Mary says the metal was most likely a piece of the car that was blown up.

She says she presumes many others also had pieces of the car "catapulted" at them.

"We all suffered shrapnel wounds, we were peppered with bits of metal."

She says she was given some relief and then the metal was pulled out of her leg.

"It was an awful feeling someone's hand inside my leg."

She says the metal was "the size of a fist", and was most likely a piece of the exploded car.

Enniskillen Hospital was also busy, Mary says.

The main concern for doctors was the length of time the lump of metal had been in her leg.

"They wanted to remove the metal as quickly as possible."

She adds that her mum was a "strong woman" and tried to instil that in her.

She says she was encouraged to think that there are usually others worse than you - which she says was "very true in this situation".

Mary and her friend were tranferred to Enniskillen, her friend in a helicopter and Mary in an ambulance.

"It was a painful journey as every bump revereberated in my leg."

Mary says she "tried to put a brave face on" but inside she was "a mess".

She says that for all those who survived - with or without injury - it is "forever etched in us".

Mary says she felt for her mum and since becoming a parent she understands the horror of that day more.

She adds that the "horror would never disappear" for parents who lost their children.

She says her mum didn't tell her about what she saw in the hospital for a long time.

"She later described the scene in the hallways and those images stayed with her for her lifetime."

It seemed like ages to Mary but her mum managed to find her at the hospital.

"She walked around the main hospital looking for me and I know that was traumatic for her, trying to find me among the many terrible injuries," Mary says.

She says she wanted to ring her family but that the phone lines were down so she couldn't call home.

Mary found her colleague and friend at the hospital.

"It was so nice to be with her."

Her friend had a head injury but was able to walk around.

However she was "very unsettled".

She describes the hospital as "crazy busy".

She says she was put in a wheelchair and taken to the outpatients area.

She says she was given pain relief and her leg was bandaged.

She says she felt "numb" and was "definitely in shock".

A woman helped Mary to her car and took her to the hospital.

Mary says she was thinking about her colleages.

"There were lots of sirens and there was chaos everywhere," she adds.

The journey to the hospital "took ages" as the traffic was "gridlocked".

She says she got up and ran.

She says she thinks she then fell to the ground but that people helped and held her up.

She says she had not noticed her injuries until people pointed out her leg.

She says she looked down and saw a hole in her leg.

Mary says she has never been sure if she was unconsious or not but when she stirred, her face was "down on the ground" and she had to "move debris off [her]".

"I was unsure of it - was it wood or body parts? And I still to this day try not to think of that moment."

She recalls the explosion as "like a ferocious gust of wind".

She says there was also a loud noise and she was lifted off the ground.

She says she was then on the ground in silence.

She says that the group she was with "had been chatting and laughing".

They were talking about their plans for Saturday night.

She recalls not thinking it was a real bomb.

Mary says she suggested sitting on the road closure barrier but her colleague said: "Don't be so lazy."

She says: "Thank god we didn't, as the car was just in front of the barrier."

They were moved up the street again, Mary says, and stopped near a newsagent.

The group from the bakery were spread out and she was next to a colleague and "dear friend" and other colleagues.

"It was actually quite crowded."

She says they also stopped outside Wellworth's.

"We stayed there for a bit and we thought and laughed if there was a bomb we could be covered in glass from the big windows.

"Little did we know it would have been safer to stay there."