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TRIBUTE TO A BRAVE SKYDIVER Extracts from book “GRATITUDE” – By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Navy Chairman Trincomalee Petroleum Terminals Ltd. “Once you have tasted the taste of Sky, you will forever look up” Leonardo da Vinci “Daring Sky Divers from Lotus Tower in Colombo carried out parachute jumps with much amusement and happiness to all who watched them from land. This article is to pay my tribute to Brave Sky Diver who is no more with us” When I was Chief of Defence Staff (Tri Forces Commander) on 4th January 2018, one month before our Independence Day celebrations, my Chief of Staff, Major General Nirmal Dharmaratne approached me “Sir, we request your approval for BASE jumps on Independence Day parachute jumping display.”, “What is BASE jump?” I asked. Sir, we have three base jumpers in ...

Sri Lanka Easter bombings: I came face-to-face with the bomber who nearly killed us – By Haneke Manoharan Watch video on ABC website click on image below VIDEO: CCTV footage of a suspected Shangri-La bomber (ABC News) They brushed past us, moments before the first explosion. We knew we had come face-to-face with them, but we didn’t realise how close they were until we saw the CCTV footage of the Shangri-La on the news. It was about 8.40am, two weeks ago, when we walked from our hotel room to the Table One Restaurant on Level 3 of the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo. I remember saying Happy Easter to my friend Sam Nottle as we got into the lift. The same waitress that served us the morning before greeted us at the door. She was lovely and said hello again. We followed her as she tried to find us a table near where ...