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Mumbai blasts: Interior decorator cheated death, twice

NAVI MUMBAI: Vashi interior decorator Deepak Patel escaped death by a whisker in the 11/7 train blasts five years ago and promptly became one of the many Mumbaikars to vow never to commute by train again. On Wednesday, however, his cars window panes were shattered by the Dadar blast and he escaped death—again by a whisker—prompting him to wonder how he should travel in Mumbai. The 36-year-old considers himself twice lucky after he escaped death on Wednesday. But, now after my second brush with a bomb blast on Wednesday while driving my Maruti Esteem car in Dadar, I really wonder who is really safe in the city, said Patel, a little shaken. Early on Thursday morning, Patel visited a Sai Baba temple at Vashi to offer his deepest gratitude to the lord. Patel, who was travelling to Navi Mumbai along with two of his office employees, recalled that his car was just 3 metres away from the Dadar bus-stop where the explosion occurred a little after 7pm. Our car was closest to the bus-stop. Immediately after the blast, the rear glass window shattered while the front windscreen cracked due to the impact. All three of us immediately jumped out of the vehicle, said Patel, who received innumerable calls from friends and relatives after his damaged car was repeatedly shown on TV news channels.

                                                                                                               
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