Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 02:17:43 07/09/05
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On July 09, 2005 at 01:23:22, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Terry, > >Nice story. I wonder if Mr. K's luck will hold out in Florida. Actually >Hurricane Dennis is headed for Mississippi. > > >TJ It will only hit the Florida Keys, then head inland, I agree Kasparov is in little danger, at least from the Hurricane. > > >On July 08, 2005 at 22:17:52, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>09.07.2005 The Thursday atrocities in London left the world stunned, with >>terrorists hitting the nerve centres of the city's transport system. After the >>initial horror had subsided, and the phones were working again, we started >>contacting our friends. None had been harmed, but one escaped disaster by just >>twenty minutes. It is hard to believe who that was... >> >> >>Thursday night and Friday morning we were able to contact most of our friends in >>London, and found them all shocked but safe. Malcolm Pein, whose London Chess >>Centre lies right between the sites of three of the explosions, told us how he >>had experienced the events. His description is given below. >> >>But the real stunner came on Friday morning, when we received a call from – >>Garry Kasparov. He was at Heathrow Airport, on his way to Florida. Somewhat >>reluctantly he gave us the harrowing details of his stay in London. >> >>On Thursday morning Garry had decided to make a trip to the countryside in the >>north of the city. To get there he and his wife decided to take the London >>Underground. They got on the train at King's Cross and travelled to their >>destination without incident. Once they arrived they learnt what had happened. A >>quick time check revealed that they had been at the place of the King's Cross >>explosion twenty to maximum thirty minutes before it had happened. >> >>Getting back to the hotel was another adventure. The two were lucky enough to >>find a cab on the outskirts, and the Pakistani driver somehow navigated his way >>through the gridlock to deliver them safely at their hotel. Himself a Muslim, >>the driver was deeply upset by what had taken place. >> >>We must say that Garry Kasparov leads a dangerous life. Just a week earlier he >>had been to Dagestan, where shortly after his departure a bomb packed with metal >>rods shredded three military trucks and killed 11 Russian soldiers. Thank >>heavens the next stop, Florida, where he is working on his new book, is probably >>fairly safe. Except perhaps for Hurricane Dennis... >> >>whole article.. >>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2502
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