I'm briefly lived in Russell Sq as a small child and I find myself in or
near it most weeks, but thankfully not today. I was on top of the twin
towers with the family a few days before 9/11 and was out on a student
drinking spree in Birmingham on the night of the 1974 pub bombings. We have
to live our lives and the risk of being directly effected are low, but it
certainly makes you think.

We can't hope to protect ourselves from such attacks unless we change the
environment which make such dreadful acts seem rational to those who carry
them out.

Ewan

Robert Treharne Jones wrote:
> Both the Moorgate and the Old Bailey bombs happened during my time at
> Barts, and though they didn't let me near any casulties as a mere
> student it certainly brought the whole thing closer to home, and loud
> bangs worried me for quite a time afterwards.   
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Caldwell
>> Sent: 07 July 2005 17:35
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Bombs in London
>> 
>> words cannot describe this. i have witnessed 2 massacres in my time
>> and it still carries with me. it's odd how we all seem to be
>> connected 
>> with awful events. the bus that was bombed was the no 30 from hackney
>> to marble arch via trafalgar sq. when i lived in hackney i used to
>> take it v regularly to the west end, brought back many happy
>> memories very tinged with sadness. 
>> 
>>> From: Michael Leuty <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Reply-To: GP-UK <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Bombs in London
>>> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:59:30 +0100
>>> 
>>> On 07/07/05, Mary Hawking <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Is everyone at the BMA OK?
>>> 
>>> Laurence Buckman was on the Radio 4 lunchtime news. He described
>>> many doctors leaving the building to help the injured. People on the
>>> opposite side of the road were also injured by the explosion. The
>>> BMA building was undamaged, but blood-spattered.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Michael Leuty
>>> Nottingham, UK



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