Wife missed husband's last call
2008-11-30 18:15
Berlin - The wife of a German businessman who fell from a window at Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel during a terrorist attack says she missed a phone call from him the night he died.
Claudia Burkei says she exchanged text messages with her husband Ralph Burkei on Thursday and learned he had barricaded himself in his room. Thinking he was safe, she went to sleep.
On Friday she was told by Ralph Burkei's business partner that he had died and saw she'd missed a call from him.
Burkei is quoted by the Sunday edition of Germany's Bild Zeitung as saying, "I am still deeply shocked".
Indian officials have reported that three Germans died but the Foreign Ministry has confirmed only Burkei's death. He was 51 and the former vice-president of the 1860 Munich football club.
- SAPA