Homemade Bomb Explodes Down the Street
I had just arrived at the Goose Creek Fourth of July celebration on Monday night when I heard the explosion. It was approximately 7:30pm and we were setting up our lawn chairs in the field by Westview Elementary where many of the residents of Goose Creek gather to watch the local fireworks display. This explosion was nothing like the sound of normal fireworks. This sounded a little more like a sonic boom. It was enough of an odd sounding explosion to have my wife and my sister get a concerned look on their faces. A few minutes later the fire truck came by and turned down the street where the homemade pipe bomb had just been ignited. This explosion could also be compared to a few explosions I have heard while working in an oil refinery in the past.
I didn’t know where this explosion came from until I got up Tuesday morning and saw a story on the front page of The Post and Courier. You can read the full story if you go through their no fee registration process here or you can read a shorter version on The State web site here. I learned from the news paper story that I was approximately a quarter of a mile up the street from where the homemade bomb was ignited. An innocent bystander who was hit and injured by a piece of shrapnel was waiting to see the show that I was there to see.