Fatima Abdul-Rahman is pleased the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, is reopening this weekend. But, after barely surviving the attack at the mall, she doesn’t want to work there anymore. When Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked the Westgate nearly two years ago, they killed 67 people and injured more than 175 others. Abdul-Rahman was one of thoseContinue reading “Store manager who survived Kenya’s Westgate Mall attack won’t return to work”
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Rod Stewart ‘knew it was seal’ says shop owner of photo with rock star in controversial coat
It’s the kind of publicity a small business owner dreams of. Rock star walks into your store, puts on one of your coats. Pictures are taken. Images are then sent around the world. That’s what happened to shop owner Darren Halloran this weekend. He took a photo with Rod Stewart wearing one of his coats at his St.Continue reading “Rod Stewart ‘knew it was seal’ says shop owner of photo with rock star in controversial coat”
Man tracks down the remains of his grandfather, a lost hero of WWII
A 72-year-old mystery was solved recently when Clay Bonnyman Evans found the remains of his grandfather, Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr, a WWII war hero lost since the Battle of Tarawa. Evans has been living with the legacy of his grandfather since his whole life. “I grew up with that medal of honour on my family’sContinue reading “Man tracks down the remains of his grandfather, a lost hero of WWII”