‘Things just continued to escalate’ – Irish man on the targeting of Dubai
An Irish man living in Dubai has described the \u201cchaotic\u201d scenes he witnessed when the conflict broke out on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Ballindine, Co Mayo man Denis \u00d3g Fahey, who works in Dubai as a teacher, said the explosions heard in the region on Saturday were \u201cthe scariest thing\u201d he has experienced in the time he has lived in there.<\/p>\n
He told RT\u00c9 Radio 1\u2019s Morning Ireland he was attending a GAA competition that had just finished on Saturday when there were \u201cloud thuds\u201d that sounded like thunder.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first, there was people looking upwards to see what was going on, and then people pointing, you could see missiles overhead.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we kind of thought, ‘right, we’ll head home, that’ll be it for Saturday evening’.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then, things just continued to escalate into Saturday evening and the panic continued.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Fahey said the missiles flying through the air were like \u201cfireballs\u201d and as the strikes continued, the scenes “didn\u2019t feel real at all\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the evening went on, the thuds became more and more frequent, and here I live in a high-rise apartment, so you could see people rushing to their balconies when you’d hear these blasts of thunder, just staring up to the sky.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could see the missiles then as you looked out, and around midnight, everyone’s phone went off with this loud emergency alarm, telling us to seek shelter, stay away from windows, stay inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot long after that, you could hear more and more interceptions overhead, so a lot of panic Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the war enters its fourth day, Mr Fahey said things are much calmer in Dubai now, but people are still \u201cshaken\u201d by what took place over the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe noise, the alerts, that has stopped, but people are still shaken.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it’s just allowed everyone to breathe again, even if we’re still very much taking it one day at a time.\u201d <\/p>\n
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