Remembering the 7th of July London bombings

BBC News: Victims of the bombings

The amazing thing is how relatively few of them are English. Nature of the city I suppose.

Lucky escape for some of my family and yes; the diversity of the victims was what was so striking.

I'm sure lots of people have a similar story, but my best friend in England travelled on one of the tube lines that was bombed about 20 minutes before the explosion. Scary stuff. Sometimes I wish I believed in God, so that these bastards could look forward to roasting in Hell!

Apparently they're currently enjoying the 72 virgins. Although I would imagine they're not virgins anymore.

I'd say quite a few of the victims were British but anyway, pretty sad to read them. One was particularly unlucky being evacuated from one station and then ending up on the bus.

I just spent about 10 minutes or so reading many of their obituaries. I can tell you it was quite overwhelming to read about these ordinary people living their ordinary lives and something so horrific happened to them that dreadful day. This is a very good example of how all of our lives have the possibility of changing in an instant and never being the same again. This is something we should not take for granted.

I was particularly moved by Benedetta Caiccia's obituary. She was buried in her wedding dress as she was two months away from her wedding day.

I too find it shocking LR, these are normal people going about normal lives, events like this could happen to any of us if we let them away with it.

The point about the whole thing is that although we had the "Irish" situation for umpteen years, 7/7 was quite unexpected, as were "balthe Madrid bombings and the planned bombings in Germany. The thing is with such a random act is there is no "target" that you can avoid. It is just anyone who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. However, to put this into perpective, you are less likely to be a victim of terrorism in the west than of cancer or a road traffic accident.

Wow, was it really three years ago already? I remember it like it was yesterday.

I followed the events as they unfolded, all via TT: Bomb blasts on the London Tube. The first post came in before the final bomb had even gone off. That topic remains TT's third ever hottest discussion.

By the way, for conspiracy theories about who was responsible for the attacks, see the other thread: London tube bombings conspiracy theories.

That statement makes it sound quite likely; bout the same chances as winning the lottery puts it more into perspective, although I suppose if you live in London or New York those odds are shorter.

gosh yes 3 years already.
we have a lot of friends in London, one of whom needed to be treated for smoke inhalation & trauma after the bombings. he´d been in one of the train carriages and was led away by the emergency services over burnt bodies & strewn severed limbs.
we were on the tube yesterday in fact, and knowing what the date was we did spare a thought for what happened.

I remember one of the main issues was that there was no communication down there. One couldn't really make a phone call from a tube, I hope they fixed that.

Of course I remember the late 80s early 90s. The dustbins from every shopping centre was removed for fear of parcel bombs.
I don't know which period is worse but somehow everything now seems to be on a grander scale. (planes, trains and buildings...and all civilian)

I feel sorry for the people that had to die in London and Madrid, they never asked for it, probably marched against it all earlier.

Was a young woman on there from my home town Accrington.Really drills it home when that happens

Was in London for the first week of my first job when it happened.

Thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families.