Brian McDaid sheltered at Spanish embassy through ‘heavy fighting’ before airlift
“For me, we had been hearing stories of people leaving Sudan by bus. And that’s a long journey going to other parts of Sudan or all the way through to Egypt,” he told RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland.
“[There was] a growing danger, a growing risk. And like I said, the threat of soldiers coming into my home, I was just petrified of that. So we made the arrangements and I was due to get on a bus in the morning and then the opportunity to go to the Spanish ambassador’s residence where people had gathered, that presented itself,” he said.
“I left at six and it took us a long time to get to the airfield. And that was yeah, it was a very stressful journey. Lots of checkpoints driving through and eerily still, I mean, quiet, a war zone essentially at that point,” he said. Mr McDaid added that it is “wonderful” to have left the danger, but his “heart is just breaking for people who are stuck and maybe will be unable to leave because they are not eligible”.
“Evacuation operations will only continue for as long as the security situation in Sudan allows,” the spokesman said.
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