Tube survivor heard 'massive bang and terrible screams'
Travellers spoke today of their terror as a string of explosions hit London.
Fiona Trueman, 26, was on a Piccadilly Line train a few minutes south of King’s Cross.
Speaking outside Royal London Hospital Ms Trueman, who works in marketing for Sky News, said: “I had taken a Thameslink train from St Albans, where I live, to King’s Cross, and changed to the Underground there.
“The train before was really busy and I thought of squeezing on to it, but didn’t – and now I wish I had.
“It was about three minutes after we left King’s Cross, when there was a massive bang and there was smoke and glass everywhere – I was standing near a window, and I’ve still got some in my hair.
“The lights went out, and with the smoke, we couldn’t breathe, and we sort of cushioned each other during the impact because the compartment was so full.
“It felt like a dream, it was surreal.
“I was in the second carriage and I think the explosion was in the carriage in front of me, or maybe was even on the track, and the screaming from the front carriage was terrible.
“It was just horrendous, it was like a disaster movie, you can’t imagine being somewhere like that, you just want to get out.
“I kept closing my eyes and thinking of outside.
“It was frightening because all the lights had gone out and we didn’t hear anything from the driver, so we wondered how he was.
“Some people were very calm, and were telling everybody not to panic, and after a few minutes we started to get messages that we would be unloaded from the back of the train and walked to safety.
“It took about 15 minutes to walk along the track to King’s Cross.
“Overall I feel lucky, and my thoughts go out to the families of anyone who has died.”
Ms Trueman was speaking after being checked over in hospital.
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