The closure of sorts that came with the secret hanging of Kasab was in complete contrast to the public telecast of the three days of mayhem. Security personnel, including from the National Security Guard, the army and the navy, battled hard to overcome the gunmen.
Kasab, then only about 21 years old, was the only one to be caught alive. Caught on CCTV casually walking down CST with a backpack and an Ak-47 slung across his shoulder, he was nabbed on the first day itself by the intrepid assistant sub-inspector Tukaram Omble, who grappled with the heavily armed terrorist who shot him to death.
There were scores of profiles in courage, many who laid down their lives trying to protect others even as they came under attack -- police officers Vijay Salaskar and Hemant Karkare, CST announcer Vishnu Zende, Rabbi Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka… The list was long.
