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Experience the London Bombings like never before. This raw, unfiltered eyewitness footage captures the terrifying moments as coordinated terrorist attacks struck the heart of Britain’s capital. See the chaos, fear, and devastation unfold in real-time as commuters and first responders faced the unimaginable on the Underground and across London. From smoke-filled tunnels to desperate survivors, this video offers a chilling account of the day that forever changed the UK.
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📍 Location: London, England
Event: Coordinated Terrorist Bombings
📅 Date: July 7, 2005
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📍 Location: London, England
Event: Coordinated Terrorist Bombings
📅 Date: July 7, 2005
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00:01Terror came to London today in the heart of the Russia.
00:05It was aimed at ordinary people using the tube, using a bus service.
00:10Four powerful bombs left people dead, dying and horribly injured.
00:15There's been reports of an explosion outside Liverpool Street Station.
00:19That, of course, in the east end of London.
00:22This is a major incident. The emergency is a major incident.
00:26Still only being said that there are several people injured, though clearly from eyewitnesses' reports on the ground,
00:33there are more injured than have at the moment been accounted for.
00:38Many more had been terrified 100 feet underground when the bombs exploded.
00:43And all of a sudden there was this explosion. A white, a big white, appeared.
00:48And then it was just smoke everywhere in the tunnel.
00:51We were trying to close the doors because there was just smoke, you couldn't breathe.
00:54The worst terrorist attack in Britain began at 8.52 this morning in a tunnel between Aldgate Station and Liverpool Street.
01:02We were on there for like 30 seconds and then there was just this explosion in a carriage next door.
01:08And then there was just all this smoke and you couldn't breathe.
01:12Seven people were killed here and scores injured.
01:16People were forcing the doors to get some air in.
01:19And when being evacuated, we actually saw the carriage and the roof and the side just went off.
01:24It was on the rails.
01:25And we literally saw people like the people in the next carriage that were standing next to windows.
01:30Their ears were blown up with blood all over the arms and everything.
01:33And the people that were inside the carriage, they were just literally full of blood and dark.
01:41And they were still screaming and the paramedics were there.
01:44Well, what I'm seeing is a lot of very, very frightened people.
01:48As you know, tube stations throughout London were being evacuated.
01:53Thousands of people pouring out of King Cross Station and Euston Station.
01:58And I was one of those that had to be evacuated walking towards Russell Square.
02:03And suddenly a huge explosion on the street up in front of me.
02:08And all I could see was the top of a bus completely destroyed.
02:13We all heard an explosion and everything just disappeared in front of me.
02:20And I'm looking at people with blood injuries and walking away from the scene.
02:25The police are already there taping off the entire area.
02:29So no one is completely sure what has happened.
02:32But as far as I'm concerned, a bomb has gone off or something has exploded on a bus in Russell Square.
02:39And there must be some considerable injuries.
02:42I got on the tube at King's Cross and literally just after we left the station,
02:48I was in the second carriage and there was just a massive bang.
02:51And glass and everything just kind of went flying through the train.
02:55We couldn't see, we couldn't breathe.
02:57And it was, you know, honestly for the first two seconds we didn't know we were going to get out.
03:01All the windows came in and none of us knew what happened.
03:04It was mayhem.
03:06And then the driver came out of the carriage, which was quite scary because he shone a red light.
03:11And we all thought, I just thought, well I thought I was dead.
03:14I had a vision of a fire.
03:16And then he came out and said, he walked us through the platform.
03:20It was just, other than, I don't know what happened.
03:24You probably know more than me.
03:26It was just, I don't know, but there's some seriously injured people there.
03:30Well it's not good.
03:31I was in the front carriage and people were severely injured there.
03:35But I've heard, and I don't know if it's right, that people were even worse further back.
03:39And this is inside Russell Square station, was it, or further up?
03:42No, it was in the tunnel between King's Cross and Russell Square.
03:45And how do you describe the reaction of people in the train to what happened?
03:49Very mixed, some people were very calm, others were very panicky.
03:53It was a day long feared in the capital.
03:58At Allgate East, where the injured were treated on the pavement outside the station.
04:03Please, if you are not being treated by any traumatic...
04:06At King's Cross, where hundreds were moved to safety, having escaped the horrors below ground.
04:13And at Russell Square, what was left of the number 30 bus.
04:18Across the very heart of London, there was shock, confusion,
04:21and an almost palpable sense of fear among those caught up in the moment.
04:26The unthinkable had become reality.
