I just wanted to take a moment to remember all the lives lost and irreversibly changed during the London terror attacks on the 7th of July in 2005. I still feel horrified thinking about the terrifying scenes 20 years later.
It is a reminder of the threat that terrorism poses to our way of life, as well as the need for vigilance against extremism of any kind. We must never let hate and violence win.
Where will we find the memorial markers for the 7/7 victims?
If you look at the IWM website, who recognise the event as a conflict, you will find 20 different memorials:
Tavistock Square Gardens
Tavistock Square- British Medical Association
ditto- this one for the route 30 bus victims
St Pancras Church
Edgware Road Station
Aldgate Station
Kings Cross Station
Russell Square Station
Hyde Park
Museum of London
Victoria Embankment Gardens. near Embankment Station
Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk) x2
Torrs Walkway, New Mills, Derbyshire Peak District
London Coliseum Theatre
Swanwick, Derbyshire x2
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Royal Mail, Rugby (believed lost)
Derby Railway Station
The 7th July Memorial where the official ceremony was yesterday is on the edge of Hyde Park by Park Lane/Hyde Park corner.
I went to the same school as one of the women who had both her legs blown off on that day. Her courage has been remarkable.
We were staying at St Margaret’s Hotel with our students on September 11, 2001. We were hugged for days by the staff at the hotel as we stayed longer to sort our semester out. In August 2005 we returned to St Margaret’s where we gave hugs to the staff who were still processing the smoke covered people who came stumbling down the street and were invited in for comfort and safety. I’ll never forget that staff and those events. The hotel owners now run The Celtic Hotel nearby.
oh Mona!
I was lucky enough not to be working that day, and watched the whole thing unfurl on TV. Many a day had I ridden the bus route that blown up and the Tubes were not far from my workplace.
I was in London a month later and it was still so eerie on the Tube. The few people who had large backpacks and looked like the attackers were given a wide berth and everyone was eyeing each other. Very sad thing to happen.
I also was in Madrid a month after the train bombing there. Unlucky coincidences.
Appreciate the link to the memorials, I didn't realise there were so many. We should also be remembering Jean Charles de Menzies, killed by police just a few weeks after when he was misidentified as one of the attackers. Just an innocent man trying to get to his job as an electrician, incredibly tragic. I always think of him when going thru Stockwell station.
@Cat VH agreed. That was extremely heartbreaking.
