Witnesses to the carnage Tuesday in Brussels endured scenes of panic, smoke and horrific injuries.
Travelers, commuters, European Union officials and baggage handlers alike were caught up in the deadly terrorist attacks.
Two explosions, including at least one suicide bomb
Two explosions, including at least one suicide bomb, rocked Brussels Airport about 8 a.m. local time. An hour later, another blast hit a subway station in the heart of the Belgian capital. At least 30 people were killed in the attacks and 230 were wounded, a Belgian government representative told CNN.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly twin attacks.
Basketball player Sebastian Bellin was standing by a check-in desk -- an unsecured area where no one was expecting the violence soon to come. His father Jean Bellin spoke to him in the hospital.
"The first words out of his mouth were, 'Dad, you wouldn't believe the carnage I saw.'
"He was very clear and very articulate even though he was obviously in a lot of pain. The second time I talked to him, about two hours later, I think he was obviously sedated and feeling much more tired and ready to take a break."
"I don't know exactly, all I know is the force of the blast was enough to lift him 16 feet in the air and when he landed back and he got a piece of shrapnel really deep there, shrapnel in his left leg and right hip."
Pavel Ohal took this photo after one of the explosions.
Elsewhere in the first floor departure lounge, journalist and Brussels resident Ketevan Kardava was inquiring about her ticket when she noticed a suspicious, black piece of baggage near her.
"And in one minute I heard the explosion, and then in less than a minute, the second one, much stronger than the first one,"
"I was very near, very, very near. After the first explosion, doors were flying, windowns were flying. Everyone was crying, children and young people lying on the floor, so many people injured, I did not know to help them."
As a journalist, she said she did what came naturally to her -- document the carnage.
"When I realized I was alive, first what I did was take pictures and then tweet them and put them on Facebook."
Two explosions, including at least one suicide bomb, rocked Brussels Airport about 8 a.m. local time. An hour later, another blast hit a subway station in the heart of the Belgian capital. At least 30 people were killed in the attacks and 230 were wounded, a Belgian government representative told CNN.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly twin attacks.
Basketball player Sebastian Bellin was standing by a check-in desk -- an unsecured area where no one was expecting the violence soon to come. His father Jean Bellin spoke to him in the hospital.
"The first words out of his mouth were, 'Dad, you wouldn't believe the carnage I saw.'
"He was very clear and very articulate even though he was obviously in a lot of pain. The second time I talked to him, about two hours later, I think he was obviously sedated and feeling much more tired and ready to take a break."
"I don't know exactly, all I know is the force of the blast was enough to lift him 16 feet in the air and when he landed back and he got a piece of shrapnel really deep there, shrapnel in his left leg and right hip."
Pavel Ohal took this photo after one of the explosions.
Elsewhere in the first floor departure lounge, journalist and Brussels resident Ketevan Kardava was inquiring about her ticket when she noticed a suspicious, black piece of baggage near her.
"And in one minute I heard the explosion, and then in less than a minute, the second one, much stronger than the first one,"
"I was very near, very, very near. After the first explosion, doors were flying, windowns were flying. Everyone was crying, children and young people lying on the floor, so many people injured, I did not know to help them."
As a journalist, she said she did what came naturally to her -- document the carnage.
"When I realized I was alive, first what I did was take pictures and then tweet them and put them on Facebook."
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