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| On first-ever train ride, twins die in each other's arms |
| 2010-05-29 |
| KOLKATA: Little Shirin and Sharmin hardly knew who Maoists were or why they would target their train. On their first ever vacation, all that the mirror-image twins could think about was what they would do in Mumbai, pose for pictures in identical frocks, take the ferry to Elephanta... They went to sleep hugging each other. They died that way. On Friday morning, even hardened CRPF men broke down as the bodies of the seven-year-olds from Kolkata were pulled out of the mangled S4 coach of the GyaneshwariExpress. Their parents — schoolteachers Sayed Javed Alam, 35, and Sabiya, 30 — had saved for years the hard way to give the twins a week of happiness. They, too, died. Javed and Sabiya's bodies were recovered first, around 12.30pm. CRPF jawans, moving inch by inch into coach S4, then spotted a tiny hand, a cheek and a wisp of dark brown hair. The pace of work picked up instantly. The gas cutter sliced through twisted iron bars. A metal panel was pulled away. The first rescuer stepped in, and stood rooted in shock for a second. The girls lay on a crumpled berth, holding each other tight, one's head buried in the other's chest. Shirin and Sharmin wore identical frocks, in green and yellow. They seemed asleep, but for the blood that had caked on their faces. The jawans had to pry the girls' arms loose to remove their bodies. The twins' maternal grandmother Mehasar Jahan, 60, and aunt Johar Jahan, 45, are critically injured. It was the family's first holiday together. Javed and Sabiya were teachers at an English medium school where Johar Jahan was the principal. "Bhabi ja rahi hoon," Sabiya had told her neighbour on 6 Abdul Ali Row on Thursday night while leaving for Howrah station. "Sabiya was excited that her twin daughters would see Mumbai. But they perished just hours into their journey. How could fate be so cruel to the family? I feel terrible. Her girls were little angels," she said. Shirin and Sharmin were Class II students at Jewish Girls' School on Ripon Street. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #9 #8 Maoists my ass. /General Chiang Kai-shek |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-29 21:04 |
| #8 Maoists my ass. |
| Posted by: Goober Goobelopolous 2010-05-29 20:19 |
| #7 Blondie, in this case, the murderers were Maoists, not Muslims. So they probably don't have a God. As my Dad likes to say, "Just because you don't believe in Hell doesn't mean Hell doesn't believe in you." Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2010-05-29 15:19 |
| #6 I thought I had been hardened too a lot of stuff through the usage of the internet over the years but this was a real tear jerker |
| Posted by: chris 2010-05-29 13:38 |
| #5 a special place in hell should be reserved for the people who did this. I disagree slightly, I think this earth should be Hell for them, I doubt there is any god (Or this shit wouldn't be happening in the first place) So it's up to us Humans to make these evil persons experience hell here, Start with flogging or Bull whipping, castrate them with dull toole and no anesthetic, Slowly cut their fingers and toes off, a half inch at a time, break their elbows and knees and be sure to make their cohorts know about it. Theen and only then will this shit stop. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-05-29 13:26 |
| #4 Kimmie, Maoist in India, Missiles at Taiwan, arms for terror in Iran and Pakiwakiland... intersection point in China? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-05-29 13:12 |
| #3 Blondie, in this case, the murderers were Maoists, not Muslims. So they probably don't have a God. On the other hand, I do agree with you that a special place in hell should be reserved for the people who did this. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-05-29 12:43 |
| #2 Death toll mounts to 110 in West Bengal train attack |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-05-29 11:58 |
| #1 RIP, little angels. May there be a special place in Hell reserved for those who did this to you, and for all who kill innocents in the service of demons they call gods. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-05-29 11:55 |