Cruise ship tycoon Andreas Liveras, 73, met his end at the Taj Mahal Hotel.
A self-made millionaire, he was known as one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs. He spoke to the BBC on the attacks from the hotel, "As soon as we sat at the table we heard the machine gun fire outside in the corridor." He then said that he was hiding under the table and was taken to the salon in the hotel there were hundreds of other guests.
"All we know is the bombs are next door and the hotel is shaking every time a bomb goes off. Everybody is just living on their nerves," he said. He had come to Mumbai to attend a boat show.
Image: Firefighters attend to a fire as it burns at Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel, Andreas Liveras (inset). | Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
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