Instanbul airport bombings- UPDATE: Now 36+ dead, 140+ injured

[MoHasanie]

SuperNova said:
I've become horribly desensitized to these kinds of news. I read that and was like: 'Well shit, another one.'

Then it hit me. I've been to that airport. I've spend ten hours of my life at that airport between flights. Someone dear to me has been at that airport a just week ago and is scheduled to be there again in a few weeks. It could have been me. It could have been THEM.

It's wierd because bad stuff happens all the time in places you frequent. Hell, I've been to Paris prior to the attacks. But this left me with an uneasy feeling.

I know that feeling. I've been to a couple places around the world that have later been attacked by terrorists and that's really scary. I've used Istanbul airport before and also spent many hours in transit there. Other airports I've visited that were later attacked were Colombo Airport in Sri Lanka and Karachi Airport in Pakistan. We all expect airports to be very safe with all the security but terrorists still manage to attack them.