News & Facts about London bombings

**liam88** · 07/07/2005, 9:30 PM

I'll remember today for the rest of my life. Sitting int he libary chatting to this girl-biggest worry was that some teachers earlier said my GCSE's might not be good enough for Oxford....how insignificant it seems now. My friend came in and said "we're under terrorist attack" I asked him what he meant and he said "London's just been bombed". Ran to the canteen where the tv is.......exactly where everyone was cheering yesterday when the Olympic result was announced....now it was just silent. I stood there watching in horror and realised that Russel sqaure is where my uncle lives I said "what have those people on the bus ever done to anyone"...the boy next to me goes "what have the people in Iraq ever done to anyone? Look at it fromt heir point of view"....I could have punched him but instead jsut said "They didn't invade Iraq they might be anti-war, they might not even be Enlgish-they were just going to work to get money for their families"...he said "yeah" and shut up.
Ran into English and a few of us set up the tv in there.....still 2 dead...still trying to get in touch with people. One lad trying to find out if his dad was ok, one girl crying in another class ebcasue her mum was there-all the phones down.
Anger, fear, sorrow, hate.....after yesterday I can't believe the difference. Just been watching the TV stunned-it hasn't sunk in-2 days ago that was me, my brother and my grandparents in London.....I'm preying the death toll won't rise again. I wasn't even there and I'm nearly crying. I can't believe this has happend.

**pete** · 07/07/2005, 9:36 PM

Originally Posted by Peadar

I'm ok. Was on the train in Aldgate that exploded.
Can't really talk about it now.

Wasn't online today much. Only seen this now. Hope you doing ok fella.
Really personalises the tragedy.

**Troy.McClure** · 07/07/2005, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by Babysis

i know everyone deals with things differently, but if im honest i was reduced to tears in my office earlier reading some of them. Its all pretty raw for anyone in London, and its each to their own, im not kickong off. I think im just goign to leave everyone to it, and go to bed soon, as I have to be on the victoria line or central london buses tomrrow. im upset, and ive had enough, sorry.

You've got my sympathy, support and admiration. I dont know how anyone could even think of 'getting on with things' tomorrow, let alone this week or even month.

All the best everyone.

**Plastic Paddy** · 07/07/2005, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Troy.McClure

You've got my sympathy, support and admiration. I dont know how anyone could even think of 'getting on with things' tomorrow, let alone this week or even month.

Nil carborundum illegitimi est. It's the only way.

PP

**liam88** · 07/07/2005, 10:09 PM

Guys I'm off to bed. England is going to be a very different place tommorow morning. Disgraceful actions today. Humankind has sunk to the very lowest but the people of London has shown it at it's very highest. Solidarity.

**Plastic Paddy** · 07/07/2005, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by liam88

England is going to be a very different place tommorow morning.

No Liam, it won't be. And that's the beauty of it. Like Ken Livingstone has it, we'll carry on using all forms of public transport (albeit more wary than before). Londoners are made of harder stuff. These *******s won't deflect us from leading our lives normally.

PP

thecorner · 07/07/2005, 10:26 PM

good to see the foot.ie contingent are all safe and sound but spare a thought for all those affected

**lopez** · 07/07/2005, 10:26 PM

Been one f*cking w*nk of a day. Had to sort out drivers, etc. One of our blokes was taken to hospital for shock after witnessing the explosion at Aldgate. I'm also annoyed that it took almost half hour for it to be confirmed that on the same line it wasn't a power surge but a bomb and that a train was allowed to leave Edgeware Road (from the bloke in the bed on TV) with people on it just to prove it. And I only heard about it all from a station manager ringing to ask what was wrong with the railway, because he'd heard that there had been an explosion. That, to echo the words of Jocelyn Brown, was when the sh*te hit the fan.

Had a bit of a scare from Conchita. Told her after hearing the initial news (power surge again) to get a bus from Waterloo to Euston. Then heard that a bus had been turned into a convertable on the route she was to take. Thankfully she's OK.

Peader: Hope you are OK mate? Take it was the Edgeware Road train you were on.

**liam88** · 07/07/2005, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

No Liam, it won't be. And that's the beauty of it. Like Ken Livingstone has it, we'll carry on using all forms of public transport (albeit more wary than before). Londoners are made of harder stuff. These *******s won't deflect us from leading our lives normally.

PP

I meant it in that way-tommorow there will be a new unity in England! And I for one am proud to be part of it.
Echoing setiments I am so glad all foot.ie folk are physically unhurt. RIP all who died (38 tonight) and all injured and maimed. God pelase bless them and their loved ones.

