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My cousin works for a REALLY BIG American Corp. that does a substatntial amount of business in Mumbai and he has spent many months there.
When the attacks hit yesterday I recognized the hotel he stays at from his pictures and it's name. My first action was to call his folks to see which continent he is on right now. Happily he is home but pretty stunned by what he sees happening to a place he has become so familiar with.
However, he became good friends with a well placed employee at the hotel. He has been trying to reach him to see how he is faring but thus far, at home or work, has been unable to. (And because of that status both the employee's name and hotel are left out for now.)
To anyone who thinks Mumbai will not have direct personal impact here, that this is not, in small part, what the bastards try to accomplish -- fear, uncertainty etc. -- talk to my cousin.
If I get any info (not likely) and can safely pass it on I will.
p.s. On 9/11 his wife was scheduled to be at a meeting at the convention center that was between the towers, staying at a hotel very nearby. Hotel screwups and she had to stay about a mile away and was late for the meeting.
Another cousin lives a 1/2 hr from Shanksville.
My uncle was on the D.C. beltway enroute to a meeting when his wife called and said turn around now, the Pentagon was just attacked.
Third cousin works for the State Dept. and has had to stay in Georgia. While there she had to eat and drink only what Americans gave her and stay at the hotel unless accompanied by large gentlemen with very large guns.
I take this religious war very personally.
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I didn't really get to talk to my wife much during that day. A call early "Did you see what happened in New York?" Another "Do you know if they're closing the schools?" An uncharacteristic call to my buddy and hiking partner working near Philly....
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Mumbai Hits Home
My cousin works for a REALLY BIG American Corp. that does a substatntial amount of business in Mumbai and he has spent many months there.
When the attacks hit yesterday I recognized the hotel he stays at from his pictures and it's name. My first action was to call his folks to see which continent he is on right now. Happily he is home but pretty stunned by what he sees happening to a place he has become so familiar with.
However, he became good friends with a well placed employee at the hotel. He has been trying to reach him to see how he is faring but thus far, at home or work, has been unable to. (And because of that status both the employee's name and hotel are left out for now.)
To anyone who thinks Mumbai will not have direct personal impact here, that this is not, in small part, what the bastards try to accomplish -- fear, uncertainty etc. -- talk to my cousin.
If I get any info (not likely) and can safely pass it on I will.
p.s. On 9/11 his wife was scheduled to be at a meeting at the convention center that was between the towers, staying at a hotel very nearby. Hotel screwups and she had to stay about a mile away and was late for the meeting.
Another cousin lives a 1/2 hr from Shanksville.
My uncle was on the D.C. beltway enroute to a meeting when his wife called and said turn around now, the Pentagon was just attacked.
Third cousin works for the State Dept. and has had to stay in Georgia. While there she had to eat and drink only what Americans gave her and stay at the hotel unless accompanied by large gentlemen with very large guns.
I take this religious war very personally.
- Yay For Allah! A Pack Of Wild Muslims Seize 170 Hostages At A Radisson Hotel In Mali, Freed Hostages Who Could Recite The Krayon
Imagine your on a vacation, staying at a luxury hotel, and a pack of wild Muslims come in shrieking Allahu Akbar, throwing feces, and performing other such Islamic rites, and they point guns at you, and take you hostage. From AP: BAMAKO, Mali (AP) —...
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I didn't really get to talk to my wife much during that day. A call early "Did you see what happened in New York?" Another "Do you know if they're closing the schools?" An uncharacteristic call to my buddy and hiking partner working near Philly....
- Mumbai Terrorists Had List Of 320 Targeted Areas Around The World
From the Telegraph: Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai: The attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai last year left more than 170 people dead Photo: REUTERSIf a newspaper report is confirmed, it suggests that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group had ambitions...
- Multiple Attacks In Mumbai, Western Targets
Breaking now at Fox: multiple attacks in Mumbai seemingly against western targets; 25 Wounded During Mumbai Terror Attack MUMBAI, India — DEVELOPING: Gunmen targeted luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least...
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