Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport saw a massive terror attack early on Wednesday morning, killing 41 and injuring 230 people. Amid the millions of condolence messages that poured in, two Bollywood celebrities tweeted about their close encounter with the airport.
Hrithik Roshan was returning from Tanzania via Istanbul when the attacks happened, and the Mohenjo Daro actor tweeted about it.
missed connecting flight at Istanbul n wer stuck at airport next flight ws next day,but took economy n flew out earlier. #Prayers4istanbul
— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) June 28, 2016
Ws helped by d kindest staff at Istanbul arport hours ago. Shocking news. Innocents killed 4 religion.V must stand united against terrorism.
— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) June 29, 2016
Even Celina Jaitley tweeted about the fact that she was at the Istanbul airport a month ago on her way to Miami to be honoured by the Harvey Milk Foundation for her contribution to LGBTQI and human rights issues.
I transited through #istanbul airport last month on my way to #Miami to be honoured by @HMilkFoundation SHOCKED to hear about terrorattack 💔
— Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) June 29, 2016
Sharing my click of lovely sunset over @istanbulairport while landing.Prayers n more for all there #istanbulattack 💔 pic.twitter.com/cEp80RgGpm
— Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) June 29, 2016
However, Twitter did not take kindly to their tweets, which somewhere reeked of privilege.
Oh my my.
— Priyashmita (@priyashmita) June 29, 2016
People died and we talk of flying economy. https://t.co/3TZzIRc9JH
Oh my my.
— Priyashmita (@priyashmita) June 29, 2016
People died and we talk of flying economy. https://t.co/3TZzIRc9JH
@NameFieldmt That is more horrifying for Hrithik than people dying.
— Anita Jeyan (@AnitaJeyan) June 29, 2016
Celine however, chose to respond to these tweets, while Hrithik (and no surprises here) chose to remain silent.
Thank you very much for pointing out my devious, vicious intentions. Duly noted! Apologies for the inconvenience. https://t.co/l2IbuTsH2A
— Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) June 29, 2016