Do you remember the bomb threat in my daughter's school a while ago?
Well, my daughter was in another bomb threat situation today
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Yup, the very same daughter. (And me? What about me and my poor mother nerves? You bet that I was more scared than her. But it wasn't too bad, I don't want to make it more dramatic than it was).
She was on a school excursion today in Karlsruhe (by train). On the way home police had evacuated and barrikaded a part of the main station of Karlsruhe. But at first only platforms 1 - 4. Their train would have run from platform 12 (I think). Some pupils were already on the platform, while others were still one level lower in the shopping mall.
The teacher then decided that they all go up to platform 12 anyway and try to collect all pupils together and try to get their train. Which was the correct decision IMO, since the police had only barrikaded plateforms 1 - 4 at this point. Some stairways were also barrikaded, but not the ones far away from platforms 1 - 4.
They all gathered on platform 12, but then the police decided to evacuate the whole main station (which is a huge building. Many, many people in there at any given time). When they were all gathered outside the station my daughter called me. At this point, they were hoping to catch a later train. It didn't work out, and their trip back was a real pilgrimage. They needed 4 hours to get home (normally less than one hour). I was relieved and glad when she called me for the second time, 20 minutes later, saying they were away from the station now and on their way to another town by tram. Thank god for cell phones!
Sheesh! How many people get into a bomb threat situation, even once in their whole life? And my daughter twice in a few months!
Oh, and the kids were impressed by the many police men with machine guns! They took photos and want to send them to their class teacher (who was ill today). Kids!