Ok, I'll elaborate on mine...
The IRA bomb wasn't on a train. It was planted in the litter bin outside McDonalds on Warrington high street in the spring of 1993.

In those days, I was actively involved in helping a friend with a street-trading stall. We'd visit various towns withing travelling distance of Liverpool and rotate them, so as not to draw police attention to ourselves by being too cocky. On that day, we decided to meet up at the litter bin by McDonalds as it was our favourite pitch in Warrington; very busy but not obstructing pedestrians.

My friend saw me running along the platform at Lime St, clutching a bulging bag, realised I would miss the train and got off it. We got the next train that came along, which was to Widnes, I think.

A few hours later, the litter bin exploded, killing two kids and injuring lots more people. I rate this as a narrow escape, regardless of what the sarcastic people below say.
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 16:42, Reply)