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Thursday 28 August, 2008
 15:22 | 14/Jul/2006 |  1 Comment(s)
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Mumbai Blast - Mahim

It was a terrible day "Tuesday" the 11 July. I never forget this day in my life..
As usual I came to office (Which is situated at mahim), I'd worked all the day and in the evening when I was leaving office...my friend told me to wait for 5 minutes.. actually we're going by 2 seperate routes.. she was suppose to go by bus n me by train.

I waited for her upto 6:15 pm, after we left for the day from the office.. I went to Mahim station, I climed bridge to catch the train running towards churchgate.. It comes on platform no2...The 6:18 churchgate train in mahim station, It was impossible for me to catch that train as it was already on platform and I just came down from the bridge..so I was walking slowly to catch next train.. on pl.3 (which was at my left hand side) Borivali train was going..though it was fast train, it's speed got slower at mahim stn. it was about to catch the speed again when its first 2-3 compartments passed the platform..suddenly I heard the voice of blast..

I thought Pentograph of train must have blasts or some cyliner on platform stall must have blasts... so I continued walking.. but as soon as the voice I heard I've seen the dark smoke moving towards me.. then also I continued walking & at last I stopped walking...when I saw a compartment with fire moving towards me.. I was blank for a moment, I didn't moved from the place where I was standing..I didn't even ran... but a mob of people came towards me & they were shouting get out of the station as bomb-blast took place in this train..run..run fast..get away fromt the station..get out of the station...

Then I ran towards the bridge..but then also I was feeling, lets stand here and lets watch what happend and if possible help the people... but the particals of the train, the parts of the human bodies and the hearttaking shouts of the people were making the people (who r on platform) to get away from the station.. the particals and the blood was thre on the platform..

I stand for a moment below the bridge... but the smoke (it was very bad) n fire made me to get out of the station.. one old man took me out of the Mahim station... I was just can't breath just because of smoke and the scene I seen.. in that situation also I'd called one of my friend & told hime abt the blast..afterwards I called my office friend(b'coz of her I left late frm office) n told abt blast and the afterwards I called home to tell them not to worry abt me, I'm fine but will come late..

I was not knowing that serial blasts had occured..when I went to Dadar I came to know that Serial blasts had occured on western railway..

It was a terrible experience and was a very bad day...

I was just thinking after that, If my friend didn't got late on that day..then I must have got injured or may be I would have died in that blast...
I'm really very thankful to the God and my friend.. 

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