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New Delhi: The Mumbai terror attacks will always be a painful memory for some families as their personal losses are insurmountable. One such person is the father of Chef Boris Rego, who was working as a trainee at the Taj, when the terrorists struck that fateful night of November 26. Urbano de Rego, the bereaved man recounts that heart-breaking phone call he got from Boris, not knowing that it would be the last time he would be speaking to his son. Urbano de Rego started his career as a chef in 1971, at The Taj and the famous landmark hotel in Mumbai was like his second home. "Whenever I used to travel I would stay in The Taj always. Actually The Taj is my home," says Urbano de Rego. He wanted his younger son Boris to also begin his career at the very same hotel. Boris did not disappoint his father. On November 26, Boris who was the Junior Chef at the Taj Mumbai was on duty when terror struck. "I was just surfing channels when I saw the Taj on CNN's screen. I knew instinctively that something was amiss," says Rego. "I started watching and I saw smoke on the screen. I phoned my son Boris. He said that - Dada there is a big problem. One of the waiters has been shot," Rego narrates. "I said - Baba, what you are doing? You people should run from there. He said that the attackers had gone upstairs and he had hid in the kitchen and later taken some people to the safety of the basement. "When I called him again, he said, please do not worry about me. I am fine, you go to sleep. Whatever is happening is on the sixth floor. Do not worry, we are safe in the basement. But the father's hopes were over when next his elder son called his kid-brother in peril. "Kevin, Kevin is all the boy could say," said Rego. "My elder son almost collapsed hearing the words and said daddy, something is seriously wrong with Boris. I grabbed the phone. I kept on calling him - Baba, Baba...but all he said in the end was Dada, Dada...those were the darkest hours of my life. I must carry on..." said Urbano de Rego. Even in his dying breath, his son had called out aloud to him. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mumbai-2611-victims-dad-heard-his-sons-last-words/105410-3.html
