Friday October 19, 2007 (around 1:10PM, GMT+8) will forever be remembered as a day of mourning as Glorietta, one of the biggest malls in the heart of Makati City, the Philippines’ most progressive city, suffers one of the most terrorizing explosions in the country’s history.

This is probably the best footage out there, taken just right after the blast. The person who did this is admirably courageous. You can see his effort to keep trying to get as close as he could until the smoke got the better of him.


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“adianalan” recounts the incident vividly in his Youtube Video post:

Here’s a video that I took while on the way out of Glorietta 4. Please be patient while it loads. There’s not much to see, but hearing the screams still brings chills to my spine.

I was walking near Jollibee Glorietta 4 when it happened. My back was turned to Glorietta 2, when I saw the window glass of Jollibee ripple and felt a shockwave pass through my chest. I thought one of the streamers in the Activity Center fell down or something, so I turned around. It was so surreal. I surveyed the Activity Center and everything was okay. People were walking around as if nothing happened… and then panic ensued. It was like I was in a movie set and the director suddenly yelled ‘Action!’. A cloud of smoke seeped from Glorietta 2. People running away from the scene. Screaming. I knew something bad happened but my survival instinct wouldn’t kick in. I knew I had to go out of the mall, but curiosity got the better of me. I was even actually contemplating about moving towards Glorietta 2 for a closer look. Better judgement kicked in, so I walked back towards the Glorietta 4 exit.

I couldn’t resist not knowing what happened, so I walked outside Glorietta 4 towards Glorietta 2. They already cordoned off the road between Glorietta and Landmark, and I saw that EMT guys were trying to revive a man in a tattered gray shirt. I had to go around Landmark to get to Glorietta 2, and when I got there I knew that a bomb exploded. They were saying it was an LPG explosion, but it was too strong. Plus, the blast happened in the lobby of Glorietta 2 and there were no restaurants nearby.

The scary part is that I was at the blast site 10 minutes before the explosion. I came from Netopia in Park Square 1 where I printed something from my email.

I never really appreciated video phones … until now.

ABS-CBN News Coverage:

More videos:

Glorietta before the bombing:

Until now, no group has claimed responsibility for this act of terror. Is it any wonder why?

Mike Abundo reports: “Ex-Soldier Says Glorietta Bomb Too Clean for Terrorists“, and I quote:

If you were a terrorist who stole hard-to-obtain military explosives, you certainly wouldn’t waste them on a few restos. You’d stick that C-4 near some support columns and bring down the building. Something definitely doesn’t add up here.

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