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Sean Baran, Richmond '07, helped victims the day of the London bombings.
Westfield man was witness to disasterStudent trained as medical technician aided rescue team.
Sean Baran, a University of Richmond student and a trained emergency services technician, had phoned his parents at about 5:30 a.m. to let them know he was all right. But the full story of his morning in London would emerge in TV interviews with NBC, CNN and in several more trans-Atlantic calls.Photo Courtesy of TOLA BARAN
Student Sean Baran, 20, of Westfield was in London when four explosions tore through the city.
Just completing a nine-week internship in London, Sean Baran found his usual "tube" station closed Thursday morning. He told his mother that he then boarded a double-decker bus, still unaware of the reason for the closing. But when he saw emergency crews swarming onto the streets, he got off the bus and attached himself to a triage unit aiding the victims.
"One gentleman told me that the floor of the train he was on was blown out, it was just gone," Baran told Associated Press. "I believe another gentleman was ejected from the train. Whether he fell or was blown by the force of the blast, I don't know."
Baran described the rescue efforts as orderly. "It was very well organized," he said. "We took down everybody's details and made a priority list as to who was the worst wounded."
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Sean Baran was also reminded of the New York attack, his mother said.
"He was telling me that London was just like New York after Sept. 11 -- the eerie silence punctuated by the wailing of ambulances," said Tola Baran.
She said that Sean's appearance in TV interviews brought a flood of media calls to the Barans' Watchung Fork home, with requests for photos and interviews. He's expected to appear live on the "Today" show this morning after taking a flight from London late Thursday.
