Glorietta Post-Blast Images

October 28, 2007

Pictures taken last Saturday (October 27 - 7 days after the blast) using a camera phone:

Under normal circumstances, this part of Glorietta would have been packed with passing vehicles and crossing shoppers.

A makeshift altar was constructed where family and friends can offer prayers, flowers and candles for the 11 innocent lives lost in the blast.

Third floor corridor of SM is so shiny and squeaky clean - no heavy foot traffic going to the MRT station. No foot traffic at all.

Empty tables collecting dust: no afternoon beer drinkers

Nearby malls such as SM are just as affected by the blast

Glorietta 2 blast ground zero - damaged vehicles outside Glorietta 2 have been removed, area cleared of debris but remains barricaded. Police and security guards are manning the area.

Many shops and fast food restaurants around the perimeter of Glorietta 2 remain closed - due to damages sustained (cracked walls, shattered glasses). Most of these shops seem intact but have been sealed off to prevent possible gas leak from Glorietta 2.

Walled up and painted white: But many parts of the mall particularly the wing going to SM (Giordano area) and Glorietta 4 reek of noxious gas stench seeping through these open areas of the mall.