It was 9:15. I was sitting in my office when I first received news of the attacks. It was the familiar ring "ding dong..." from my RSS reader, and then the words "Explosion in Amman", I immediately knew what that meant, but hoped I was wrong. Then followed the sinking feeling that Jordan is like everywhere else where this has been happening, and that it was just a matter of time.
"Explosion
in Amman" was Isam
Bayazidi's
post which broke the first news. At first he did not give much detail,
so I
went to CNN.com and there it was.
Isam's first post was followed by updates as he got more details. A few minutes later other blog feeds started coming in with the news. Everyone was hearing about it and telling everyone else. The most comprehensive and dedicated updates came in through a post on Global Voices : Explosions Rock Jordanian Capital, Amman
Some even went as far as
going to the scene and taking pictures for the world to see.
One avid blogger and young photograqpher –Sabri Hakim- posted
some of the
first footage in his blog, which was mentioned on CNN.
The next day witnessed the reaction of the Jordanian people on the streets of Amman. Protests were held to express unity and strength against the attackers, as well as support for the families of victims. Isam Bayazidi and Sabri Hakim were there to bring the images to the rest of the world.
I just want to give a big hand to all those people in the Jordanian blogosphere who gave time to tell the world what was happening. Those are young people who had the sense of duty to do anything they could after the tragedy took place.
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