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Steve? >> reporter: a lot of what we're seeing from above, we saw filter out on the ground. police swarming this scene shortly after that shooting took place. speaking to victims as has been mentioned all throughout this morning, a lot of them thought that that original gunfire was some sort of fireworks or some sort of sound that was part of the show, just not recognizing the sound of constant automatic gunfire raining down. who would think that that's what it was? people looked up and confirmed that, and then you had a mass panic. people trying to leave that scene as quickly as humanly possi...

That, i kind of -- it hit me. it was quite a shock to be that close to what had happened. >> obviously the intention of the driver of that van was to hit as many people as possible. what was it like inside that theater with the unknown and the fear of what was happening outsi outside? >> first, i don't think anyone really knew what happened because it was like mass panic. all we knew is there was a van that had gone down la rambla. i originally thought it had come on the curb earlier than it had, then i learned from the news it had gone halfway down la rambla. inside the theater, everyone was ...

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Panic. everyone just ran everywhere. >> paula, it's lovely that you reacted the way you did to try to help those kids and get them to a safe place and contact their parents. i'm glad and the people you are with are okay. jamie waller was at the concert. joins us by phone as well. if you could, jamie, explain what you heard and saw. >> we were just -- she just finished singing. she walked off the stage. we went down to go out. there was a huge explosion. everyone looked at each other. everyone just ran. we just needed to get out because we didn't know what was happening. it was a mass panic. >>...

Vacation with his wife and three sons, was just ten feet from the shooter. >> he had his gun out, sprayed off some shots. that's when panic set in for everybody. my wife yelled, run. he kept on continuing to shoot. we had no idea where he was shooting. it was mass panic. >> reporter: in a nearby cafe, patrons taking cover under tables. >> people start screaming. i thought maybe to be the last minutes or seconds of my life. >> you have to stay back, please. >> reporter: that gunman shot dead by police has now been identified as karim cheurfi, a 39-year-old french national who spent around 14 ye...