farah edwards khan was there that day.uld see the union carbide factory from the topmost part of our house. it was making pesticides and it was a source of income for poor people. it was a normal evening, we we went to bed and then about11:30, 11:45, we heard a big banging on the door. my father, he opened the door and my cousin was standing outside there and he said there's been a gas accident. we didn't realise what exactly was happening. we shut the doors and we went off to sleep. the next morning, my family woke up and my father drove me down to the school, everything was very quiet. there was a silence. we saw some people just lying, and my fathersaid, "oh, wedding season, must be drunk." we drove on, we went to my school, then the gatekeeper came out and he said, "what are you doing here? "there's been a terrible accident. "go back to your house, please." and at that moment, we realised that those people we had seen lying down on the pavements weren't drunk, they were dead. i had never seen death before. tonnes of po