Moshe and the nanny who saved him!

Gunfire…indiscriminately at passers-by on the street

Grenade explosions

Shrapnel

Blazes

Satellite connections cut

Gunmen with red and blue backpacks knocking on locked hotel doors

Hostages

Soldiers rappelling down ropes from military choppers onto roofs

…

A surreal experience

Hearts pounding

“Run!”

A city of 13 million paralyzed

Rumors of who is responsible

…

About 183 people…Indians (including 17 police officers and military), Europeans (including a British yacht magnate and three Germans), Americans (including a father and daughter—who happened to be the same age as my daughter), Australian, one Chinese and a Canadian…have been confirmed killed since terrorist attacks began Wednesday on several high-traffic landmarks in Mumbai, India.

It is so shocking to watch on TV!

Eleven terrorists (young men in their 20’s) have been killed—estimates say there were about 26 heavily armed gunmen.

My heart warms as I hear about the rescued boy, Moshe, who is supposed to celebrate his second birthday today, Saturday…but then I hear his parents, who were with him, are not among those who survived the killings.

Their love will live on—with all the people they touched.

Relieved guests, many of them foreigners and some children hugged one another before boarding buses and vans brought in to take them away.

My heart goes out to the victims and their families.

“We can’t let this get to us. Life has to go on,” said one Mumbaiker. “Most us haven’t ever met each other but when you go through something like this, you want a big hug.”

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend
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