04:30Below ground, in the pale emergency light, hundreds made their way through the tube carriages.
04:36A sense of claustrophobia all too apparent.
04:39Passengers battling smoke and soot.
04:42Scenes like these, repeated in dozens of carriages in the three tube trains, stuck deep in the tunnel system.
04:49Those that had escaped, made their way onto the streets on the surface, traumatised.
04:54Ladies and gents, we need to clear now Russell Square.
04:58Please, for your safety, please start moving down.
05:03This was just five minutes after the first blast.
05:06There had been another explosion underground, between Russell Square and King's Cross stations.
05:12People made their way to the surface in almost total darkness, some shaking with fear.
05:18People started to scream because there was a burning smell.
05:21And everyone, just kind of long story short, thought they were going to die.
05:26People started saying prayers, praying to God, panicking, breaking the carriage windows with the bare hands.
05:35Anything to get oxygen into the carriage because the more people tried, the more distressed they became.
05:44Women passing out.
05:47People started getting very agitated.
05:50There was no communication from any drivers.
05:52Everyone was in pitch black.
05:53Then the emergency lights came on.
05:55And more and more smoke started coming into the carriage.
05:58And we were there for something like 20 to 30 minutes, during which the smoke intensified.
06:04The screaming intensified.
06:06The hysteria, and that's what it was, became almost to a state of pandemonium.
06:12It's pretty chaotic on the ground here at the moment.
06:15There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people being evacuated from buildings in the surrounding area.
06:21By Liverpool Street Station.
06:23Cordon's gone up around Liverpool Street, which, talking to one police officer on the ground here, he says that it stretches for about a quarter of a mile.
06:32Now, everybody within that cordon in the shops, the offices close to Liverpool Street Station, are being urged to come out of their buildings to go beyond this cordon.
06:41So the pathways to the streets are absolutely packed with people now.
06:46I have to tell you, this is an unofficial line.
06:49This is from one of the police officers that I'm talking to on the ground here.
06:52He says that he has been told that the incident that he is dealing with at Liverpool Station involves multiple casualties.
07:01The problem he says they have at the moment, which is why they've thrown the security cordon up, which is why they're evacuating everybody from the surrounding area,
07:08is that they really don't seem to know exactly what they're dealing with.
07:11Just talking to him, he says, look, we're trained to deal with every eventuality, be it nuclear, chemical, biological.
07:17He's not at all suggesting that it could be any of those things at the moment.
07:21He says he doesn't know. That's the problem.
07:23That's why they're having to evacuate everybody from this area at the moment.
07:27So people here are bewildered, unsure of what's going on, hearing reports of what's going on,
07:33but really nobody knows at the moment.
07:35Just pulled out of Edgway Road.
07:38Next thing I know, there's a large flash of light.
07:42I felt a burning sensation on my hands, put my hands up to my face.
07:46I was on the floor by that point.
07:51Yeah, yeah, I can't recall anything prior to that, any noise, any bang.
07:56And as soon as I realised there'd been an accident, got up, had a look around, saw where the exits were.
08:09The train was a complete standstill, lights were out, a lot of smoke in the carriage.
08:15Not a lot of people moving.
08:18There'd been another tube stopped parallel to us in the tunnel.
08:25They seemed fine. We had tried to get from our carriage over to their carriage, but couldn't get the doors open.
08:32So it was very much a case of waiting in the tube.
08:35Next thing we heard, some guys were shouting at the far end of the train that it was fine to get off.
08:42They'd be taking people off the back end of the tube.
08:46It was the worst effect. It started to walk through the carriages.
08:51It seemed to remember the next carriage down towards the back of the train that everyone seemed fine, the lights were on.
08:56People were standing, didn't seem injured.
08:58So I proceeded to go off the back end of the train and out onto the platform and was led up to the concourse, where the firefighters and paramedics started to arrive.
09:10Yeah, and there were people just screaming and just asking for help and the underground staff were trying to just get the people that were safe just to walk out.
09:18And they weren't actually going into those carriages. The carriages were filled with this like dusty smoke.
09:23With the entire tube system shut down and buses struggling to cope with crowds fleeing the area, London's road network was targeted.
09:30One of the capital's signature red double-decker buses was hit. The force of the explosion ripping the roof from the vehicle. Casualties were expected to be heavy.
09:40This was the scene captured by a passer-by less than a minute after the explosion.
09:45The force of the blast blew passengers from their seats aboard the bus and left injured strewn across the road.
09:52I was just walking down through to central London. I didn't even notice the bus. I just went across the road and then, you know, just blown off my feet and started there.
