadow said, but he was able to text his sons, who were in lockdown at their school.
He then had to go to his sons’ school, where he went through the lengthy process of getting them out of the lockdown.
“It involved a fairly sophisticated procedure of presenting your national ID card and waiting for them to be released and signing a paper, that took a couple hours,” Zadow said by phone from Brussels. “Everybody was pretty calm.”
Nic Ciatto-Bégin, 24, who’s from Ottawa but was visiting his father in Tubize, just outside of Brussels, said he had friends who arrived at the airport shortly after the attacks.
“That was pretty scary for them, they’re pretty shocked as well,” Ciatto-Bégin said.
Canadian politicians — facing one of the biggest political days of the year with the first budget of the Liberal government — moved swiftly to denounce the attacks.
“I am outraged and deeply saddened by the news that so many have been killed and injured in terrorist attacks targeting the people of Brussels, Belgium,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a statement. “Canadians mourn the loss of so many innocent victims. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Belgium.”
Speaking at Parliament Hill, Trudeau’s foreign minister, Stéphane Dion said, “Hearing the screams of children in the smoke of the Brussels metro only strengthens our resolve to combat terrorism in all its forms and increases our solidarity with the people of Belgium and the whole of Europe.”
On Twitter, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson announced in French the Belgian flag would fly at city hall for the next three days “in solidarity with the people of Belgium.”
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said there was no information from CSIS or the RCMP suggesting a change in threat levels to Canada.
Rona Ambrose, leader of the Conservative party, said in a statement that “an attack like this reinforces our resolve as Canadians to stand up to this scourge; to root out terrorist networks; and to take the fight to those who wish to do us harm.”
Belgium raised its terror alert to the highest level, diverting planes and trains and ordering people to stay where they were. Airports across Europe immediately tightened security.
“What we feared has happened,” Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel told reporters. “In this time of tragedy, this black moment for our country, I appeal to everyone to remain calm but also to show solidarity.”
Air Canada, which runs one flight a day to Belgium from Montreal, diverted one plane to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Global Affairs Canada said no Canadians were believed to be injured in the attacks.
NDP leader Tom Mulcair also issued a statement: “Canadians are waking up horrified by the news today of the terrorist attacks in Brussels. We stand, united with the world, in grieving this loss of life and in condemning these despicable acts of violence.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Brussels following this senseless loss of life,” said Green Party leader Elizabeth May. “I extend my deepest condolences to the victims’ families and the nation as they mourn, and join them in seeking justice for those responsible.”
With files from The Associated Press and Kady O’Malley
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