7/7

[Barrel of Fun]

God rest their souls. Seven years...

James Adams
Samantha Badham
Philip Beer
Anna Brandt
Ciaran Cassidy
Rachelle Chung
For Yuen
Elizabeth Daplyn
Arthur Frederick
Karolina Gluck
Gamze Gunoral
Lee Harris
Ojara Ikeagwu
Emily Jenkins
Adrian Johnson
Helen Jones
Susan Levy
Shelley Mather
Michael Matsushita
James Mayes
Behnaz Mozakka
Mihaela Otto
Atique Sharifi
Ihab Slimane
Christian Small
Monika Suchocka
Mala Trivedi
Anthony Fatayi-Williams
Jamie Gordon
Giles Hart
Marie Hartley
Miriam Hyman
Shahara Islam
Neetu Jain
Sam Ly
Shyanuja Parathasangary
Anat Rosenberg
Philip Russell
William Wise
Gladys Wundowa
Lee Baisden
Benedetta Ciaccia
Richard Ellery
Richard Gray
Anne Moffat
Fiona Stevenson
Carrie Taylor
Michael Brewster
Jonathan Downey
David Foulkes
Colin Morley
Jennifer Nicholson
Laura Webb

 

[pottert]

Respect

 

[Falkor]

Rip

 

[Deleted User X18H]

7 years since 7/7.

RIP to those who lost their lives.

 

[Beach Hut]

I actually caught a flight to Manchester that day from Gatwick it was very surreal when I got back.

RIP - a terrible day

 

[hitony]

Threads Merged.

 

[glasfryn]

horrible day in our history
RIP

 

[Falkor]

7 years ago 52 people lost their lives, but clearly remembering them doesn't sell as many papers as Andy Murray, shame on the media industry!

 

[grummitts gloves]

The most horrendous day of my career....R.I.P the 52.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

RIP. Shocking surreal day to be working in London.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

RIP. Shocking day to be working in London.

Indeed. First day back from my honeymoon. Lots of rumour from those coming in from Liverpool Street and Aldgate (5 mins from office) Our bomb alarm went off at about 9:40. We all stood with hundreds of others in Leadenhall Street for a while. People were very scared but the emergency services and railway staff were superb.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

X x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x rip bless them all x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

 

[Fat Langers]

RIP.

 

[jessiejames]

RIP

 

[Bean]

RIP

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

RIP indeed. Yesterday was my birthday, which makes the whole time of year more poignant for me, not that I knew anyone involved, though a colleague's brother spent several months in hospital, and the bus blew up opposite my brother's first university hall.

Not particularly relevant I agree, but I had been hacked off about having to manage a work meeting on my birthday that year, having wanted the day off. To compensate, the parents took me to our (then) favourite restaurant in Hurstpierpoint, to make a special thing of the evening. Next morning I trailed rather casually into work, getting to Victoria about 0930, considerably later than usual. The Underground were giving an announcement about there being an electrical failure. I thought nothing of this, as I always walked at that time, being based in Marsham Street. Got to 2MS where the security guard asked me whether anything had been unusual about my journey. I mentioned the electrical failure and he said, "oh no, it's much bigger than that, just get on your computer" - clearly the guards had been given a briefing before starting work. Of course, being the relevant department, the Home Office was a buzz of activity, and the atmosphere all day was extremely surreal. I'd been due to stop at my flat that night, but despite all the transport hassle (the mainline trains stopped till just after lunch) all I wanted to do was get back to my family and stay together, an emotion I guess many people felt that day. Sorry for the essay, but BoF's thread brought it all back.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Not forgetting the people who survived...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

RIP indeed. Yesterday was my birthday, which makes the whole time of year more poignant for me, not that I knew anyone involved, though a colleague's brother spent several months in hospital, and the bus blew up opposite my brother's first university hall.

Not particularly relevant I agree, but I had been hacked off about having to manage a work meeting on my birthday that year, having wanted the day off. To compensate, the parents took me to our (then) favourite restaurant in Hurstpierpoint, to make a special thing of the evening. Next morning I trailed rather casually into work, getting to Victoria about 0930, considerably later than usual. The Underground were giving an announcement about there being an electrical failure. I thought nothing of this, as I always walked at that time, being based in Marsham Street. Got to 2MS where the security guard asked me whether anything had been unusual about my journey. I mentioned the electrical failure and he said, "oh no, it's much bigger than that, just get on your computer" - clearly the guards had been given a briefing before starting work. Of course, being the relevant department, the Home Office was a buzz of activity, and the atmosphere all day was extremely surreal. I'd been due to stop at my flat that night, but despite all the transport hassle (the mainline trains stopped till just after lunch) all I wanted to do was get back to my family and stay together, an emotion I guess many people felt that day. Sorry for the essay, but BoF's thread brought it all back.

That's what I remember, that 'electrical fault on the Underground' thing. They kept broadcasting it on the news right up to the point where the poor people on that bus got blown up. Easy to say with hindsight but it appears now that what appears to be disinformation may have contributed to people getting on that bus.

I also remember Sky being the first to confirm it was not an electrical fault, and the BBC taking considerably longer to do so.

 

[Frutos]

I didn't find out about it until quite late in the day.

I was staying with my Grandad while convalescing after a hospital stay and we hadn't had the TV ot radio on all morning. My mum rang during the afternoon to check how I was and asked "have you heard about London". Being none the wiser as to all this, I thought she was talking about the announcement of London hosting the Olympics (which had been made the day before) and said something like "yeah, its brilliant isn't it", which caused some confusion on her part and embarrassment on mine when she explained it properly.

A sad day, RIP to all who lost their lives.

 

[kevo]

It did seem amazing at the time that it took quite so long for the emergency services, London Transport and the media to realise four bombs had gone off. It must have been obvious to any witnesses near any of the incidents.

I work and live in london and remember that morning very well. Left home about 9 and found the tube was shut down 'due to power supply problems', went to Finsbury Park. No-one knew what was happening, but managed to get on an overland train to King's Cross. It must have been the last train allowed in, as the station had been completely evacuated - and we were hurried out of the there by police and rail staff. Walked to work, past near where the bus bomb went off, and past Aldgate station (where I would normally go to), and there were police and ambulances everywhere. It was obvious something had happened, but no-one knew what. it was only when I eventually got to the office, that people there told me they thought it might be a terrorist attack.

There are obituaries for all the people who died on the BBC website, incidentally - some extremely moving stories on there.

RIP.