10:04In a capital where people had woken up full of pride following yesterday's Olympic bid's success, the horror of the attack was perhaps even more deeply felt.
10:14A coordinated series of bomb attacks above and below ground, targeting London's transport system with predictably appalling consequences.
10:24London's emergency services have had years to prepare for this disaster.
10:29The biggest casualty evacuation ever seen on the streets of the capital quickly got underway.
10:34Police warning there could be further attacks.
10:38We don't know if this is over yet. We've got to remain vigilant.
10:41The public have got to help the police and report anything that they see as suspicious to make sure we can deal with everything straight away.
10:47But we've got every resource out there at the moment and we're doing our very best to keep London safe.
10:52At Glen Eagles, the G8 leaders stood shoulder to shoulder with Tony Blair.
10:57Later back in London, the Prime Minister addressed the nation, promising to bring those responsible to justice.
11:03There will, of course, now be the most intense police and security service action.
11:10To make sure that we bring those responsible to justice.
11:15I would also pay tribute to the stoicism and resilience of the people of London, who have responded in a way typical of them.
11:31By late afternoon, the emergency services confirmed that all those trapped below ground had been brought up to safety.
11:38A senior police officer admitted recently it's not a question of if terrorists will hit the capital, only when.
11:46Tragically, that prophecy was realised on the streets of the capital this morning.
11:51Scores were injured here and 21 people died.
11:54Then, shortly after, a third blast, this time at Edgeware Road Station.
12:01The explosion was so powerful it ripped through a carriage, a side wall and into two other trains.
12:07The roof had just been blown upwards and outwards.
12:12Doors were on the, on the track and there was just people screaming and wailing.
12:17People are dying in here, help us, help us.
12:20And it was just, it was awful.
12:22People comforted each other as they walked away.
12:26At least five people died here at Edgeware Road.
12:31By now, a major emergency operation was underway.
12:35At 9.33, the entire London Underground Network was suspended.
12:40At this point, officials thought they were facing power problems.
12:43But within an hour, there was an explosion at the back of a bus in Woburn Square.
12:51The entire top section was blown off.
12:56From the back, there were just a few seats remaining.
13:00One minute is bust, next moment the whole thing had just literally peeled off like sardine tin.
13:06People got flung out from the top and there was just debris, there was smoke, a lot of smoke.
13:11And then people were just kind of literally staggering around.
13:14By now, Scotland Yard knew they were facing what they had long feared and expected.
13:19A coordinated terrorist attack on London.
13:22Some eyewitnesses reported seeing part of this bus flying through the air.
13:27With this incident in particular, police are investigating whether it was the work of a suicide bomber.
13:32If confirmed, this would be unprecedented in Western Europe.
13:36At least two people died here.
13:40Shortly after this incident, the police made their first major statement.
13:45Stay where you are.
13:46All of London's transport is currently disabled or stopped, whether that's buses or trains.
13:52So the safest thing that everybody can do is to stay where they are.
13:55The police put into effect their long rehearsed plan for dealing with a terrorist attack.
14:01Three hours after the first explosion, Tony Blair announced he was leaving the G8 summit and returning to London.
14:07It's reasonably clear that there have been a series of terrorist attacks in London.
14:17There are obviously casualties, both people that have died and people seriously injured.
14:25And our thoughts and prayers, of course, are with the victims and their families.
14:29The police say four bombs exploded today and there were no warnings.
14:34These attacks were aimed at killing large numbers of people using public transport.
14:39This clearly was a callous attack on purely innocent members of the public,
14:46deliberately designed to kill and injure innocent members of the public.
14:53The government said tonight this had all the hallmarks of an al-Qaeda attack.
14:58Organization, coordination, and ruthlessness.
15:03We know that these people act in the name of Islam.
15:09But we also know that the vast and overwhelming majority of Muslims here and abroad
15:17are decent and law-abiding people who abhor this act of terrorism every bit as much as we do.
15:24For thousands of people across the country today, there was the agony of not knowing what had happened to their loved ones.
15:31We got a call early this morning from my sister, telling us basically what had happened,
15:39and that she was hurt and that she's on the tube somewhere, and that she's at Russell Square,
15:44but no-one's really telling us anything at the moment, so we're just kind of waiting to see what happens.
15:50It's just the not knowing, the phones are down. It's just the not knowing. We just want to get through a notion.
15:58Tonight, London was a changed city, largely empty of traffic, people walking home, unable to use tubes or buses.
