7 July London bombings

‘I want to say one thing specifically to the world today. This was not a terrorist attack against the mighty and the powerful. It was not aimed at Presidents or Prime Ministers. It was aimed at ordinary, working-class Londoners, black and white, Muslim and Christian, Hindu and Jew, young and old. It was an indiscriminate attempt to slaughter, irrespective of any considerations for age, for class, for religion, or whatever.

That isn’t an ideology, it isn’t even a perverted faith – it is just an indiscriminate attempt at mass murder and we know what the objective is. They seek to divide Londoners. They seek to turn Londoners against each other. I said yesterday to the International Olympic Committee, that the city of London is the greatest in the world, because everybody lives side by side in harmony. Londoners will not be divided by this cowardly attack. They will stand together in solidarity alongside those who have been injured and those who have been bereaved and that is why I’m proud to be the mayor of that city.

Finally, I wish to speak directly to those who came to London today to take life.

I know that you personally do not fear giving up your own life in order to take others – that is why you are so dangerous. But I know you fear that you may fail in your long-term objective to destroy our free society and I can show you why you will fail.

In the days that follow look at our airports, look at our sea ports and look at our railway stations and, even after your cowardly attack, you will see that people from the rest of Britain, people from around the world will arrive in London to become Londoners and to fulfil their dreams and achieve their potential.

They choose to come to London, as so many have come before because they come to be free, they come to live the life they choose, they come to be able to be themselves. They flee you because you tell them how they should live. They don’t want that and nothing you do, however many of us you kill, will stop that flight to our city where freedom is strong and where people can live in harmony with one another. Whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail.“

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Artemis97 said:

We were living in London that year, in St. John's Wood not that far from one of the bombs. There's this gorgeous rose garden at Regent's Park, and it was magical to me in a way. I was seven then, and playing in the garden with a friend when we heard chaos in the distance. My dad called my nanny and told her to take us home immediately and stay there and not to turn on the television or let us online. I remember her carrying my friend because she kept looking back and slowing us down. My mom worked for the U.S. Embassy then. They went into this lockdown mode and it took hours before she could call me. My older brother was at this sports camp and I just wanted him home. I remember feeling so relieved that night when everyone was finally back, and then watching DVDs that whole week because my parents wanted us to avoid the news. I remember seeing the pictures from the front pages of the newspapers, and on these big signs the newsagents had in all the Tube stops for weeks, and how you could just tell the city had been wounded deeply.

But the thing I remember the most about it all is the surreal contrast between that day and all the jubilation and pride from the day before. We had been in Trafalgar Square when it was announced that London would be the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Everyone was totally unified in that moment in throwing their arms up into that V for victory exaltation. Strangers were hugging one another and giving fist pumps and high fives. It was beautiful and glorious. Everyone was wild with patriotism. I remember feeling so incredibly proud, even though I'm not British. And then we went to this concert event at Albert Hall and there were celebrations about the Olympics there, too. You could literally feel the pride in the room during God Save the Queen; it was radiating out of people. I still cry when I hear that song, but in a good way. I can't even explain it. Royal Albert Hall wraps around, so if you're in the middle it's like this gigantic hug of music when everyone starts singing. So much joy. And then it all literally got bombed away the next day. People went back to Trafalgar Square later that week for a candlelight memorial. It was like every human emotion there is to feel all in one week.

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Colin said:

Today is the 10th anniversary of what are now commonly referred to as "the London Bombings" .

The 7 July 2005 London bombers killed 52 people and inflicted life-changing injuries on dozens more .

The link below tells of some of those who were inflicted with life-changing injuries .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33393468

Gill Hicks, a survivor of the 7/7 London bombings, was joined by faith leaders from the Muslim, Jewish and Christian faiths yesterday, to walk from Kings Cross to Tavistock Square in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on 7 July 2005.

The group carried a floral tribute spelling 'Together' as part of the #WalkTogether initiative, which calls on people in London and all over Britain to get off the bus, train or tube one stop early on 7 July 2015 and walk the last stop, in a quiet moment of remembrance and unity. It is inspired by the scenes on London's streets on 7 July 2005, when public transport closed down and thousands calmly walked home.



I can't imagine the horror those on trains down in the London Underground must have endured when a bomb went off in the carriage of their train . Many have to live with that memory for the rest of their lives .

May God have mercy on those who were killed .

May God comfort , console and heal the survivors of the bombings .

May God bring consolation to those still grieving because of the loss of loved ones .

May the Mother of the Prince of Peace pray for an end to all violence and terrorism .

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