Bangkok blast 'sounded like thunder'

The World | Aug 17, 2015
Steve Herman was at work when a blast detonated inside the Erawan Shrine. The Voice of America correspondent first thought it sounded like thunder. But then he realized it sounded like something else — explosions he'd heard in Afghanistan.

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