On Friday 19 Dec 2008 4:19:00 am Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > On 19-Dec-08, at 1:37 AM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] > > > eliminate terrorism with humour. that's my solution. it's hard to > > shoot > > off an ak47 when you're rotfl. > > Ah yes, laughing gas canisters, you think they will be enough? India > also has a no first use policy on chemical warfare :-)
Yes hilarious fun stuff! If you like playing with guns - it's more fun to see bits of flesh and bone flying off people than laughing gas. Enjoy.. http://www.millionface.com/l/first-hand-account-his-dad-survived-the-mumbai-2611-carnage/ > The terrorists then rounded up anyone alive (about 20 people) and made them > climb the service staircase to the 18th floor. On reaching the 18th floor > landing they made the people line up against a wall. One terrorist then > positioned himself on the staircase going up from the landing and the other > on the staircase going down from the landing. Then, in a scene right out of > the Holocaust, they simultaneously opened fire on the people. My father was > towards the center of the line with his two friends on either side. Out of > reflex, or presence of mind, he ducked as soon as the firing began. One > bullet grazed his neck, and he fell to the floor as his two friends and > several other bodies piled on top of him. The terrorists then pumped > another series of bullets into the heap of bodies to finish the job. This > time a bullet hit my father in the back hip. Bent almost in double, crushed > by the weight of the bodies above him, and suffocating in the torrent of > blood rushing down on him from the various bodies my father held on for ten > minutes while the terrorists left the area. When he finally had the courage > to wiggle his arms he found that there were four other survivors in the > room. They communicated to each other by touch as they were too afraid to > make a sound. My father moved just enough to allow himself room to breathe > and then lay still. The survivors passed over twelve hours lying still in > the heap of bodies too afraid to move. They constantly heard gunfire and > hand grenades going off in the other parts of the hotel. They feared that > any noise would bring the terrorists back. After approximately twelve > hours, the terrorists returned with a camera and flashlight and joked and > laughed as they filmed what they thought was a pile of dead bodies. They > then moved to the landing below where they set up explosives. On their > departing, my father decided that it was too risky to remain where they > were due to the explosives. Along with the other three survivors he climbed > the rest of the stairwell, where they discovered a large HVAC plant room in > which they decided to take shelter. They passed the rest of the siege > hiding in this room trying to get the attention of the outside world by > waving a makeshift flag out of the window. They drank sips of dirty water > from the Air Conditioning unit to survive. Finally on Friday morning they > were spotted by a commando rescue team that was storming the building and > were evacuated to safety and taken to the hospital. shiv
