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Upbeat and then to have that shattered by this concussion, this sound, its remarkable so many people were able to completely snap to and follow instructions. >> reporter: and we still dont know, brian, whether people were injured trying to get out of that arena. that is a possibility, because there was so many still inside, and there was such a rush to get out once this explosion hit. and also keeping in mind that there were a lot of young people in this audience. there were 11-year-olds 10sh s1...

Deployment of the french aircraft carrier. nick, tell us about the impact of the french air strikes on isis targets have on the terrorist group. >> reporter: hala, it is the second night in a row the french war planes have been hitting the caliphate of raqqah. we dont know what they hit. we know at 10:00 local time, the first explosion hit. that is reliable information. they have been insisting of the seven air strikes of last night and 24 they counted the night before last, no civilians have be...

At least 50 people are now dead. hundreds are injured. an american man now living in tianjin was watching a movie with his girlfriend when the explosion hit. >> all of a sudden theres like a loud, like a shockwave sound. i looked out and i saw the plume of smoke. huge plume of smoke. of course immediately pictures, videos, terrible things, people with glass injuries, people on the street, around the area, on the ground, incapacitated, people walking to the hospital. >> nbcs kelly is monitoring a...

Ear-popping blast that blew out windows, collapsed ceilings and sent residents fleeing for safety. >> our hearts go out to all of the families involved. were expending every effort to locate each and every loved one. >> reporter: from the rubble, incredible stories of survival. collin paterson was inside a piano shop on the ground floor when the explosion hit. >> pianos all over me. pianos flew out off the ground and actually on the side and probably helped me too. >> reporter: it envoked memori...

Were expending every effort to locate each and every loved one. >> reporter: from the rubble, incredible stories of survival. collin paterson was inside a piano shop on the ground floor when the explosion hit. >> pianos all over me. pianos flew out off the ground and actually on the side and probably helped me too. >> reporter: it envoked memories of 9/11, though investigators fingered a very different culprit, leaking natural gas. some residents reported smelling just minutes before igniting. >...

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He called 911 when he came to. he is recovering from a broken eye socket and preparing for two funerals instead of his wedding. some witnesses are questioning whether there were enough lights on the barge. investigators say it was difficult to see late at night on the water. authorities who are responsible for the barge say they are reviewing their safety procedures. aditi roy, abc news, new york. and its been a weekend of mounting unrest across benghazi, libya. more than 1,000 inmates escaped...

Fence. and just as he said that is when the explosion hit. it blew me over the fence into the street and stuff. >> it actually carried you over. >> it carried me over, and the force and the heat and the burn from the chemicals in the bomb were just -- had me on fire and everyone else. and as i came through, just in the days of what was going on, just looking for my friends and stuff like that, and -- its -- it was just absolute chaos. i saw things that, you know -- i wish i didnt see. people los...

Were. >> the shrapnel that hit you came over the mailbox? >> bbs, nails. my friend had 70 nails in his leg. i still have a bb in my neck, its too close it could affect my eyesight. our clothes were burned right off of us. undescribable. >> do you remember the blast? >> i remember everything about it. >> really? >> can you walk me through? what stands -- >> the first explosion went off just down the block from us. and -- >> did you know something was wrong then? >> we knew it wasnt something to d...

They didnt know i guess when the explosion hit, they were coming out without shoes and everything. >> brian: were any of them hurt? >> yes. several people were hurt. we started, like i said, the triage. we had a minimal with triage and then i cant think of the word. >> gretchen: shes a resident of west, texas, the install town where this devastating explosion happened. thank you so much for giving us a firsthand perspective this morning. were going to continue to cover this throughout the mornin...