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Kulthe

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2022-12-15
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2022-12-15
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  1. “We, the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, continue to wait for justice, as the sponsors of those dastardly attacks remain free, even after 14 years. Too many lives have been lost, too many children have been orphaned and too many people have been traumatized. I urge the international community, through the Council, to bring to justice the sponsors of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and to give closure to the families of the victims.”

    2022-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9221 (2022) · source

  2. “Although the terror and horror of that night are still alive with me, I soothe myself by thinking of the several lives that I and my colleagues in the hospital saved. One month after the terrorist attack, I was summoned by the authorities to identify the lone terrorist who survived the attacks, Ajmal Kasab. Although my family feared reprisals for my decision to testify in court, I chose to be a witness. In the jail, when I recognized him, he smiled sarcastically and said, “Madam, you recognized me correctly. I am Ajmal Kasab.” Kasab did not have one iota of remorse, and he had no shame or guilt. His sense of victory haunts me even today. Whenever I see news reports on television about terrorist attacks anywhere in the world, my heart goes out to the victims and survivors of such attacks, who go on to live rest of their lives in trauma.”

    2022-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9221 (2022) · source

  3. “While we were climbing the staircase, we heard heavy gunfire and hand-grenade explosions. With faith, I managed to get my patient to the labour room, and a while later we were able to deliver a healthy baby. Then I returned to my ward to check on my other 19 patients. We spent the whole night in complete darkness, with the patients locked up in rooms. The next morning, we opened the doors as the police arrived. It was hard to believe that we were alive. I could not sleep peacefully for many nights, waking up several times in middle of the night with vivid memories of the terrorist attack. I shiver even today as I recall the night of the terrorist attacks. While the terrorists were killing human beings like insects, I am happy that I was able to save the lives of 20 pregnant women and their unborn babies.”

    2022-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9221 (2022) · source

  4. “While we were hiding in the ward, I thought to myself, “Death is inevitable in this life — why not die valiantly?” I consoled my terrified patients, who were in advanced stages of pregnancy. I feared that some of them might go into labour because of fear-induced high blood pressure, a condition that could be extremely serious for both the mother’s and the baby’s life. And my fear came alive: suddenly a patient shrieked that she was going into labour. My medical officer could not come down from the second floor. I felt helpless. I did not know what to do next. Suddenly, I felt my uniform give me courage and my passion for nursing give me clarity of thought. I escorted my patient to the pregnancy ward, but she was scared and reluctant to come there with me. I reassured her and requested that she follow me.”

    2022-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9221 (2022) · source

  5. “I also informed the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer that terrorists had entered the building and were firing. As I rushed to the ward, on the first floor, I saw the same two terrorists shooting the hospital’s two security guards. Both the security guards fell on the floor, bleeding heavily. I was extremely scared. I gathered my courage and rushed to the first floor. I closed the main iron door and shifted all the patients to the pantry with the help of another staff member. I locked the door and switched off the lights so that the shooters could not see the patients. I wanted to protect my patients from the terrorists’ shots at all costs. As I was locking the door, I saw two terrorists rushing towards the second floor, chased by some policemen. We heard continuous firing. We experienced heavy shocks from the explosion of grenades.”

    2022-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9221 (2022) · source

  6. “I had two helpers, Hira and Madhu, assisting me. An hour later, we were informed that the city’s main railway station, about a mile from the hospital, had been stormed by terrorists. Our senior officials called and asked us to prepare for an emergency. At around 10:30 p.m., as we were preparing, we heard gunshots being fired from behind the hospital. I and my helpers quickly moved to the window of my ward’s bathroom. We saw two people with guns enter the hospital after jumping over the wall. One of them fired at our window. We narrowly escaped the bullet, which hit one of my helper’s thumbs, as well as the lights in the ward. Hira’s thumb was bleeding profusely, and the room was dark. I escorted her to the accident ward on the ground floor for treatment.”

    2022-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9221 (2022) · source

  7. “Ms. Kulthe (spoke in Hindi; English interpretation provided by the delegation): I am Anjali Vijay Kulthe, from Mumbai. I am a staff nurse at the Cama and Albless Hospital in Mumbai, one of India’s oldest hospitals, established in 1886 exclusively for women and children with support from private donors. I have worked at the hospital for the past 22 years. I am one of the fortunate ones who survived the terrorist attack on the hospital on the night of 26 November 2008. As a victim and survivor of terrorism, I bring to the Security Council the voice of the trauma and sorrow endured by the families of the victims and survivors of terrorist attacks all over the world. On 26 November 2008, I had a night shift in the antenatal care unit that began at 8 p.m. Twenty pregnant women were in my charge that night.”

    2022-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9221 (2022) · source