Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with woman in street, 1981

Interviewer: Could you tell us what it was like during the bombing ? Woman in the street: When the bombing came, six members of my family were buried alive at the foot of the spiral staircase. The whole two storied building was bombed down, only the foot of the spiral staircase remained. Interviewer: After you got out of the shelter did you go straight to the hospital or did you witness the destruction? Woman in the street: I just went away... Interviewer: When the airplanes came, had the alert been sounded? Woman in the street: When the airplanes came, I did not hear any alert. The alert came only after the first bombs were dropped. So six members of my family hid under the foot of a spiral staircase. Everything collapsed around them, except for the foot of the staircase. The six members of my family were buried there until people came to dig us out... Interviewer: Where did you live? On the second floor? Woman in the street: Yes, on the second floor over there.

Interviewer: Was your house large? Woman in the street: No, not too large. This is how big it was, you can see it for yourself. We had enough room for four beds.