A friend of mine is working as a teacher in an international school in Islamabad. I received the following email minutes ago, telling his personal account of the experience. I had an interesting day yesterday but am fine and so is my house. I was watching TV when the first earthquake hit (over 20 aftershocks!) just before 9 AM and looked out the window to see my car moving back and forth in the driveway. I had encountered earthquakes forRead more
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Bali Bomb – Video
I’ve decided not to upload the copy of the video I have – as I’m not sure how my web host would hold up. Instead, here’s a link to the footage online via The Australian. I don’t care to show any images of this, but the Indonesian police have released images of the terrorist’s severed heads to aid in investigations and identification. From The Times Online: Investigators hunting for the masterminds behind three co-ordinated suicide bombings on the island ofRead more
Bali Bombing – Amateur Video Taken
Amazingly, someone happened to be recording video from inside one of the restaurants that were bombed. The Indonesian television has started playing the tape continuously. Basically, a guy was walking through the restaurant with his video camera on, all of a sudden there was a bright flash of light with a booming noise, and everyone was screaming and running into the streets. TheyÂ’ve replayed it in slow motion, and I actually recorded it with my own video camera. If anyoneRead more
Bali Bombing Update
*Update* – “The bodies of 22 people were counted in two hospitals – 11 at Sangla and 11 at Graha Asih – officials there said. Close to 50 others were admitted with injuries, many of them serious,including eight Australians and two Americans.” According to the local news, they’ve found 4 bombs that were not detonated. The local stations are now displaying images of the charred bodies and body parts – something I truly wish they wouldn’t do, out of respectRead more
Airline Crash in Sumatra
This is just horrible. It’s too early to be picked up by the major news networks (correction: they have it now), so I thought I’d post it here. From the Jakarta Post. Another link to BBC’s coverage. Indonesian jet with over 100 on board crashes into residential area JAKARTA (Agencies): – An Indonesian passenger plane with over 100 people on board crashed into a residential area shortly after taking off from the northern city of Medan, officials said. The MandalaRead more
Calm Before the Storm
I took these images only 2 days before the earthquake. No further words are needed. In case you didn’t see this, it was left as a comment on my previous post. This tragedy is not just ‘headlines’ for many people around the world. Hi Brandon. I�ve just received news that my sister�s husband�s family in Aceh have all perished. The number reached almost 30. The last group of bodies that were found is his uncle, aunt, their 2 year oldRead more