Christine Delcros and Xavier Thomas pictured on their sightseeing tour of London which ended in tragedy
The girlfriend of the first victim of the London Bridge attack has told his inquest she had a 'premonition' they would be caught by terrorists.
Christine Delcros was walking on the bridge with father-of-two Xavier Thomas, 44, when they were mowed down by terrorists on the evening of June 3, 2017.
Isis fanatics Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, ploughed into pedestrians in a 2.5 tonne Renault van.
Ms Delcros was badly injured while Mr Thomas, 44, was catapulted over the balustrade and into the Thames. The Frenchman was found drowned three days later.
The French couple had called their children as they walked to the Shard because they were so worried about terror attacks.
Ms Delcros told the court she and her boyfriend had travelled by Eurostar for a weekend of sightseeing in London on June 3.
At 9.30pm they had decided to walk from their hotel, the Four Seasons in London Bridge, to have a cocktail in the Shard.
Mr Thomas had been tired but rejected the suggestion of going another night, she said.
Miss Delcros, 46, broke down as she relived the moment the vehicle crashed into her and partner.
Christine Delcros (centre, with cane), girlfriend of victim Xavier Thomas, arriving at the inquest into the London Bridge terror attack which took place in June 2017
'I told him I did not know. I had so many premonitions about terror attacks from the day before and I could feel it.
'But I did not tell him, in fact, and to please me he started searching on his phone for another place but it is late now. He said, 'that's OK, it's a magnificent view', and he had planned everything properly accordingly and not to disappoint him I said OK.
'I just called my daughter and he has a younger son so he called his son and after that we went. After that I do not remember at the time of the van.'
Ms Delcros said she remembered being on the bridge and had the feeling that something was 'not normal'.
'Suddenly I was under the impression there was a lot of light and a van that mounted the pavement in the exact fashion to make sure they were not going to miss us.
'I just heard myself say to myself, 'that's how one dies, that's it'.'
Crying, she went on: 'I thought that I had died, that the curtain had fallen. To me I was dead. I said to myself that's how one dies and I have no recollection of the crash.
'It was only light when I woke up.'
Ms Delcros said a man came to help her and held her head as she regained consciousness.
She said: 'Once I regained consciousness I asked, 'where's Xavier?'. He tried to look for him but he could not find him. I ordered him to look for him.'
Khuram Butt walked over to the still-running tap, ran his knife under it to clean off the blood, and wiped it, first on one side of his face, then the other. He was shot dead by police
Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, were also shot dead by police
The witness said she was in a lot of pain and felt like she was going into light.
'I could hear some voices, I was no longer there. I had my whole head with me but I was no longer using my body. I was going. I thought I would never get out of that light. I would stay there for ever.'
Asked by counsel for the coroner Jonathan Hough QC if she wanted to
