Personal account of someone who survived the Mumbai massacre

Moving testimony from Peter O'Malley, who found himself in the center of the Mumbai massacre.

His conclusion:

Agnostic and atheist friends have told me that they’d be a wreck if such a thing had happened to them. But my feeling is that the Lord, for some reason, put His protective hands around me. I had little to do with my deliverance; He was and is in control, and that is fine with me.

What good can come out of this dreadful experience? Hopefully a more widespread recognition that the power of prayer and an unshakeable faith in God’s loving plan can get us through anything. That is why I am offering this account to Catholic Exchange. I want others to pray and draw closer to Christ and His Mother, especially in these uncertain times.

A harrowing account, but inspirational to see how his faith never left but rather aided him in his distress.