Dear Mr. Gates:

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Date:  Tue, 10 July 2007  10:31 WesternIndonesiaTime

Subject:  15 Death at the Accident of Limas Bus

The fallen Limas bus lying down on a shallow river, seen from the bridge approximately 30 meters high. liputan 6.com		The fallen Limas bus lying down on a shallow river, under the bridge approximately 30 meters high. ateek / agustinus-handoko / kompas

The name Limas clearly shown on the side of the bus. amfir photo from TV / RCTI		People crowded to view the bus in the shallow river while some army troops evacuated the victims. amfir photo from TV / RCTI

Army troops were trying to search for the bodies under the Limas bus which fell down from the bridge of Cikundul in the mountainous area of Ciloto.  amfir photo from TV / RCTI		Evacuation taken place to the victims of Limas bus. amfir photo from TV / RCTI

Limas bus upside down in the shallow river under the bridge. amfir photo from TV / RCTI		Search for victims of Limas bus fell down in the shallow river under the bridge. amfir photo from TV / RCTI

Limas bus upside down in the shallow river under the bridge. amfir photo from TV / RCTI		Search for victims of Limas bus in the shallow river, the height of the bridge is shown here. amfir photo from TV / RCTI

An accident happened on Saturday 7 July 2007, when a bus named Limas fell from Cikundul bridge at Kampung Hanjawar, Ciloto, nearby the favorite mountainous retreat Puncak.  The bus with license plate number B-7919 PW carrying students from junior high school SMP Ar-Ridho, Jati Mulya, Depok, was on a holyday trip to natural park of Cibodas. 13 people died, most of them were students, and later another two died in the hospital, totaling 15 deaths.  

I certainly hope it has nothing to do with me, especially since it happened after I wrote my previous letter of The Significant Lima in June 2007 about your visiting Peru, with the capital city of Lima.

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Date:  Tue, 10 July 2007  10:06 WesternIndonesiaTime

Subject:  A Strange Bee on the Floor Before Limas Bus Accident

Location of the bee when I first found it approaching the dusk at Friday 6 July 2007, on the floor between the kitchen and the dining room.		On Saturday afternoon 7 July 2007, the bee was on the floor close to the round table nearby the wide door to rear terrace of the house, with some water surrounding it..

Saturday evening 7 July 2007, at the time I made these photos, the bee has been in the rear terrace of the house.

Just one day before the accident of Limas bus, approaching the dusk I found a big wasp, or a bee, on the floor nearby the kitchen. A bee is sometimes symbolizing fortune, for it provides sweet honey.  At that moment I thought it could be some kind of reminder for me about your falling down from the first position, surpassed by Mr. Carlos Slim. Because it was approaching the dusk at Friday 6 July 2007, after the news appeared about Mr. Carlos Slim becoming the first on the list of richest man in the world.

 Saturday afternoon 7 July 2007, the bee was on the floor nearby the wide door to rear terrace of the house, with some water surrounding it. As if it was like the falling Limas bus on the river that happened on an accident at Cikundul bridge that day.

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Date:  Tue, 10 July 2007  11:21 WesternIndonesiaTime

Subject:  6 Deaths at Kawah Ratu, the Queen's Crater

Kawah Ratu, the crater at mount Salak where six students died on Saturday 7 July 2007. elshinta.com		Kawah Ratu the crater at mount Salak where six students died on Saturday 7 July 2007. elshinta.com

Another accident took place on the same day of Limas bus accident on Saturday 7 July 2007. Students from junior high school SMPN 67 were camping at mount Salak, nearby the city of Sukabumi, when some of them took a visit to the crater known as "Kawah Ratu" or "Queen's Crater". Actually there have been some warnings in the location not to enter some dangerous areas there, yet one of the students was willing to get some sulfur stones at the bottom of the crater by trespassing the dangerous zone. It was then that they being exposed to poisonous gas, causing six deaths.

Number six in Indonesian is "enam", that sounds like "end A.M.", so it was like a reminder for me to meet the end of my life by doing some traveling.

Thank's,

A.M. Firmansyah

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Tel. +62812 183 1538

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