7/7 bombings

[Me. I Am Salman]

This is a bit of a random thread it just came on my mind

What were you doing at the time? How did you find out, and what was your reaction

I wasn't impacted much as I would be now due to being young but it was still really shocking.. I just remember going home from school early and watching it all on the news and being scared

[Drew.]

We had a charity walk on at school and we all dressed up as some kind of sports person and most of us were just sat around doing nothing on the fields all day and one of the teachers told us all and it was basically the only conversation going round school because people were like "omfg i got a relative in London i hope their ok" even though they were nowhere near the bombings, was really annoying

[Z]

Honestly didn't impact on me at all, don't remember where I was on that day or feeling anything about it at all, I think because it wasn't as visually shocking as 9/11 and nobody died did they? I honestly don't remember, London seems like an alien place to me, I don't feel like I live in the same country as people who live in London

Edit: Okay that was shockingly ignorant of me, 52 people died apparently... I honestly don't remember, I couldn't have even told you which year it happened, just that it was the 7th of July some time in the 2000s...

[Kizzy]

I was at work, it was really shocking to later find out one of the bombers lived on the same road in Leeds I had once...
That sent chills,

[Me. I Am Salman]

52 people died

[Z]

52 people died

My bad, just looked it up and edited my post, was there one of the attacks where nobody died or something?

[Scarlett.]

Honestly didn't impact on me at all, don't remember where I was on that day or feeling anything about it at all, I think because it wasn't as visually shocking as 9/11 and nobody died did they? I honestly don't remember, London seems like an alien place to me, I don't feel like I live in the same country as people who live in London

Didn't 50 odd people die? :conf:

[Me. I Am Salman]

My bad, just looked it up and edited my post, was there one of the attacks where nobody died or something?

I dunno :p

[Scarlett.]

My bad, just looked it up and edited my post, was there one of the attacks where nobody died or something?

I think there was an attack on the 22nd that was thwarted, might have been what you was thinking of :)

[Drew.]

Honestly didn't impact on me at all, don't remember where I was on that day or feeling anything about it at all, I think because it wasn't as visually shocking as 9/11 and nobody died did they? I honestly don't remember, London seems like an alien place to me, I don't feel like I live in the same country as people who live in London

Edit: Okay that was shockingly ignorant of me, 52 people died apparently... I honestly don't remember, I couldn't have even told you which year it happened, just that it was the 7th of July some time in the 2000s...

You dont :joker:

[Glenn.]

I think I was on here when the news broke. I had the telly on.

It was the day after it was announced that London had won the Olympics iirc

I remember my dad phoning me for something and telling him 'that london had been bombed', literally minutes after it broke.

EDIT: I wasn't on here when it broke because it happened in 2005. I was on my computer though

[Brother Leon]

Was in School during break time. Rumours started going around and then a Teacher confirmed it to us. Was absolute chaos at the time and no one even bothered going to lesson when the bell rang. Took a good 30mins or so for Teachers to calm the situation, get people off phones and move everyone back in.

There was some dickhead too who was spreading rumours and every other minute she came up with a new place that got bombed,which everyone was believing and worrying about as some stated places were close to where they lived.

Mad times man.

[Z]

I think there was an attack on the 22nd that was thwarted, might have been what you was thinking of :)

Ahh that sounds familiar! Apologies to anyone I've offended, genuinely didn't realise people had died :/

You dont :joker:

Yeah I do... I live in the United Kingdom.

[Glenn.]

I remember all the confusion and I phoned a couple of mates that lived in London too make sure they were fine, because it was pretty widespread.

[Drew.]

Yeah I do... I live in the United Kingdom.

remember Zee Andy Murray is the only Scot who has the privileged of being classed as an Englishman

[Z]

remember Zee Andy Murray is the only Scot who has the privileged of being classed as an Englishman

:laugh: True that

Wow I feel really ****ty, all these years I guess I just thought the 7/7 bombings were a botched attempt that caused a bit of damage and some people were injured but nobody died :/

[Drew.]

I remember the day 9/11 happened more clearer than then the 7/7 bombings even though 9/11 was so long ago

[Brother Leon]

Don't remember 9/11 in the slightest. I was like 8 and probably gave zero ****s at the time. I was probably telling mum to put it on Cartoons.

[Z]

I remember the day 9/11 happened more clearer than then the 7/7 bombings even though 9/11 was so long ago

Yeah same here, I think because 9/11 was so visually shocking, the planes striking the towers and the towers collapsing are (unfortunately) iconic images that will never be forgotten; 7/7 doesn't really have a defining image other than the twisted wreck of the top deck of that bus... that's the only thing I can remember about 7/7, and even then not particularly clearly.

