At the airport we were ushered to our terminal waiting areas by armed soldiers - looking back I have never seen security like that before at an airport.

In terms of the last statement - actually not an assumption - a reflection of sevral emails I received inc members from here and elsewhere.

But thank you all for your kind words - no word yet from my friend

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Damien,
International Baccalaureate Physics teacher
Optics, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Instrumentation Major
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