Londoner writes about her 7/7 bombing experience on the Tube
May 16th, 2006 · No Comments
Although I now live back in the States, I vividly remember the morning on 7/7 when the bombings happened last summer. I was already at work in Canary Wharf when my boss called to tell me something had happened on the London Underground.
Rachel, a commuter from North London, was in one of the trains and writes about her experience on what started out to be a normal morning in July and also about her efforts to lobby the government for a full and proper inquisition. So many people were affected and she wants to make sure nothing like this ever happens again.
A bomb was detonated on my London Underground carriage on 7/7/2005, killing 26 people behind me. 56 died, over 700 injured in the terrorist attacks. I was amazingly fortunate. I walked away with only minor injuries. When I got home I wrote down what had happened to me. Strangers and friends from all over the world wanted to know more. And so I tried to make sense of it all, and I continued to write, anonymously. One of the voices from the darkness of the underground train.
