We heard gunshots. We could see people moving barefoot through the water, with all they could carry, just panicked. It was mayhem.

The police were screaming to get on, that an angry mob of people were coming, just get on the buses and keep your heads down.

[For the next four days in an increasingly desolate city, students moved between residence halls. Electricity was out; toilets had stopped working.] We heard gunshots, ... We could see people moving barefoot through the water, with all they could carry, just panicked. It was mayhem.