Brockton couple, safely home, describe terror of Mumbai attacks

happy thanksgiving!
thankful is an understatment, welcome home

How wonderful for this family! Our prayers are with those who were not so fortunate. In this season of peace, let's commit ourselves to work for peaceful solutions to the world's problems.

welcome home!

Gee ! I'm shocked, How could this happen ? I thought after the November 4 Obama election our troubles with terrorist were over. America was supposed to be liked again. I heard Obama declare that all over the world. Are you sure Willy and Gerrie aren't just looking for their fifteen minutes of fame ?
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The saddest and most telling thing about all of this is its juxtaposition with Bush's concurrent claims to a "legacy" of his (possibily unshared anywhere else) belief that he "liberated" Iraq. It would be nice if he would just slink quietly away, but his anxieties just don't seem likely to let that happen.

What he did was to take a stick to a contentious hornet's nest that, just before he took office, had begun to see respect and efforts at peaceful negotiation between parts of the world that have since re-erupted into violence and hatred.

His strutting, pugnacious imbicility of the past 8 years is at the root of the current third wave of attacks. His juvenile need to color everything in comic-strip tones of dark and light has disequilibrated delicate conversations that might have led to more, not less, peace.

His need for "cowboy hero" status and his hamfisted politiking has played into an already uneasy situation and made it worse. And he's still Daddy's little boy, still trying to make good. Please, W.--just go away.

are you a moron? massacres in Mumbai have nothing to do with Obama or with people looking for 15 minutes of fame. it's a tragedy for those who were caught in the middle, and their families.

so your comment is either cruel, insensitive, moronic - or all of the above.

Don't be a tool, malice. This couple went through a terrifying ordeal, and made it home alive when others didn't. That's all that matters here.

Possibly one of the stupidest comments I have every read Malice, keep up the good work.

@malice420dotcom
You're an idiot.

malice420 . . . yr comments are too lame . . you even give 420 a bad name

Please, Malice - these folks and their family are going to read this. Put aside the barbs and the sarcasm and relate on a human level, just as we do when our troops come home. Can't we be compassionate toward one another, even when we have political differences? Let's share the joy and sympathy these people must feel.

Pane, more than likely you never even finished grammar school, your comment shows how ignorant you are. I would advise getting your GED first, before posting comments, it might take you a couple of years though before you pass the test.

Welcome home. Glad you're both back safe and sound!

Of course they are just looking for their 15 min of fame. There are only so many ways to do that these days - and staging a terrorist attack is much easier than going on a reality show or eating their weight in hot dogs. Granted you have the minor inconvenience of being potentially shot at and killed, but at least this time it was all worth it and they DID get their picture on the FRONT page of the Boston.com webpage. Such a shame all those people had to die in order for them to get those 15 min. I'll bet those 14 hours they spent hiding in their room with no electricity and hearing gun shots, all they were thinking was HQ to get their picture in the pper. Thank you Malice though for that reasonable suggestion.

I'm pretty sure that regardless of who won the november 4 election we should all be glad that this couple made it home safely. We are all grateful that you are home.

What a religion the muslim is.. whose leaders are murderers, and spread messages via terrorists. Awesome religion... God save muslims!

I'll buy a quran (muslim's religious book) today and will burn in my backyard.

Malice420, your comment is unbelievable. These two people were victims -- having nothing to do with Obama or America's current state in the world. How dare you write that they are looking for their 15 minutes of fame. They have just suffered through an unfothomable situation and this is how you respond. I think you need to look at yourself and figure out why you are writing these things because clearly you are doing so to get attention.

Willy and Gerrie, welcome home. I can not imagine what you just went through. My thoughts and prayers are with you as you start the healing process.

Malice,

Wow, that seems like an appropriate screen name for you. Your response here is just disgraceful. Could you take a moment from your irrational Obama-hatred to acknowledge what these poor people have been through and share, for just a moment, the joy at their safe return!? Then maybe you can acknowledge what terrorism is about a what a difficult task dealing with it will be for any American president. This is not the moment for sarcastic political partisanship.

to mailce:
this story has nothing to do with obama being elected. i was a mccain supporter and was very disappointed when he lost, but this is just a nice story out of a tragic event.

Malice and Colleen,

You guys are a disgrace. You type of people are the reason this world is going down. I KNOW THE FAMILY and they def. don't want nor do they need 15 min. of fame. They are kind and loving people who are lucky to have made it home. I am grateful they are back home safe. My thoughts and prayers to you Mr. and Mrs. Stadelmann

I can't believe how much your comments have made me sick to my stomach.