16:06But what was striking was the calmness of the crowds on the day that London suffered.
16:12Yeah, hi, Sean. Can you tell us where you were and what happened?
16:16I was trying to get on the tube station in Kilburn Park, and they told me the tube station was closed,
16:22so I hopped on a bus, and as I was approaching the Edgware station, I saw people coming out of the train station,
16:29and they'd obviously had smoke inhalation in them. You could see the burns on their faces, lacerations, hot broken glass, splatter burns.
16:39If you've ever seen those before, it just looked like little black dots, some small burns of hot pieces of glass.
16:46And pretty much as the police and paramedics and firefighters started showing up,
16:53they organized a command post in the Marks & Spencers food market and the Hilton.
16:59And we began triaging patients. I was helping out the person who was in charge.
17:07She did a very good job. She was the doctor in charge there.
17:10And we began triaging patients, separating patients who were badly injured from the ones who were walking wounded.
17:17And what we did is we got all their contact information, listed their injuries on a piece of paper,
17:23and then transported the people who were in most need of medical attention first,
17:30and then in priority after that for people who were less injured.
17:34And real quickly, Sean, the most serious injuries, what did they involve?
17:38The more serious injuries were major lacerations, most of them to the face.
17:47The places where people had been covered by clothing was relatively well protected.
17:51But for the people who had been exposed very closely to the blast, they had some major lacerations to the face.
18:01I didn't see any eye injury.
18:03Sean, we're going to check back with you if you could just hand by.
18:06We'll be back with much more right after this.
18:10Let's go back to Sean Barron, who is 20 years old.
18:13He's from New Jersey.
18:15He is visiting London and witnessed what transpired there this morning.
18:20Sean, good morning again.
18:21Hi, Katie.
18:22You were mentioning that you helped triage several victims in the Marks and Spencer food court
18:29as well as some hotels that have been opening up to help some of the injured.
18:34You were telling me about the extent of the most seriously injured.
18:39Can you elaborate on that for a moment?
18:41On the serious injuries?
18:43Yes.
18:44Most of the people who were injured seriously were most likely treated in the tube station
18:49and transported directly to the hospital.
18:51The more serious injuries that we had, the people who were taken actually to the Hilton had some relatively bad burns on their face, legs, and arms.
19:03They had bad smoke inhalation, so they're having difficulty breathing, and that can get a little bit sticky later down the line.
19:09And then there was one or two people who obviously needed some stitches for major lacerations on the face and hands and arms.
19:17Do you have a medical background, Sean?
19:19Yes.
19:20I'm actually an EMT from Westfield, New Jersey.
19:23Oh, my gosh.
19:24Well, it's fortunate that you were there to help so many of those people.
19:27It was at 8.50 a.m. on the 7th of July, 2005, that suicide bombers set off three simultaneous explosions on underground trains near Oldgate,
19:39Edgeware Road and Russell Square.
19:42At Oldgate, the attack happened on a Circle Line train travelling between Liverpool Street and Oldgate, killing seven people, injuring 171.
19:53Another explosion on a Circle Line train leaving Edgeware Road killed six people and injured 163.
20:02Another bomb was detonated on a Piccadilly Line train travelling between Kings Cross and Russell Square.
20:0926 people were killed there, 340 were injured.
20:14Well, as the tube network was shut down in response to that, people turned to buses to continue their journeys that morning.
20:22But at 9.47 a.m., nearly an hour after that first explosion, another bomb went off on the top deck of a number 30 bus at Tavistock Square.
20:35That killed another 13 people and injured 110.
20:40This is how it looked underground in the London subway train moments after one of the bombs exploded.
20:46This chaotic, terrifying scene was captured by a cellphone video camera.
20:50You can see the windows blown out on either side as people struggle to escape the stricken train.
20:56No, in the interest of national security, I can't say anything at all.
20:59Ladies and gents, we need to clear now Russell Square.
21:02Please, for your safety, please start moving down.
21:06And this is how some Londoners above ground learned their city was under attack, as police urgently evacuated whole neighborhoods.
21:14As bombs exploded across London's subway system, there were scenes reminiscent of New York on 9-11.
21:20There was that same look of stunned disbelief, the same day stare of the survivors, and the same grit and courage in the face of terror.
21:29I heard a very loud bang. The lights went out and the carriage filled with smoke and people were thrown forward.
21:35I don't know what happened. You probably know more than me. It was just, I don't know, but there's some seriously injured people there. It's not good.
