Before I realised,my mother was dead

Till around 6:45 pm,only one survivor,reportedly a foreigner,could be rescued from S-2. In other bogies,some of which were hanging in the air,the rescue work was slow.

Written by Prashant Pandey

Malwan | July 11, 2011 03:10 AM IST

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Till around 6:45 pm,only one survivor,reportedly a foreigner,could be rescued from S-2. In other bogies,some of which were hanging in the air,the rescue work was slow. At 7 pm,the railway authorities claimed that there were only half-a-dozen survivors in S-1,S-2,pantry car and one general coach.

Shahana (14),a resident of Bhogal in Delhi,was in S-2 when the incident occurred. Suddenly,the bogie moved wildly and there was a heavy jolt. Before I realised my mother,Shakeena (32),who was sitting with me,was dead. My father,Suleman,who works in a factory in Delhi,sustained fractures on his shoulder. His right arm was already paralysed. I was sitting near the emergency exit. I managed to open it and come out. My brother came out too. But after that I lost him in the melee, sobbed Shahana,as she frantically looked for her brother,Shahzad (13).

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Before I realised,my mother was dead

Till around 6:45 pm,only one survivor,reportedly a foreigner,could be rescued from S-2. In other bogies,some of which were hanging in the air,the rescue work was slow.

Before I realised,my mother was dead