It was a year after the 9/11 Blasts in the US and that was the main coz of my worry throut this following situation . WE would hear of terrorists here,terrorists there etc and then this event happened once.
We were returning from the US and on the way to BOmbay,our transit was in Paris Airport. We had to spend a few hours in Paris. When we reached there, the time was after Midnight. There were only a few people waiting for the nxt flight, otherwise the place was almost deserted. My hubby had gone to the restroom to freshen up and I was waiting there with my elder girl (who was One year old then).
One fellow who was sitting nearby was getting friendly with my elder girl. He was in his early thirties not knowing fluent English. My girl and that stranger were having fun making faces at each other. After some time ,this fellow asks me if I know Arabic...I said that I didn't. We then shifted to another place as I felt something fishy bout him .Also I had a feeling that he was following us. I was still waiting for My husband who was taking longer than Usual. Again this fellow comes and tries to be friendly. He had a shoulder bag in his hand. He suddenly says something and then leaves his bag right next to me and hurries off. I was dumbstruck.
I didn't know what to do...there were a zillion things running thru my MInd but the greatest worry was "WAS IT A BOMB?" the next thing on my mind was to flee the place....the problem was that I had to gather 3 carry bags and a child ....i somehow grabbed all the bags and my girl and rushed towards the my Husbands restroom...i thot my heart which was beating hard would come out of my mouth and burst ....luckily my husband had just came out and I explained ething to him . He told me to calm down as he thought I was imagining stuff.
We went walking back eying the bag at the same time. A few seconds later that fellow came running, took his bag and left. O MY! what a releif. I can't think of going thru a similiar situation again.
