Font Size 
Cit Journo: 'I stared death in the eyes'
Published on Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 23:31, Updated on Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 00:01 in Nation » India section
Tags: Citizen Journalist, Mumbai
'It was a carnage across the tracks...'
Citizen Journalist R Kudva has sent us this first-hand account of the first blast from Khar.
Unfortunately I was one of the firsthand witness to the blast around 6:25 PM near Khar subway.
Our CST-bound train which had just passed and missed that ill fated Borivli local missed the blast by a whisker.
It was really one shocking deafening sound which brought even our train to a standstill.
As we peeped back out in horror we saw the thick black smoke coming out of the Borivili local which screeched to a halt a few yards away.
It was a ghastly experiennce to see people thrown across the adjecent railway tracks crawling in pool of blood, some already senseless and some desperatly trying to sit back and account for the shock.
This was the carnage across the tracks nearby, but I guess in shock no one around even dared to venture or peep inside the wreckage of the comapartment which was ripped open.
There were these motionless people inside very badly burnt and bruised, full of blood and maybe presumed to be dead, left across for the police and railway porters to attend to - a handful of whom, with maybe just one ot two stretchers, lazed on to the blast site a good 15-20 minutes after the blast, although Khar station was just a stone's throw away.
All amongst this chaos stood that ill-fated train with a huge chunk of its roof and a couple of metal window frames of the first class coach blown across two tracks.
It was one hell of an experience to account for.
To hell with the leaders who want to politicise this ghastly event by exchanging blames.
But kudos to the spirit of Mumbai and Mumbaikars! We Will Live through Another Act of Terror - unfazed!
[ Single Page View ]
| Ads by Google |
| Related Ads: | |
Read Comment | Post Comment
Be the first to comment.