Saturday 22nd of May 2010… 6.30 am.
The World woke up to one of the deadliest and unfortunate air tragedies in Mangalore. Air India Express flight 812 from Dubai to Mangalore, carrying 166 passengers, got completely burnt, and killing 158 people and eight miraculous survivors.
A completely disturbing day. Nevertheless it was one with intense passion, emotion and vigor. Ardent about the tragedy that overcomes all of us Indians as one of our craft crashes in Mangalore. Passionate about all those who lost their lives in the crash. Fervent about the families, relatives and friends of the victims. Zealous about our own family and friend’s safety!
All natural calamities, freak accidents, man made catastrophes follow a simple straightforward pattern in our minds… One that instigates us to immediately think about Ourselves First! A tragedy, an accident and our thoughts first go to whether there were any of ours involved. Family, friends, and people we know. After that has been cleared of our minds we then move the next step… Expressing the correct sentiment at the correct time… condemning the tragedy and the rest. Prayers for the departed, condolences to the bereaved family and sympathy to those that suffered because of the disaster.
An entire day spent in the repercussion of the plane crash tragedy, thanks to the unremitting drilling from the electronic media… How insensitive can TV channels be… some even when to the extent of stating that THEY were the first to reach the hospital, where the injured were housed… Well how does that matter?? So that we can have live coverage of people being operated on?? So that we can barbarically continue to watch burnt, charred bodies of the victims? Respect!! Respect the Victims, their families, who can you show such visuals for the sake of higher viewer rating?? How?? Channels are ONLY interested in selling itself, than actually reporting the tragic circumstances. Something similar to time of 9/11 attack/ Mumbai attack and many more!!
From Morning to Evening, they continued showing a same burnt, body of a kid and this was shown over and over again… But why?? What did the poor child do? She/ He died?? Is that all??
What we fail to understand is that these are instances, GOD, proves to us that he is still the ultimate, and Omnipotent and nothing or no one can change that!! We are shown proof of our mortality in such ways… We need to consider that as hard as if it to see once End right in front of their very own eyes, its harder to go like this… It’s a trauma already for all those people related to them and otherwise to see such a sight! To think they were to land safely and in a few minutes be with their family and friends and instead they are on every Single TV Channel… shown in the most disrespectful and insolent way… It truly pains me… Sad Sad Sad Day!
It’s a Shame, that *WE* are like this only!!!
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