Manchesterin terroristi-iskun keskeltä ehdin nahoin selvinneen Ariana Granden yhtyeen rumpali on kertonut tuntojaan somessa.
Grande oli juuri lopettanut keikkansa kun alkoi tapahtua. Rumpali Aaron Spearsin mukaan bändin jäsenet olivat matkalla lavalta takahuoneeseen kun räjähdys tapahtui. ”Kuulimme ihmisten paniikin”.
Muusikot eivät tienneet, mitä tapahtui. Vasta viiden minuutin kuluttua (pukuhuoneeseen) turvamiehet tulivat paikalle ja kertoivat hätäevakuoinnista.
Rumpalin mukaan äänien perusteella ei pystynyt hahmottamaan tilanteen vakavuutta – että kyseessä oli pommi.
We finished the show and were walking back to our dressing rooms and BOOM!!!! We could hear people panicking…We had no idea what was happening…There was all kinds of speculation as to what was going on…Like 5 minutes after getting to the room, security came in and informed us that we had to evacuate the building immediately…It was then that we realized that this was serious…Initially we thought that the sound was all kinds of things but it didn’t hit that this was a bomb until we were evacuated and they told us exactly what was going on…It’s so heartbreaking because so many little ones attend our shows…I just keep thinking about them…I’m extremely thankful that no one on the touring crew was physically hurt but this painful memory and the weight associated with the lives lost will live with us all forever…I’m still just in disbelief….It’s so surreal…
