It is like that all over. I'm in Pickerington and people love to eat out here. Restauants are packed. Indeed Columbus would be a prime target in general since folks seem to like to be out and about and enjoying themselves whether it is exercising, eating, shopping, etc...
Nuradin Abdi: Man not allowed to contact family for three months
Reported on 03/09/04
MI - Family of Nuradin Abdi, the Somalian man who was arrested on Nov. 28, 2003 for alleged links with terrorism, has not been able to contact him for more than three months and does not know where he is being held.
"He's like a dead person to us," said cousin Asha Yassin Hassan after his secret court hearing on March 9, 2004.
Abdi's brothers, mother, sister and wife drove from Columbus to attend the hearing. They were not allowed in and waited outside the courtroom for six hours. They were not allowed to talk with Abdi, but saw him briefly as armed agents whisked him to and from the courtroom.