This the article from the Banffshire Journal, by reporter Kyle Ritchie.
A MACDUFF man caught up in a terrorist attack on an Indian hotel which killed 40 people reveals his dramatic story in a book launched this weekend.
Roger Hunt (44), of Corskie Drive, tells how he:
- Was within seconds of being sprayed with bullets as gunmen wiped out diners in the restaurant he had just left.
- Hid out in his 14th-floor hotel room for 43 hours, as the killers searched for Westerners to slaughter.
- Made his room look empty and lay in total silence, listening in horror to the carnage going on around him.
- Was terrified to fall asleep for fear his snoring would give him away.
- Chose not to answer telephone calls to his hotel room, which turned out to be from the killers.
- Was finally rescued by the Indian Army’s equivalent of the SAS.
He also reveals how his ordeal made him re-evaluate his life and give up his high-flying job with the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Mr Hunt tells his remarkable story of his survival of the 2008 massacres in Mumbai, which claimed 170 lives in total, in his book Be Silent or Be Killed.
Until now, he has only revealed the details of his ordeal in room 1478 of The Oberoi Hotel to his wife, Irene, and MI5.
But the terrible events of the massacres have now led him to tell his full story to the world.
Having previously constantly travelled away from home with his RBS job, he is now based back at home with his wife and three children in Macduff and working in Peterhead Prison as human resources manager.
He told the ‘Banffshire Journal’ this week: “I was based in Edinburgh during the week when I worked with the bank.
“What happened in India made me re-evaluate my life. It made me realise how important it was to spend more time with my family.”
The official book launch is this Sunday at Macduff Bowling Club from 2pm.
