by Gemma Price
?When the sirens sounded, 15 trained defenders would go to the roof. The anti-aircraft gun mounted there was used once, when the Red River was bombed in May 1972. The planes came over the State Bank, and the shooters on that roof also shot at the plane. I don?t know if they found their mark.?
Cao Xuan Nha's memories of the Vietnam War were brought vividly to mind with the recent opening of Hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi's old air raid shelter.
Lost for decades, then rediscovered and now open to the public, the claustrophobic tunnels are a unique memorial to wartime Vietnam -- one to the bonds formed during a time of fear and destruction, and to the role this iconic hotel has played over the last 111 years.
Nha, who was a member of the Commission for External Affairs, Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, says the Metropole was the only hotel in the city to have a shelter.
He was responsible for taking care of government guests from 1969 until 1972, all of whom were hosted at the hotel, then known as Thong Nhat (Reunification).
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