The two terrorists then told us to go inside the bathroom and Kasab followed us. There were four latrine rooms inside, in first room my elder brother-in-law and my friend were there which had no latch, in second room my cousin and a one more person was there, in the third room my sister who had delivered the baby and my elder sister were there and the fourth room was empty.
Terrorist Ajmal Kasab firing shots at CST Station before entering Cama Hospital
When Kasab came in, he kicked the second and the third door but I believe the Lord did not allow him to kick the first door which had no latch otherwise it would have opened easily. The Word of God says “A thousand may fall to your side and a ten thousand to your right hand but it shall not come near you”(Psalm 91:7). Kasab pointed the gun towards my brother-in-law and asked him to call the people out. The LORD gave wisdom to my bro-in-law and he called out in Hindi “Come out” and then in Telugu (language spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh) he said, “Don’t come out”. The terrorists could not understand this language.
Kasab then asked us to stand facing the wall and we obeyed him. He was trying to shoot us but he was unable to do so as the Word says “The weapons formed against you shall not prosper”(Isa-54:17). As Abu was searching in the ward he found an elderly man. He was asked to stand with us but he refused and kept pleading with him “Don’t kill me in the bathroom, kill me here itself”. So they caught him by his hair, pinned him on the ground and shot him.
We were praying in our hearts “LORD save him” knowing that next was our turn. But the Word of GOD says “I will satisfy you with long life” (Psalm 91:16) and “Call Me in the times of trouble and I will rescue you and you shall glorify Me” (Psalm 50:15). Abu found one more person in the corner of the ward, who was an employee of the hospital and made him stand with us in a queue. Both the terrorists were trying to shoot us but were unable to do so because I believe that the LORD sent His angels to save us.
Suddenly they stepped backwards and went out of the bathroom and locked us from outside. However inside there was no latch to keep ourselves safe. Through this the LORD was showing that “I AM the Redeemer and battle is mine”. Later my brother told me that when he was lying on the floor they stood in the ward for around ten minutes quietly. In the meantime few policemen went on the sixth floor searching for them. The terrorists followed the policemen on the sixth floor and shot two of them to death and left others injured.
The LORD confused them to such an extent that they wasted their arms and bullets by exploding four hand grenades and firing 100s of bullets on the walls, ceilings and empty elevators (we could hear the gunshots).
Meanwhile we were praying and interceding inside the bathroom and the HOLY SPIRIT led us in prayer, we were confessing the Word of God, binding the spirit of terrorism and death simultaneously releasing the Spirit of Life. No one came till the next two hours, then 10 policemen came and opened the door. When the doors were opened we saw the old man who was shot, lying on the ground, my brother who was unharmed and other people injured on the floor. We helped to take the injured to the nearby G.T. Hospital.
I would also like to share that I used to faint at the sight of blood but the LORD strengthened and enabled me to help the injured people. We came back to Cama Hospital, we opened the doors of the consulting rooms and other room where the people were hiding to tell them that they are now safe.
I had asked the Lord “Why did you allow 10 of us believers to be trapped by terrorists in the Hospital”? The Lord God GOD answered me “Because of your presence other people were saved”. My mind went to the book of Genesis where Abraham pleaded for Sodom and Gomorrah & God promised him “If I find 10 righteous people I will save the city”.
Our God is a living God and indeed He fights for His children. All glory be unto His name!!!
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