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Some 30 years ago my family who are from Manchester England went to Florida to Key Biscane for a family holiday.We had left my father in law in hospital in a double room which he shared with a young man .This young man worked at a local dry cleaners he was Indian.We of course used to speak to him and he told us all his family were doctors and all lived abroad, he was the only family member in England and the only one not a doctor.One morning at the hotel I took my children down to the childrens club and there met a lady in a Sari ,with her son.We soon got chatting she tells me she is from India she is a doctor and she now lives in New York .I tell her we are from U.K. She says she has a brother in U.k. In Manchester and asks do we know him?I explain we do know quiet a few Indian people from bussiness other wise I didnt think I would know him.She tells me he is not in bussiness but that he had told her he was never lonley as everyone knew him.This is what the young man in the hospital had said to me I asked her if her brother was in hospital with a broken leg and was his name Max To my amazement she said yes.Her brother was in the same room in the same hospital as my father in law half way accross the world.What are the odds on that ?I thought it was unbelievable .We were from different continents different cultures in a place far from either of us .What are the odds on that.?Needless to say I brought home gifts photos and leters for Max.
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Date submitted:Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:16:55 +0000Coincidence ID:5441