Piers Morgan recalls Docklands bombing 25 years on ‘I was blown off my chair’
express.co.ukPiers Morgan, 55, was “blown” off his chair when the bomb went off, despite being in a separate building 22 floors up. More than 100 people were injured during the terrifying Docklands bombing on February 9, 1996, which also resulted in £800 million worth of damage.The journalist recalled leaving his office on a “quiet” Friday and being warned about “a coded IRA bomb” attack on Canary Wharf by security.Piers said he asked them if it was “serious” to which they warned him “it might be”.In the evening, the father-of-four said “an enormous bang suddenly went off behind me”.“I was literally blown off my chair, and my office was 22 floors up the tower."Dick Strawbridge: Escape To The Chateau star left walking with stick“It felt quite sickening,.
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