21:43And with London brought to a standstill, scenes of thousands walking were also a reminder of similar scenes on 9-11.
21:50This was a London double-decker bus carrying commuters. A bomb tore off its roof insides.
21:57The other bomb blasts were underground in subway tunnels and stations.
22:02The scenes of terror and chaos were all in stunning contrast with these scenes of celebration just 24 hours earlier,
22:09reading the news London had been chosen to host the 2012 Olympics.
22:14In times of crisis, the British rely on tea and these Britons poured tea for police and passers-by.
22:23Americans woke up to urgent news flashes carrying grim images like this as the toll of dead and wounded continued to rise.
22:30U.S. networks stayed with the drama as it unfolded for much of the morning.
22:35It's hard to know that there are more people that have to walk in our shoes.
22:39Among those watching the drama unfold on TV was Lori Van Orken, whose husband was killed on 9-11.
22:45You dream about it. You have nightmares about it. You wake up screaming about it.
22:49And here those people were doing what we've had these nightmares about for the last four years.
22:55In Scotland, where the leaders of the world's richest nations are attending the G8 summit,
23:00a shaken Prime Minister Tony Blair had a defiant message for the terrorists.
23:04The terrorists will not succeed. Today's bombings will not weaken in any way our resolve
23:13to uphold the most deeply held principles of our societies.
23:18And the president expressed his outrage over this day of infamy.
23:22The war on terror goes on.
23:25The networks were jammed. Even landlines seem to be difficult at a point.
23:31But coming into this scene, you know, I'm using one of the few modes of transport that's actually effective in central London now.
23:36That's a bicycle. People streaming out of, if you understand London, the congestion zone area, which is basically the core of London, where the business is done.
23:45People coming out of there, I saw people coming out, their heads down, they're crying.
23:49They were saying things like, I knew this would happen one day, which is amazing.
23:54But as you were saying before, the British people are very stoic, very resolved.
23:59I've seen people coming up to the offices here who are sort of courting me off the air, bringing tees,
24:05and giving sort of words of support to the offices, and we understand what's going on, and we appreciate what you're doing.
24:11Tatek, what is the feeling on the streets? Is it panic? Is it fear? Is it calm? Is it a belief that the worst is over?
24:19I think it's calm. I think that's the best way to describe it.
24:23You've got to remember that London is no stranger to terrorism.
24:26The IRA have made this capital city a target for quite some years in the past, so it's not a stranger to the acts of terrorism.
24:33Certainly there's a lot of confusion amongst many of the tourists here.
24:36I mean, this is an area where there are a lot of key tourist attractions, and I see in the streets people looking at their maps.
24:42They're asking, oh, London is on the street. Where can they go? What can they do? How can they get here?
24:47They seem to be a little lost at the moment, because once the major transport, the buses and the tubes, which have now come to a halt, have stopped,
24:54then it's pretty hard to navigate your way around. So there seems to be a sense of we don't know what to do amongst the tourists,
24:59but Londoners themselves are sort of getting on with things.
25:02Right. We want to bring up this information. Sky, our sister network in London, says that Scotland Yard, their beat reporter, Martin Brunt,
25:11the Sky reporter, is saying that sources have told him there are indications that the explosion that you see the remnants of,
25:18the right-hand side, that red top is the roof of a bus. The top half of the bus was blown off.
25:25As you can see, the bus is up in the right-hand corner. There are reports, according to Sky, that a suicide bomber was on board that bus.
25:34We have not gotten confirmation of that. That is according to a Sky reporter.
25:39We've been talking this morning to eyewitness Sean Barron. He's a 20-year-old from New Jersey who is in London. He's working as an intern there over the summer.
25:48He is also a volunteer EMT and rushed to the scene to help some of those who had been injured in the blast. Sean, good morning again.
25:57Hi, Katie.
25:58So tell us a little bit more about where you were when you saw this unfold. I understand you were riding a bus?
26:03Yeah, I was on one of the double-decker buses looking out the front window, and I kind of saw a little bit of a bird's-eye view of the people coming out of the station.
26:14So I just hopped off the bus and went over to help out.
26:18Was it pure chaos, Sean, as people were pouring out, or did they come sort of slowly?
26:23People were walking relatively slowly when they were coming out. I think some of them were still pretty shocked.
26:30However, I wouldn't describe it as chaos. The emergency services here were very well organized.
26:37They set up a command post in the Hilton where we quickly began to treat the patients and triage people,
26:45get their contact information and names, and then send them to the appropriate hospitals as quickly as possible.
