In this photo provided by Chabad.org, Rabbi Gavriel, right, and his wife Rivkah Holtzberg, left, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Mumbai, India, perform a Jewish wedding in Mumbai, India, in 2006. Holtzberg was at one of the sites attacked by suspected militants in Mumbai, Nov. 26, 2008.
The terrorists entered Chabad House, Mumbai headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jews, situated inside the better-known Nariman House, near the southern tip of the city, on the night of Nov 26 and laid a bloody siege right till the afternoon of Nov 28. It was one of the last places to be freed of the terrorists.
The 30-year-old rabbi and his wife's bullet ridden bodies were found along with four others. But his two-year-old son Moshe miraculously survived, thanks to his nanny Sandra Samuel, and is now in Israel.
A year later, the Chabad House is a regular tourist spot with visitors making their way past crowded bylanes. The shops and houses are back in action, the rattle of gunfire faded into memory.
Every square inch riddled with bullets
Every square inch of Chabad House is riddled with bullets. Construction work is underway but the reminders of the ghastly attack stand out.
Small groups of people crowd its entrance, and share stories. Like about the late rabbi's benevolence.
Just a day before the attack, the doors of the Chabad House were thrown open to the very men who attacked it, say some.
