Thinking of everyone affected by the 7/7 London bombings today.

I was a few trains behind the one that exploded on the Circle Line that morning, and I often think of the victims and their families. It could have been any of us Londoners going about our day.

RIP to all those who lost their lives, and love to those who still carry the memories and the pain.

by londondanno

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  2. Every one of us is in that photo.

    REST IN POWER, DEAREST LONDONERS.

  3. So glad that terrorism in London went out of fashion.

  5. Just posted the same image on Bluesky 💔 I hope your memories of the day aren’t traumatic. I always remember the way all of London came together that day. Awful and inspirational all at once.

  7. Holy fuck, 20 years already…? Shit. It’s cliched I know but it genuinely feels like just yesterday hearing about it on the news (same goes for 9/11, but I was just a kid so I guess they kinda stuck as core memories?). As another commenter said, the blank photo fucks me up. I can only hope this is an outdated image and that poor person was eventually identified…

  9. While I don’t know anyone who lost anyone in the attacks it stays with me still, I didn’t realise how affected I was until the Boston marathon bombing.

    ETA I was close to Kings Cross

  11. I used to travel on the 30 bus to work for 10 years at that exact time. Ironically I only found out about the bombings when I came back from a job interview as I was unemployed at the time.

  12. Innocent lives gone for no reason, the perpetrators looked grossly older than their ages too. I remember when my Mum took me home early because of it, what a crazy & creepy day it was eventually ended up having a fear of the tube for years.

  13. The most traumatic and scariest day of my life. Being so close to what happened stayed with me for a long time. 18 years old travelling to work, I like everyone else wasn’t prepared for not just what happened that day but the aftermath. Every time the tube stopped for a couple of years after and we was told it had stopped because of a passenger incident I feared the worst.

  14. I was just a few minutes in front of the central line one….blissfully unaware until later in the morning when the news starting coming through.

    We were all sent home at midday….. But me and a few others couldn’t get home. So we had a few beers in the glorious sun that afternoon. It was a weird and somber day

  15. It’s sad that even mentioning the religious background of the scum who did this could land you in prison

  16. Watched the BBC documentaries recently. Really harrowing stuff. Was a little too young to appreciate the gravity of this at the time.

  18. That was a terrible day that day RIP to all.the victims

  19. Missed the Russell Square by about 10 minutes. Rest easy 😔

  21. Me and my family were meant to be in London that day but I had to cancel due to illness. I don’t want to imagine what could have been.

    RIP to the victims and condolences to their families.

  22. Just normal people with their lives ahead of them. So sad!

  24. RIP, such a sad day.

    And such contrast to the joy in the city the day before when the 2012 Olympics were announced.

  29. Watched the documentary on Netflix last night. All those innocent people in the wrong place at the wrong time. So tragic

  30. I remember that day and think about it often as well. I got off at Liverpool St station and was walking down Devonshire towards my office halfway to East Aldgate when the smoke started coming up out of the underground. Idk if it was the same train I had just been on but it was disturbing nevertheless.

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