Special Report Transcript Episode 18, Section 3, Time 15:16

I was driving 20 meters behind them. I saw everything happen. I saw flames under the car. I saw the car being flung in the air from the road into the bush. Pieces of metal, dirt and dust were flung into the air. I went closer and got out. I said: God, why? I looked at my wife, she was crushed, parts of her feet were gone, her body was full of blood, full of cuts. She moaned and asked where are my legs? Why do I hurt? My son sat behind her. His head was crooked, he was unconscious. What we did find was a part of my son’s forehead. He had a hole on the left side. A part of his brain was on the seat. I picked it up, put it in a tissue and buried it in my house. Do you know how it feels? Can you imagine how it feels to bury the brain tissue of your own son of eight years old? Can you imagine what it does to a human being? How does one become human again after such an experience? Three days after the explosion my wife died. Jaco did not get better. He died on March 5, 1987. That child suffered seven months of hell and pain. As a normal child he weighed 35kg. When he died he weighed 15kg.

Notes: TRC testimony: Johannes Roos (husband and father); Scene of blast.

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