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...then, says a witness, a moist spot had appeared on the wrapping. Michael Kennedy ... saw that the spot had turned into 'a pool of oily water on the floor. I noticed this quite offensive smell that I can't really describe.' Others smelled it too and edged away. By Kamiyacho station, 11 minutes after the strange man had boarded, commuters panicked ... 'I saw several dozen people on the platform who had either collapsed or were on their knees unable to stand up,' recalls Nobuo Serizawa, a photographer ... Said Kiyo Arai, a 22-year-old government employee who was stricken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...Irishman in Tokyo to train Japanese jockeys, boarded the B711T at Roppongi station and saw that the spot had turned into "a pool of oily water on the floor. I noticed this quite offensive smell that I can't really describe." Others smelled it too and edged away. By Kamiyacho station, 11 minutes after the strange man had boarded, commuters panicked. Says Matthias Vukovich, an Austrian student who was in the car: "Everyone just ran off, and I didn't know what was going on. Someone yelled, 'It's gas!'" Looking back, Vukovich, whose eyes and head were beginning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN'S PROPHET OF POISON: Shoko Asahara | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

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