41 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coinsreporter 11 Sep \ on: Where Were You and What Does Today Mean to You? mostly_harmless
I wasn't there but those were the times when India used to get hit by terrorists every year in major cities. I was in High school when this sad incident happened and looking at the visuals and all channels on TV were showing the catastrophic visions left me with so much about 9/11 that I found myself in a confirmation bias for the exact time for years. When I see 9/11 on the clock, I got like terrified. Then, a bombing in Jaipur happened in 2008 and I was hardly 50 metres from one sight of bombing. I just remember that while I was 20+ but still crying with unstoppable tears for I thought I lost my cousin but more because I had never seen so many people lying on the road, some are dead and some are about to and some eyes were open but body still and then my cousin who was slapping his cheek because he couldn't listen anything.
That was not as big a bomb but was done at a crowded area outside a temple. Because, I witnessed 9/11 on TV and also witnessed terrorism after 7 years of 9/11 live before my eyes. I only feel that those who do it aren't humans at all.
Now that you mention it I remember growing up and it seemed at the time that India was under almost constant terror attacks from extremists. I just remember seeing on the news announcements of bombings and the 2008 Mumbai attacks I can clearly remember because of the hotel. Something about that hotel really stuck with me.
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Were you in India in 2008?
Yes, one of the grandest hotels in India, The Taj Hotel was attacked in November 2008, the same year when, I can see the most of the terror attacks were done. It was because the 2010 Commonwealth Games were scheduled in New Delhi and they wanted to create an atmosphere of fear among the foreign countries.