TIME New Delhi Bureau Chief Dean Brelis was among the first Western correspondents to arrive in Bhopal last week. His report:
There was something eerie about getting there 30 hours after the leak. At the airport there was an air of uncertainty and even fear. Only three taxis were available, and miraculously two photographers and I got one of them. When we told the driver where we wanted to go he uttered one word, "Danger," to justify doubling the fare we had agreed upon. We accepted instantly.
At the factory, dead bodies were still on the ground, being picked up and loaded aboard...