Amma said that it will be impossible for 3 adults to manage 9 kids. As that made so much sense, I didn’t press any further. So we started playing, amidst two cricket teams, few dogs, a karate class and many on-lookers. The next one hour was full of fun, laughter, joy, tussles. I too had become a kid amidst the group.
7.50 AM
Amma realized that she has to go home to make breakfast. She thought it would be un-reasonable to let the guests, my aunts, cook. She asked us to wrap up, and surprisingly, none of the kids protested! They were arguing, watching the ships and discussing about harbors and light houses, but were walking towards the car. We reached our car, packed ourselves inside and started in about 10 mins.
Harish(7th Std.) had read about the harbor in his lessons, and asked dad if we could take a closer look at it. Dad was driving on the Beach road, and thought we could just go further down, closer to the port and then go home. We crossed the Napier’s bridge went straight, but by now, amma was getting worried. She wanted to get back ASAP and nudged dad. Dad showed the cranes at a distance and told the kids, ‘It’s kind of misty there and they wouldn’t let us inside’ and turned to go home.
After about 40 minutes drive, we reached home at 8.40. All the people at home, by then had got some news about water entering the city. They also had heard about the earthquake and asked us if we spotted anything different in the beach. We assured that the beach was calm and it could all be rumors.
In about an hour, when there was enough information about the heartbreaking disaster, we just couldn’t believe it. We saw that Sea Goddess had attempted to swallow the same beach road, the same Vivekanada hall! That day, that hour, that minute, that moment was actually gifted to us by God! Till date, am in a trance and it all feels like a magic!
· If my brother had gone jogging, we would have waited for him
· If Amma had agreed to go to the waters?
· If the kids had pleaded for extra time?
· If we had gone to the harbor?
· If amma didn’t have to make breakfast?
The beach scene as we left it was so vivid in the memory. We prayed and wished that everyone should have left just as we did.
It is one year now, and I share this miracle with heartfelt Thanks and pay homage to the victims. Praying to God to give all the strength and support to the surviving…
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5 comments:
thank god!
you people were blessed by the god!
wat a traumatic thing happened it can't be forget!
MAY GOD BLESS THE SOULS WHO LOST THEIR LIFE
Cheers!
:)
Timely and Nice Gesture.
hi:
i was also just there on that day. I had a train to catch at 715, and I asked my dad to drive me through the beach road even though it was out of the way. I got no whiff of the disaster till i reached my hostel in bangalore. People in the train were talking something like tanni ulla vandortu etc etc, and i thought that they were referring to some water problem problem that they are facing.
Only when i saw abt the tsunami on the TV, did i realize how devastating it was. And even today, just thinking that i drove past the beach 1/2 hr before the disaster normally, saw people jogging, chatting, enjoying nornally...gives me the creeps.....just cant believe how uncertain man can be in front of nature
hi:
i too was there on 26th december. had a train in the morning and i asked my dad to drive thro marina in the morning, even though it was out of the way....
i still feel something odd everytime i read or see somethin about the tsunami....
i just cant believe that i had been at the very point of devastation just 1/2 hour ago.....just thinking of it gives me the shivers!!
kaushik
Hi Kaushik,
I just had the comment moderator on, and that is why it took a while for your comment to appear. Sorry about that.
and yeah, believe me, My mom hasn't been to the beach after that and the enthusiasm is lost in me too..
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