Don't remember 9/11 in the slightest. I was like 8 and probably gave zero ****s at the time. I was probably telling mum to put it on Cartoons.

I remember coming home and asking why wasn't My Parents Are Aliens on TV and then realising my mum was in floods of tears because she thought we were about to see World War III and my brother would be drafted lol

[HD]

I remember the day 9/11 happened more clearer than then the 7/7 bombings even though 9/11 was so long ago

Same

[Firewire]

Greg, there was a terrorist attack at Glasgow airport where no one died (except the terrorists)

[Vicky.]

I do not actually remember a single thing about 7/7 :S

[Z]

Greg, there was a terrorist attack at Glasgow airport where no one died (except the terrorists)

Nah I know that, I'm not confusing it with that, I think I'm confusing it with the thing Chewy mentioned. I remember the Glasgow airport one well (John Smeaton!!!!!!) 'cause we were going on holiday the next day flying from Glasgow airport and my mum was convinced we weren't going to be able to get away; the whole check in bit smelled like a barbecue, honestly, it was like being in someone's back garden

[Scarlett.]

I was on holiday, in a caravan in Bournmouth, just watching the TV when the news came on.

[Z]

I do not actually remember a single thing about 7/7 :S

It's weird isn't it? I can't believe that for the last 8 years I've been assuming it was this amateur terrorist attack that barely did anything but 52 people died... I feel a bit horrible for not knowing

[Vicky.]

It's weird isn't it? I can't believe that for the last 8 years I've been assuming it was this amateur terrorist attack that barely did anything but 52 people died... I feel a bit horrible for not knowing

Even now thinking back on it, the only thing I can actually think of is how odd the bus looked. Like is had been cut in half with a chainsaw or something

I never knew 50+ people died until now. I figured it was a small thing. I don't think I thought much of it because I seem to remember the news about it ALWAYS bringing up 9/11..which kind of overshadows it

[Scarlett.]

I think its also down to the fact that really, 7/7 didn't affect day to day life in the UK, whereas 9/11 affected day to day life in the whole world.

[Jessica.]

It wasn't really publicised here much at all, so I have never really thought about it much.

[Z]

I think its also down to the fact that really, 7/7 didn't affect day to day life in the UK, whereas 9/11 affected day to day life in the whole world.

That's true...

[MTVN]

Just remember walking down the school corridor when someone said "apparently a bomb went off in London today" or something like that, didn't really grasp the seriousness of it then and was just blaming the French for doing it because we'd been given the Olympics over them the day before

[Jordan.]

I was in primary school and the R.E teacher came into our class crying and made us all do a a prayer http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/public/style_emoticons/default/***********

[Me. I Am Salman]

:laugh3:

[Braden]

I remember being 8/9 and my class being told by our teacher.

Somebody in the other class lost their uncle due to the bombing. It's such a shame because they used to live in my street and they were a really nice family.

[Me. I Am Salman]

My mum knew one of the victim's mum through a mutual friend I think, although not very much

[CaudleHalbard]

I was in hospital in London and many of the nurses and doctors went to help.

[zakman440]

I was 7 at the tine, and I remember getting to leave school early and going round to my nans house and just watching it on the TV. I was really shocked and worried, because my aunt was living in London at the time.

[Livia]

My husband - not my husband at the time - was serving in Iraq and called me to make sure I was okay. It was the first I'd heard about it. It seemed strange, him worrying about me.

[Natalie.]

Before I went to school I saw something on the news about some problems in London. I was on half a day so when I came back was watching the news, really shocked. I was 14 at the time

I don't remember 9/11 really

[BigSister]

7/7 i was in majorca and it was on tv there the engliish speaking channels i mean and I was kinda worried then I found out someone on my grans street their wife had died on the bus bombing
9/11 I wasnt really sure as I was only nearly 14 at the time but was more worried about my gran and aunty as they were going to florida that day. They had to land in canada.

greg maybe your thinking about the attempted bombings 2 weeks later the same thing 3 tubes and a bus but nobody was killed there

[seanraff07]

I was actually down in Matlock near Derbyshire for a week's holiday with my family. Was a bit young to really remember my proper reaction

[King Gizzard]

Same as some of you I can't really remember that much about it or where I was etc.

Must have been away from news channels/news outlets on holiday or something..

I don't think the news grasped what had actually exactly happened at first looking back did it? Whereas with 9/11 it was pretty evident straight away what had happened

[MTVN]

Same as some of you I can't really remember that much about it or where I was etc.

