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London Bombings (Originally: Tube warning after 'bang' heard)

Thank You

Everyone,

I work 200 yards from Liverpool Street. I got to work early today and the first we knew of what was happening was when we heard all the police sirens. Everyone I work with and all my friends are okay, but this has been a terrible, terrible day for this wonderful city of ours.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who's posted a message of support on this site. Londoner's are a pretty resiliant group but reading your messages of sympathy has meant a lot.

I also want to say a big thank you to all the emergency services personnel who have done a fantastic job under the most difficult of situations.

They closed our office this afternoon and said we could work from home tomorrow - but I'm going to go in. I'm not going to let the b*stards get me down or stop me getting on with my life.

Once again, thanks.

Dai
 
daibach said:
Everyone,

I work 200 yards from Liverpool Street. I got to work early today and the first we knew of what was happening was when we heard all the police sirens. Everyone I work with and all my friends are okay, but this has been a terrible, terrible day for this wonderful city of ours.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who's posted a message of support on this site. Londoner's are a pretty resiliant group but reading your messages of sympathy has meant a lot.

I also want to say a big thank you to all the emergency services personnel who have done a fantastic job under the most difficult of situations.

They closed our office this afternoon and said we could work from home tomorrow - but I'm going to go in. I'm not going to let the b*stards get me down or stop me getting on with my life.

Once again, thanks.

Dai
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That's the spirit! Keep the stiff upper lip!

I speak for everyone here that we would be very happy to have the slightest of positive input for those who have experienced this tragedy.
 
daibach said:
but I'm going to go in. I'm not going to let the b*stards get me down or stop me getting on with my life.
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Rock on fella!!! I'm with ya!!! ;)
 
Just as the world were all American on 9/11/01, today we are all Britons. Cheesy, but as close to the truth as I can find words for. We all feel for the victims of this tragedy.
 
mactastic said:
Just as the world were all American on 9/11/01, today we are all Britons. Cheesy, but as close to the truth as I can find words for. We all feel for the victims of this tragedy.
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Seconded. Hang in there and stand strong, guys. We're all behind you.
 
The actual London local timings of the four attacks...are they almost the same times as the 911 plane crashes?

From BBC website
Blast timeline
0851 Seven people die in a blast on a train 100 yards from Liverpool Street station
0856 21 people die in a blast on a train between Russell Square and King's Cross stations
0917 Seven people die in blast on a train at Edgware Road station
0947 Two people die in a blast on a number 30 bus at Tavistock Place
 
The actual London local timings of the four attacks...are they almost the same times as the 911 plane crashes?
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There abouts.
But, I think it just has to do more with rush hour timing....they are hoping to get as many as possible.

Little did they know, people in NY are pretty relaxed and don't all show up at 9 AM sharp.

From CNN:

8:45 a.m. A hijacked passenger jet, American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.

9:03 a.m.: A second hijacked airliner, United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center and explodes. Both buildings are burning.

9:43 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately.

10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93, also hijacked, crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.
 
I know I'm coming late to this thread but I just wanted to extend my condolences to the families who have lost loved ones today, and to extend sincere wishes to all those injured/affected by today's events. Truly tragic, but everyone has to remain strong in such times. And although it is little solace, it could have been far worse.
 
I would like to second ~Shard~'s extension of condolences. I am as equally appalled by these barbaric acts as anyone else on this forum and I hope that justice will be served on the perpetrators of these crimes.

Stand tall Britons! We've got your back :)
 
could these attacks been in retaliation against the g8 meeting? so as to disrupt it? its just a theory... heinous crime all in all however... :(
 
i couldn't believe it when i woke up this morning and heard the news. I haven't watched the news yet but did they say what the motive was for this terrible accident? I hope it wasn't olympic related. My heart goes out to the victims.
 
I haven't been able to read through the whole thread, but I'd like to thank all those with kind messages for us Londoners.

I've been really impressed with how everyone in London, as well as our media, has kept this in proportion and not gone into the whole sensationalism and climate of fear. I walked home tonight and the travel situation isn't too bad, I think tomorrow morning and next week are going to be a struggle though.

The last two days have shown why London is such a great place to live, although from horribly different perspectives. I just want London to stay that way.
 
Very relieved that our MR London members are checking in safely (so figured I should do the same). I'm in Scotland this week; my mother insisted I take this week to visit her since she couldn't go to work because of the G8 but, as she told me when I arrived, because she was worried that with the security focus being on Gleneagles/Edinburgh, London might be a target. If she'd told me that was the reason, I probably wouldn't have come up but once again, it proves that mothers are never wrong!

I have a couple of friends who had close calls but all are OK and safely home tonight.

Has there ever been a situation in London where there were no Tubes or buses before outside of WWII? Usually at least one stays running...
 
Thomas Veil said:
I'm sure that's a huge part of the reason they pulled this kind of attack: we're good at defending other kinds of targets, but what can you do with subways and buses? You can't inspect every single bag -- it's just not feasible. And even if you did, they could still have suicide bombers with strap-on explosives accomplish the same thing.

I don't know. The only thing I can think of is similar to the "air marshall" idea -- have cops with bomb-sniffing dogs riding on random subways and buses.

Even if that were to deter the terrorists from another attack of this kind, though, they'd just find another kind of soft target that's hard to protect, like schools. That's the problem with these guys -- trying to beat them is like playing Whack-a-Mole. You knock 'em down in one place and they pop up somewhere else.
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Possibly schools, but what would really impact a city would be a hospital. Where do you take the injured if the hospital is what was attacked. Especially if there isn't another hospital for 20-30 miles.

I work in a hospital that is at least that far away from the nearest other one. it would be devastating if the hospital was attacked
 
daibach said:
They closed our office this afternoon and said we could work from home tomorrow - but I'm going to go in. I'm not going to let the b*stards get me down or stop me getting on with my life.
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Good to see this attitude! That's exactly what they don't want you to do...so it's awesome you're doing it.

I for one will definitely be riding the buses tomorrow all over the place! I am a bit behind on stuff that needed to be done today as my school basically shut down and went on lockdown. I'll never stop using the brilliance that is TFL.
 
I never thought I'd see a thread labeled "London Bombings". :eek:

The news is reporting this to be the worst attack since WWII.
 
eva01 said:
Possibly schools, but what would really impact a city would be a hospital. Where do you take the injured if the hospital is what was attacked. Especially if there isn't another hospital for 20-30 miles.

I work in a hospital that is at least that far away from the nearest other one. it would be devastating if the hospital was attacked
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Hopefully nothing like that ever happens.

I am always concerned about biological attacks when it comes to transport systems. With so many people using the Underground within a day, a biological attack could cause so many deaths and injuries it would be a very big catastrophy.
 
fitinferno said:
Hopefully nothing like that ever happens.

I am always concerned about biological attacks when it comes to transport systems. With so many people using the Underground within a day, a biological attack could cause so many deaths and injuries it would be a very big catastrophy.
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Sarin gas in japan....
 
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