According to a tweet from KEZI 9 a University of Oregon spokesperson confirmed that the two students in Brussels are accounted for after the attacks today.
Bombings at the airport and a metro station left 30 dead and 230 injured according to CNN.
Jennifer Eyler is a UO junior studying abroad in Brussels through the CIEE program. Eyler said she lives south of downtown Brussels so she wasn’t near the attacks, but a bomb squad came after a suspicious package was reported near Vrije Universiteit Brussel where Eyler is studying international studies.
“I know police are taking extra precautions all around the city today,” Eyler said in a message to the Emerald.
Eyler was out when she first heard about the explosions, but she hasn’t left the house since the program coordinators said the city was in lockdown and encouraged her to stay home until further notice. Eyler said she has seen reports of taxis offering free rides since public transportation is down.
“As I was returning home around 10 a.m. there were many sirens and many cars on the road, which I’m assuming was everyone trying to go back home from work or wherever they were,” Eyler said.
More to come.