Emma Baxter-Wright, a fashion writer and stylist, expressed her shock, stating, "My God, it could have killed someone... if we sat there we were taking our lives in our hands."
Coco Cottam, another diner, recounted the terrifying moment: "If it had been a foot over she'd have been dead, for sure. You can see the hole in the pavement."
A waitress at Ottoemezzo Cafe described the sound of the masonry falling as "a horrible noise... I thought an umbrella had collapsed. It was close."
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