Mar
11
Madrid, 11 of March 2004
plaza colón, originally uploaded by leisuretronic.
This post is inspired (like some others as well) by my friend Fosco. On his blog, he recalls what happened exactly 3 years ago, March 11 of 2004 in Madrid, Spain. This day early in the morning, various bombs ripped apart commuter trains loaded with workers and students. 200 people died in the event. It was the fiercest manifestation of terror in Europe so far.
I was living in Madrid during this period. In fact, a text message from Fosco saying "Atocha's been bombed" woke me up the very morning.
The great confusion in the aftermath of the attacks ("who did it? why?"), the crazy news-reporting and the impression that the then government had a certain preference on whom to blame for the attacks, created a weird situation.
This post is inspired (like some others as well) by my friend Fosco. On his blog, he recalls what happened exactly 3 years ago, March 11 of 2004 in Madrid, Spain. This day early in the morning, various bombs ripped apart commuter trains loaded with workers and students. 200 people died in the event. It was the fiercest manifestation of terror in Europe so far.
I was living in Madrid during this period. In fact, a text message from Fosco saying "Atocha's been bombed" woke me up the very morning.
The great confusion in the aftermath of the attacks ("who did it? why?"), the crazy news-reporting and the impression that the then government had a certain preference on whom to blame for the attacks, created a weird situation.
