The only aerial photo of the August 7th 1998 blast taken in real time by a construction worker at Times Towers.
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August 7th was the end of a normal week in KE. Bankers' strike (hence reduced casualties at Coop), teachers' strike, petty politics...a time like now, just an hour to the blast, this is the headline you would have been reading.
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The @USEmbassyKenya as it stood before August 7th 1998. The new one in Gigiri was opened in 2003, and the bomb blast site turned into what is today @MemorialParkKe, to commemorate the pain, suffering and bravery of that dark day 20 years ago.
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@USEmbassyKenya @MemorialParkKe The meeting that never ended. Prudence Bushnell and Kamotho were at the latter's office at Cooperative House when the blast happened. Kamotho was carried down 16 flight of stairs...Prudence was knocked unconscious, then carried to a nearby hotel.
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Prudence Bushnell's itinerary on Aug 7, 1998. When the bomb went off during her meeting with Kamotho, she thought the Coop House was the target, only to be carried downstairs and realize it had been her Embassy right across.
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