Posted on 07/13/2011 10:47:24 PM PDT by Cronos
Panic and shock gripped the food bazaars of South Mumbai and the busy weekday market of Dadar as a series of explosions rocked the crowded locations on Wednesday evening. At Zaveri Bazar as well as Opera House, it was the peak-hour rush at the two khau gallis that became the target. Dadar Market, on any day, is a sitting duck.
From the scenes of crime to the halls of healing , ordinary citizens sidestepped glass shards and pools of blood to cart corpses, injured persons and severed body parts to hospital. Volunteers diverted traffic and gave right of way to ambulances and fire engines even as civic workers helped the police gather evidence and remove debris.
...Although the jamming of mobile phone networks for two hours added to the panic, Mumbai rose to the occasion magnificently, going into emergency mode with all hands on deck. Taxi drivers allowed bystanders to pile in the dead and the injured and ferried them to hospital free of charge. Medical institutes threw open all their operating theatres and casualty wards and recalled the entire staff, including those who were off duty.
A melee erupted outside the barred gates of Harkisondas Hospital as distraught relatives and doctors tried to fight their way through crowds of anxious blood donors and onlookers. Inside, the white tiles of the casualty ward were marked with bloodied footprints. The victims' identities slowly began to filter through. Twenty-one-year-old Pankaj Soni, who worked with his father in the family's jewellery store at Lamington Road, was in Zaveri Bazar for some work. Onlookers say he had gone to khau galli to eat when he was trapped in the blast. His relative , Ramesh Soni, said that Pankaj was declared dead at GT Hospital. ...
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I have friends in and from Mumbai.
They are the nicest and most solicitous people I have ever had the pleasure to encounter. Every interaction has always started with “how are you doing and how can I help you (not just business, but how can I help you personally).
The Indian approach to life is very personal, in a good way. Business relationships extend beyond just the tasks at hand.
My heart was in my throat when I heard of the Mumbai attacks — I am pleased to report my friends are OK as are their families.
Of course they are angry — and exasperated — about these attacks.
God bless them, one and all. We as a Nation should thank God for our friends in India and wish for their peace.
Bast****. RIP to the dead.
And, jihadis practise in India for later use in the USA
For the most part, the Pakistanis get off scot free; they can dish it out but they squeal when they get a pin prick, like the Osama raid.
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