Five years on, victims of 7 July bombings are remembered

[Iisterry]

Five years on, victims of 7 July bombings are remembered

 

People gather at memorial to 52 victims of London underground and bus bombings to pay their respects

guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 7 July 2010 12.16 BST

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The Hyde Park memorial to the victims of the 7 July London bombings. Photograph: Stephen Hird/AP

 

At 8.50am on the 7 July 2005, three bombs exploded on underground trains in central London. The explosions were followed, within an hour, by another on a London bus.

 

At 8.50am today, under a grey sky, a handful of people gathered quietly at the eastern side of Hyde Park, where 52 steel pillars represent those killed in the bombings.

 

They came to pay their respects, to remember loved ones, to be quiet for a few moments as the traffic rumbled past in the background.

 

A young couple held each other, looking at the memorial as a few spots of rain began to fall. Another man walked silently in the memorial, weaving his way between the pillars.

 

Smartly dressed in a suit and tie, 32-year-old Andrew Robinson, an analyst in the City, said he had been on the tube between Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations when the bomb detonated by Shehzad Tanweer killed seven people and injured 171.

 

When the train was evacuated, he said, passengers were forced to walk past scenes of devastation.

 

"I was in physical danger, and I think if I had not seen those things I would have had a very different memory of the day," he added.

 

He spent a few moments today remembering that day, and said the simplicity of the memorial was a fitting tribute to the victims of the attack. "It's fantastic, I find it very moving," he said.

 

Hazel Webb, whose daughter, Laura, died in the Edgware Road bombing, was also there. While some survivors and the families of victims have expressed disappointment that no official ceremony was been staged to mark the fifth anniversary of the bombings, Webb said: "Last year's ceremony was fantastic

[Aimnfire]

ok

what it got to do with her face?

[Rollagt]

It serves as a reminder to train operators across the world that do not take peace for granted..

[Iisterry]

We do not mistake peacefulness for peace...

 

Nor graffiti for advertisements for that matter.

 

Okay, its simply to show the magnitude of the error.

[Aimnfire]

  On 7/7/2010 at 2:34 PM, Iisterry said:

We do not mistake peacefulness for peace...

 

Nor graffiti for advertisements for that matter.

 

Okay, its simply to show the magnitude of the error.

 

you mean the error of judgement by pointing fingers to peasants

stating that our train are not that really pack its up to us whether or not to board it?

[Toapayohkid]

from the london bombings, terrorism can happen one even for a country that dealt with the ira threat for decades. no matter what is done to prevent one or how many caught - some will slip thru. i just bracing for the day it happens here

[Aimnfire]

  On 7/8/2010 at 2:30 AM, Toapayohkid said:

from the london bombings, terrorism can happen one even for a country that dealt with the ira threat for decades. no matter what is done to prevent one or how many caught - some will slip thru. i just bracing for the day it happens here

 

ahem

and who will get the blame again?