Terrorist attack in Mumbai

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(image above from huffington post)

News of this attack came just as I was leaving for a Thanksgiving trip so this post originally had re-posts of news reports and asked for firsthand accounts.  Now that I’m back with access to the internet and a chance to catch up on the full details, I will start posting some more useful information.

First of all, the NY Times published an article called “Citizen Journalists Provide Glimpses Into Attacks” where they refer to Harvard Professor Arun Shanbhag who describes his firsthand account with commentary and photos on his blog arunshangbhag.com.  Residing in Boston, he happened to be in Mumbai during the attacks.  The article continues to talk about all of the various online channels we, everyday citizens, have at our disposal to share photos, videos, and more with the rest of the world.  Just think if we had Twitter and if blogs were prevalent during our 9/11?  At this point, where there are more questions that answers, everyone is a news source.  Just be careful not to get caught up in rumors that are equally viral during major events such as the attcks on Mumbai.  As I begin reading through Arun’s account on his blog, my first reaction is why was he and so many people able to get so close to the death and destruction?  He has some real close-ups of blood stained sidewalks (i know, hold your tummies if you decide to look) that I would think should be restricted areas of travel.

BBC News posted accounts of 5 survivors in an article called “Eyewitness:  Mumbai Survivors“.  The consistent thread in these reports seems to be that the police were late to arrive and seemed ill prepared to respond fully.

Another NY Times article, “The Personal Sting of Terrorism” has a youtube link to India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s address to the nation (I’m posting it below) along with some harsh criticism about his delayed response, stoic expression, and lack of issuing any condeming words.  The fingers will certainly be pointing everywhere as this crisis unfolds.

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