Interesting. Also I have a strong interest in one of your comments: You observed no Muslims in their normal occupational positions (no cabbies, no fruit vendors). Is that true? If so, it implies ... no, DEMANDS... that they all knew.
The attack wasn’t by Muslims - that I know of. I’d say the majority of the hotel guests were Jewish from the New York area and at first I figured it was an anti-Jewish attack. But I really think it was about robbing the casino money for the Free Puerto Rico movement. I was interviews by two FBI guys but they didn’t give me much information. I told them I was curious about some of the people I had met that week, curious if they had survived and how to find out. Their response was that it wasn’t a good idea to go poking around and drawing attention to myself. hmmm...
About the taxis. They were always lined up at the entrance but on that afternoon there were none. Vendors were usually on the beach with little tables of wares every afternoon. That afternoon there were none. There was usually a band playing at the pool in the afternoon. No band. Everyone was relieved. If we heard Feliz Navidad one more time we were going to scream.
And one thing I learned: be very aware of your environment. That day on the beach, right before the attack, a group of about 15 VERY attractive girls in bikinis went running up the beach. I bet they were hired to do that as a distraction. When something unusual like that happens now I have a heightened awareness.