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made our way down into the lobby wherethe terrorists had already exited on theirway up.” Dani would later learn that asthey fled the restaurant through the back,the terrorists burst in through the front.“They grabbed a waiter and instructedhim to set the table cloths alight. Whenhe hesitated they killed him. They thenstarted shooting at everyone they saw asWestern foreigners. Two of the peoplewho were sitting at the table next to ourswere shot.”Six from Dani’s party made it outthrough the lobby. The other two wereforced - because of the crush - to run upthe stairwell instead of down. “One ofthem had a room on the 18th floor and sothe two of them barricaded themselvesinside.” The others continued to the 19thfloor. It was to be their last stop!“The next day, when the Indian forcesbroke through onto this floor, all theyfound were dead bodies, besides a Turkishcouple, who had been spared because theywere Moslem.”As Dani and his companions exited thehotel, a car was waiting, “thanks to thecell phone.” Suddenly, they saw a youngwoman covered in blood. “We pulledher into the car and offered to drop herat home.”“All dead, all dead,” she screamed. Shewas the sole survivor of her family that hadbeen dining in the ground floor restaurant.As we arrived outside her home, we sawa commotion in the street. Soldiers andpeople were crowding the area.”Little did Dani know at the time that theyoung woman lived opposite the HabadHouse, where another horrific drama wasunfolding!People, continued on next page.Jabulani CateringExclusive BBO’sLamb on the SpitBeef BiltongWholesale MeatCall DavidJabulani.marketing@gmail.com054-432175341