Man describes coming face to face with Southport knife attackerSky News
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00:00and you get there and it's like the building's like an L shape and you've got the gym where I
00:04used to go to upstairs and there was two men in this in this bit here and I don't you know I don't
00:08know who's who I don't know what's going on so I'm looking at these men and there they just look
00:12completely shook up and frightened and they're pointing to this to this dance studio saying
00:15he's in there mate he's in there so so I I open I open the door downstairs and as you go in there's
00:22just a stairway which goes up there's a landing at the top and then which goes through to I presume
00:27the dance studio so I just like just remember open the door and I was shouting hello just
00:34see if anyone was there and then I remember just taking a step on I remember go onto the stairs
00:38and took a few steps onto the stairs I'm still at the bottom of the stairs though and I look up and
00:43then there's just this guy there at the top of the stairs just in a full track suit with his hood up
00:49with a knife and it's like it's like he maybe didn't realize that I was going to be in there
00:53but he's we've looked we've looked at each other then he's he's scurried off to the side and you
00:57locked eyes with this man you looked at him I looked at this guy yeah at that point what are
01:03you thinking I'm thinking things which I'm not allowed to be saying on Sky News right now but
01:07I'm just I'm just at the same time I'm really scared as well do you know what I mean