**Troy.McClure** · 07/07/2005, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by lopez

Been one f*cking w*nk of a day.

Well thats one way of looking at it

glad to hear that everyone is in one piece.

**hamish** · 07/07/2005, 10:52 PM

Good to know that all Footie members in London have all reported in and are unhurt.

I hope you all get some rest tonight - will be very hard, I know.

**paul_oshea** · 07/07/2005, 11:15 PM

the sound of silence.the errie sound of silence.

walked from southwark up to london bridge onto wood green about 10 miles, it was unreal, hoardes and hoardes of people just walking saying nothing just walking. i wanted to almost film it to give an idea. was something i have never seen and will probably and hopefully never see again. met bridgets friend who is a policewoman on teh way home she got surrounded by people, peadar her b/f laurence a policeman was on teh same tube as you just by chance ( off duty ), he was carrying people off, was unable to describe also.

i dont know, i get on with these things and dont like to make too much of it, however i havent been affected like the 3 or 4 that i know, so i cant say. all i would like to say though is chin up. keep going.

**Metrostars** · 07/07/2005, 11:36 PM

Yeah Paul, I experienced sometime similar over here after 9/11. For me it was the absence of planes. I work not far from a small airport so I am always used to planes taking off and landing, there always seems to be something in the sky. But for the few days after 9/11 when everything was grounded it was very quiet.

This is an awful terrible tragedy. Not much else to say except I'm thinking and praying for those people who had to experience it today. As PP said, you just have to get on with it and the city and country will bond closer together. After 9/11, everyone here was suddenly nice to each other, even petty crime went down for a while. Sadly it has worn off, much of that due to the shenanigans of W & co.

**sligoman** · 07/07/2005, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by thecorner

good to see the foot.ie contingent are all safe and sound

No they're not, anyone seen LondonRover online?

**hamish** · 07/07/2005, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by Metrostars

Yeah Paul, I experienced sometime similar over here after 9/11. For me it was the absence of planes. I work not far from a small airport so I am always used to planes taking off and landing, there always seems to be something in the sky. But for the few days after 9/11 when everything was grounded it was very quiet.

This is an awful terrible tragedy. Not much else to say except I'm thinking and praying for those people who had to experience it today. As PP said, you just have to get on with it and the city and country will bond closer together. After 9/11, everyone here was suddenly nice to each other, even petty crime went down for a while. Sadly it has worn off, much of that due to the shenanigans of W & co.

George Galloway has already blasted Blair in House of Patliament but this is probably for a different thread. My next door neighbour's son works in NY and made similar comments to yours, Metrostars, the eerie quite in the aftermath.

**Green Tribe** · 07/07/2005, 11:50 PM

I am so saddened to hear what happened today and I immediately thought of you all in London, hoping that you were all safe. Unfortunately i could not get on foot.ie at work, but throughout this evening i have seen that all are accountable on foot.ie. Peadar, I cannot imagine what you have witnessed, my thoughts and prayers are with you and all the foot.ie gang in London and of course all those injured and murdered today. RIP

My relatives in London are safe, it took until 1230 to get through by phone.

Take care all!

**Babysis** · 08/07/2005, 8:25 AM

CAme in to work today by tube. didnt really want, but its got to be done. Got a call on my way to the tube to say that Euston had been closed due to a security alert. there are going to be alot of them now. Our tube stopped at Euston and Kings cross for 30seconds, really awful sitting at King Cross knowing what happened the same time the day before. At euston we saw the police searching the platform, whcih is reassuring i guess. Nothing will change really, gotta get on with it.

**Pauro 76** · 08/07/2005, 10:15 AM

Peadar im glad your ok mate. God only knows what your mind must be going through right now. It's just such a shock to the system, it affects us all, all we can hope is that we can get back to our normal lives again although it will be difficult. people looking out for each other like this has restored my faith in humanity. I was well out of the city when it all happened but to everyone asking out for me by pm and on the site, thank you. and to everyone on this site, keep going.

**Babysis** · 08/07/2005, 10:28 AM

They have just had a press conference: got this from sky news

Here is the latest:

Ian Blair: More than 50 fatalities.

Still bodies on tube train between Russell Square and King's Cross.

Twenty-two people in a critical condition in hospital. Three hundred and fifty people treated in hospital, 100 detained. One person died in hospital. Seven hundred casualties in all.