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| From: _Xer (Original Message) | Sent: 11/27/2008 6:35 AM |
What's happening in Mumbai, India, today is scaring the snot out of me. At least 101 people dead and over 200 injured.
Here is a Seattle PI blog:
Terror Attacks in Mumbai: Watching My City on Fire, Calling Home, and Keeping My Eyes on CNN Terror and globalization, indeed, are bringing us together like never before.
My mother called this morning from Mumbai -- "You will hear the news in a few minutes. I wanted to get to you before that and tell you all of us in the family are safe."
I went online and switched on the television news. The news of the Mumbai terror attacks were already online and a few minutes later, there it was on CNN.
I have spent all day watching the news. In July-August this year, I had taken 19 students from Seattle University to Mumbai for a Study Abroad on the journalism and media of Mumbai. Most of them students of journalism, they wrote a daily blog of their days in Mumbai. Back here in Seattle, those students have been on Facebook all day today, informing each other and also emailing the friends they made while in Mumbai. Is everyone OK?
In particular, they are thinking of Leopold Cafe, where they "hung out" almost every night after our work for the day was done. They are also thinking of the Taj Hotel, through which we all walked, admiring the architecture. They are posting on Facebook all the pictures they took in all these Mumbai landmarks that are now under siege.
What an interconnected world we live in. What a strange combination of global media (CNN) and social media (Facebook).
In 1991, as a cub reporter in a Bombay newspaper, I was assigned by my editor to watch CNN's live coverage of the first American war in Iraq. CNN had just started telecasting in India. I was reminded of that time today. All those years ago, I watched CNN in Mumbai to get breaking news coverage from America and Iraq. Today, sitting in my home here in Seattle, I am watching CNN to get news from Mumbai, my first home.
There is also news on CNN: NEW: Gunshots heard at two Mumbai hotels where hostages are being held. Gunmen strike at series of targets popular with tourists and business people 85 dead, 200 wounded, police spokesman says. Police say it is unclear who carried out attacks.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/india.attacks/index.html?eref=edition |
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