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Evacuation du metro juste avant Maelbeek #brussels traumatisant pic.twitter.com/5MmRIelAC2

— Quentin Genaille (@zhuyida) March 22, 2016
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PHOTO: Broken glass is seen outside an entrance to Maelbeek metro station following the attacks on March 22, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.
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PHOTO: In a photo posted on Instagram, victims of the explosion inside the Maalbeek metro station wait above ground for medical treatment, March 22, 2016.
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Another survivor, Evan Lamos, said he was one metro station away from the attack.

\"If I had taken one metro earlier, I would have been on the one that had the explosions,\" he said.

The bomb exploded in the second car, which was still on the platform, the public transport spokesperson said.

Lamos said, \"I was in the last car, and they opened the door and installed a ladder and had us evacuate out of the back of the metro onto the metro tracks.\"

Lamos said everyone seemed fairly calm.

He said one person \"was jumping over the metro seats to get ahead of people to evacuate, but for the rest, there were passengers helping other passengers to get down the ladder. There were passengers helping other passengers carry their kids or strollers. And everyone just kind of calmly and quickly walked to get towards the exit.\"

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PHOTO: Rescue teams evacuate wounded people outside the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels on March 22, 2016 after a blast at this station located near the EU institutions.
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McCafferty said in the wake of the explosion, \"People have been advised to stay in.\"

\"Initially, they were even advised to stay away from windows,\" he said. \"There’s a sort of sense of kind of lock-down right now. The most important thing for all of us is to get in touch with friends and family and loved ones to make sure everyone is OK.\"

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PHOTO: A police officer stands guard as people are evacuated from Brussels airport, after explosions rocked the facility in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday March 22, 2016.
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PHOTO: Emergency personnel are seen at the scene of a blast outside a metro station in Brussels, in this still image taken from video on March 22, 2016.
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There was one attack at the subway station as well as two attacks in a departure hall at the Brussels airport. At least 31 were killed in the two attacks.

At least 10 people were killed at the airport, the Belgian Crisis Center said, and at least 21 people were killed at the subway station.

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