Mumbai attacks: A friend’s account of events
- Former glory: The Taj Palace hotel; Source: Wikipedia
The recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai were just horrendous. It is believed to be one of the worst India has seen in years.
A friend, also studying Journalism, but in St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai had a harrowing time when nine or ten of the blasts happened within a five minute radius of where she stays.
I just thought I would share what she had to say on that horrific night.
About 12 places were bombed and fired upon in Bombay yesterday from 10 pm onwards.
And about nine or ten of them were in South Mumbai (that’s where she lives). All the blasts happened within a five minute radius of where I stay.
One round of firing was right outside my PG (Paying Guest) accommodation. We all heard the gun shots and people screaming and running helter-skelter.
Two important police officials were shot dead right outside where we stay. The terrorists actually passed by our place.
This place called Leo’s (Cafe Leopold) was attacked, that’s five minutes from where I stay and I go there practically twice or thrice a week for dinner.
Hotels Taj and Oberoi are under siege, there were six or seven blasts in each.
People are still being held hostage there as we speak, several staff and guests are already killed. The Taj and Oberoi were set on fire; the top floor of the Taj is destroyed.
Plus the CST station (the Chatrapati Shivaji Station), again, two to three minutes from my place was bombed, including the JJ school of arts, a couple of hospitals, police head quarters and the domestic airport.
This has been proclaimed to be the worst attack India has seen in recent years, and I was literally in the middle of it.
I mean, our PG is in the centre of all these places – in the west, the station, the east, Oberoi and up north, Colaba, where Leo’s and the Taj are.
I have been getting calls all day and have been up all night watching the news. Please pray that this thing dies down.
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hey woman, wow I din expect u to actually put any of this down, I actualy wasn sure u wer evn lisenin wen i was telln it 2 u (kiddin). But seriously, dat was one scary experience, I’ve never seen terror from this close b4, n I shudder to think wat cud hav happnd if i was at one of those places dat nite, which i usually m on most nites. At this rate any hope 4 our country’s safety looks bleak, d only thing v have in our hands dat v can do is pray….