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"We Will Take the Bullets First": Solidarity Recalled from Mumbai Attacks
Original: "If Bullets Are Fired, We Will Take Them First": Borderless Solidarity That Saved Lives in Mumbai Terror Attacks
Accounts are circulating of how, during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, people displayed borderless solidarity that saved lives, summed up in the pledge: "If bullets are fired, we will take them first." The phrase highlights civilians and strangers shielding one another regardless of nationality as gunmen struck hotels and other sites across the city. It is being shared as a reminder of human courage amid terrorism.
Why now: The story is being highlighted as an example of human solidarity and courage in the face of terrorism.
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- "If Bullets Are Fired, We Will Take Them First": Borderless Solidarity That Saved Lives in Mumbai Terror Attacks · news.sbs.co.kr
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