This Article is From May 27, 2009

26/11 survivors lived to tell their story

The lucky one: Abhijeet

Mumbai:

Six months since 26/11, and the survivors of the attack have barely forgotten those hours.

"I can't forget," says Abhijeet Dalvi. Salvatore Lanniello adds: "There was one panic moment."

"Twenty six of every month -- whether its the 4th or 3rd month has brought back all the memories, says Dalvi.

"A car was coming towards our building and we did not know who it was," Lanniello recalls.

Abhijeet Dalvi, Salvatore Lanniello -- two survivors of 26/11, two men who weren't even in inside the Trident Hotel when it was attacked but went in to rescue their colleagues who were trapped.

As they ran out, they counted their blessings.

Dalvi: "Suddenly we saw that car. The Skoda coming towards us and he opened fire."

They ducked and ran into a parking lot close by and spent the night there. Salvatore: "We could hear bombs all night. Guns going off."

The next morning, they managed to sneak out and get to safety.

Six months on, Salvatore's continues to work on getting more tourists to India.

"We have come to conclusion that Indians, no matter what, fight back and move on."

Dalvi thinks for both Salvatore and him, "26th is the day we were reborn."

And in Abhijeet's case, he's been twice as lucky. First he survived 7/11, and now 26/11.

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