26:50Sean, it's Lester Holt. Was it clear to you and to the people pouring out of that station that this had been an attack,
26:57or was there plenty of confusion at that point?
26:59No, they actually figured it out pretty quickly because we started hearing reports from different people who were getting calls from around the city
27:08saying that there was an explosion in one tube station and then another and then another, and everyone put the pieces together very quickly.
27:16Did people describe other passengers who might have either been killed or trapped or otherwise incapacitated on the trains below?
27:25Yes. In the one train at Edgeware Road, one of the patients who I was dealing with inside the hotel described a large hole which had been blown in the floor.
27:39And I believe in the process, one gentleman was either thrown out of the train or fell through the hole, but he was pinned underneath one of the trains.
27:50I believe he might have been run over. And he was not in the Hilton, though. I would imagine that they either transported him directly from the tube station to the hospital.
28:02Sean, are people still trapped underground at this point in time, as far as you know, or have most of them been rescued?
28:11As far as I know, the vast majority of them have been rescued. We actually finished triaging patients in the Hilton, and over on Edgeware Road I haven't seen any ambulances coming in or out.
28:24It looks like they're all gone. But for the most part, they told the volunteers, thank you very much, and they're kind of sending us along.
28:32I'd like to thank Londoners for the calm way they have responded to this cowardly attack. And echo the advice of Sir Ian Blair, the Commissioner of Police.
28:44Do not travel. Take the advice of the police. Stay at home. Wait if you are not at home until you hear over the radio or television the advice of the police about how you will proceed to get home later today.
29:00I have no doubt whatsoever that this is a terrorist attack, as has been claimed. We did hope in the first few minutes after hearing of the events on the underground that it might simply be a maintenance tragedy. That was not the case.
29:20I have been able to stay in touch through the very excellent communications that were established for the eventuality that I might be out of the city at the time of the terrorist attack. And they have worked with remarkable effectiveness.
29:34And I will continue to stay in touch. And I will continue to be in touch until I board the plane that takes me back to London in the next few hours.
29:41I 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.
30:07Indiscriminate attempt to slaughter. Irrespective of any considerations for age, for caste, for religion, whatever. That isn't an ideology. It isn't even a perverted faith. It is just indiscriminate attempt at mass murder.
30:27And we know what the objective is. They seek to divide Londoners. They seek to turn Londoners against each other. I said yesterday to the IOC, this city of London is the greatest in the world because everybody lives side by side in harmony.
30:47And Londoners will not be divided by this cowardly attack. They will stand together in solidarity around those who have been injured, those who have been bereaved. And that is why I am proud to be the mayor of that city.
31:00Finally, I wish to speak through you directly to those who came to London today to take life. I know that you personally do not fear to give your own life in exchange for taking others. It is why you are so dangerous.
31:19But I know you do 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 seaports and look at our railway stations.
31:38And 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.
31:53They choose to come to London. 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.
32:06They 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 cities, where freedom is strong and where people can live in harmony in the world.
32:23Whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail.
32:28Hours after the panic and confusion in this tunnel, complete silence as a police scenes of crime evidence gatherer makes his way towards Circle Line Locomotive 204.
32:40The train which had been travelling between Aldgate and Liverpool Street stations in East London is now empty of its passengers.
32:48But the horror they faced earlier that day is obvious. Seven people died here. Scores of others were injured in the powerful explosion, which ripped through the second carriage from the front.
33:01Across London, another scenes of crime team records the aftermath of the terrorist attack at Edgeware Road. Six died here.
33:09Some the inquest heard had lain for a time mortally wounded amongst the twisted wreckage and scattered belongings. But they died before medical help could reach them. Such was the chaotic nature of the unfolding disaster, exacerbated by the difficulties of communicating and operating in the underground tunnels.
33:29Here at Russell Square, the platforms are empty. The whole network was shut down in the aftermath of the attacks. The bombing of this train accounted for the biggest single loss of life.
33:41Twenty-six died at Russell Square. Six were thrown from the train by the power of the blast. The inquest heard how this Piccadilly Line service had been packed at the time of the explosion.
33:54The train had been carrying up to 1,500 passengers who had to clamber through the deep tunnels for almost half a mile to reach safety.
34:04While the Russell Square victims were trying to reach the surface above ground, another horror was unfolding.
34:11This number 30 bus blown apart by the fourth suicide bomber.
34:16These images were understandably difficult for the families to watch.
34:20And they know they have many months of distressing evidence ahead before the inquest finally rules on the events of July the 7th, 2005.
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