Which Wire to Cut - the Sad Story of Bomb Defusing !!

In Cricket, an ungainly shot, an unintended cut (an inside edge) flying between the stumps and keeper is called ‘French cut’ (sometimes Chinese cut).  In Baasha, Rajnikant would in nick of time take out the bomb planted in the Ganesh pandal.  In Vathiyar, hero Arjun would remove and defuse the bomb saving the lives of people.  In fiction-land, disarming just about any bomb is a matter of cutting the right wires in the right order  ~ there will be differently coloured wires -  if the wrong wire is cut, the bomb will explode instantly, and with the clock ticking – with seconds to go, the hero would pick the correct wire, cut and save all !! On that fateful day when Mumbai was under siege, IPS officer Vishwas Nangre-Patil and his talented bunch saved hundreds of lives by calmly disposing unexploded grenades.  The officers of bomb disposal squad risked their lives while defusing hand-grenades and RDX boxes at Trident and Taj hotels under the terrorists' fire.   While all reel-life heroes are successful, in real-time, things can be alarmingly different as read in this MailOnline story.  Sad that a hero succumbed while passersby casually filmed last moments of brave bomb disposal officer.  Sadly, it was to be the images capturing one man's last act of staggering bravery - and another's utter cowardice. As an Egyptian bomb disposal officer edged carefully towards an explosive device hidden in the base of a plant outside a Cairo petrol station, bystanders filmed his every move.  Seconds later the bomb exploded in his hands, throwing the man several feet into the air. As the debris cleared, police and bystanders were seen rushing to his side ~ not all  including the person who recorded these images on their mobile phone. In the video, the police officer, dressed in protective clothing, is seen edging towards the device - hidden beneath the plant behind the backpack. In the background, three bystanders film on their mobile phones. The detonation proved fatal as the officer was blasted several feet into the air as it detonated in his hands. While some onlookers rush to his aide, the cameraman behind this footage made sure he recorded the scene. Jihadists claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left three employees of the Cairo petrol station wounded. The group Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) claimed on Twitter that it had placed the device, saying it was targeting police officers at a nearby station.  The footage represents a recent shift in the way information has come out of conflict zones around the world, amid advances in technology and the increased use of social networking sites. Footage of recent atrocities in Syria and Iraq is readily available online. The most graphic images do not come from traditional news organisations but from amateurs who have recorded distressing scenes and then uploaded them.  In some cases, people posed for selfies against a background of explosions. Some have argued that the trend means there is a permanent record of criminals who have committed such atrocities.  However, others claim it shows how desensitised the world has become to the shocking sights and that the stream of footage could belittle the horrors which so many face. Policemen and soldiers have faced regular militant attacks since the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.  Hundreds have been killed in attacks claimed by jihadist groups in retaliation for a government crackdown targeting Morsi's supporters.   The wave of anti-Christian violence followed the breakup by security forces of two sit-in protests by Morsi's supporters, an operation that killed hundreds. Sad to read of such incidents. Akku starring Anu Hasan and Riyaz Khan flopped at the box-office. It was a story of an IT Pro falling in love with a chirpy girl whose brother is a bigtime terrorist.  In trying to elope they are caught by the brother who plants a shoe bomb on the person  and dumps him in city center – he is asked to run and if he stops, bomb will explode.  The storyline was about how the Police Cop defuses the bomb ! With regards – S. Sampathkumar 13^th Jan 2015.