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Dikembe Mutombo At Brussels Airport During Attack

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Former Philadelphia 76er Dikembe Mutombo was in the Brussels airport when the bombs went off.

He was napping in a lounge when he says he woke up to people screaming and running.

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Mutombo ran with the crowd and was not injured.

He was waiting for a connecting flight to the U.S. after visiting one of his foundation's hospitals in his native Congo.

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Mutombo says it was upsetting to see women trying to push their children to safety.

 

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