Must have been away from news channels/news outlets on holiday or something..

I don't think the news grasped what had actually exactly happened at first looking back did it? Whereas with 9/11 it was pretty evident straight away what had happened

Yeah I remember reading an evening paper on the day to see if they had anything about it but they reported it then just as a minor explosion on the underground because of a technical problem or something like that, though that must have gone to print pretty soon after it happened

[Z]

7/7 i was in majorca and it was on tv there the engliish speaking channels i mean and I was kinda worried then I found out someone on my grans street their wife had died on the bus bombing
9/11 I wasnt really sure as I was only nearly 14 at the time but was more worried about my gran and aunty as they were going to florida that day. They had to land in canada.

greg maybe your thinking about the attempted bombings 2 weeks later the same thing 3 tubes and a bus but nobody was killed there

Yeah I think that's what I was getting confused with!

[Saph]

I was in class in Year 5 and we watched it on the news

I didnt really understand it though :laugh:

[Saph]

I was in primary school and the R.E teacher came into our class crying and made us all do a a prayer http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/public/style_emoticons/default/***********

http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/public/style_emoticons/default/***********

[Samm]

I can't remember I think I was at school and when I got back home it was strange because my mom and dad were both sitting down watching the TV and they didn't speak to me till I got in the room, then they told me

I can't remember that much tbh

[Saph]

I had just started Year 2 when 9/11 happened

[Munchkins]

At Primary school, and then we got called into assembly

[AnnieK]

I was in work and one of our temps rang to say she wasn't going in as she was watching the news! I thought it was a pretty lame reason for not going in to work and told her that but she had family in Central London so told me about the bombings then...

[Redway]

Must've just started secondary at the time or something but I do remember it being rather horrific.

[Ninastar]

i think i was in primary school

all i remember was knowing that someone had killed a lot of people and it was probably the same people who did 9/11

[MeMyselfAndI]

I feel terrible but I never knew this existed?

[lostalex]

I was 23, drunk and trolling a Britney Spears fan forum. I remember waiting for more to happen, I remember expecting more to happen, but thankfully it didn't. I put 7/7 in the same category as the Madrid bombings and the Bali bombings. Don't really think it's in the same category as 9/11. It's more like the 1993 attack on the WTC than 9/11.

[thesheriff443]

I was drunk and trolling the internet. I remember waiting for more to happen, i remember expecting more to happen, but thankfully it didn't. I put 7/7 in the same category as the Madrid bombings and the Bali bombings. Don't really think it's in the same category as 9/11. It's more like the 1993 attack on the WTC than 9/11.

any loss of life from a terrorist attack is in the same category.

[lostalex]

any loss of life from a terrorist attack is in the same category.

I think domestic terrorism (all of the 7/7 terrorists were british) and international terrorism are separate things. 9/11 was an act of war from a foreign power, 7/7 was more like the Oklahoma city bombing because it was domestic terrorism.

I don't remember anything about where I was during the Oklahoma City bombing, or the Madrid and Bali bombings. Interestingly I do remember where I was when the OJ Simpson verdict was read though, and I remember where I was when Princess Di died.... I don't know what that says about "moments in history".

[Z]

I was 23, drunk and trolling a Britney Spears fan forum. I remember waiting for more to happen, I remember expecting more to happen, but thankfully it didn't. I put 7/7 in the same category as the Madrid bombings and the Bali bombings. Don't really think it's in the same category as 9/11. It's more like the 1993 attack on the WTC than 9/11.

Yeah I agree. I actually remember more about the Madrid bombings than I do about the London ones because I was writing for my school newspaper and that was the main story. 9/11 was visually shocking and a call to war. 7/7 didn't have the same impact, perhaps because the UK was already involved in the conflict.

[Me. I Am Salman]

7/7 was the UK's first ever suicide attacks and to happen in a city like London, during the rush hour, carried out by one of the biggest threats of the world.. it was a huge deal. Just because it didn't have as much impact as 9/11 doesn't mean it should be overshadowed. Not everything needs to be about 9/11

[AnnieK]

7/7 was the UK's first ever suicide attacks and to happen in a city like London, during the rush hour, carried out by one of the biggest threats of the world.. it was a huge deal. Just because it didn't have as much impact as 9/11 doesn't mean it should be overshadowed. Not everything needs to be about 9/11

I agree with this - I'm sure the devastation to the people and families affected was exactly the same

[lostalex]

By the same logic I'm sure parents of a kid who died in a road accident feel it's just as devastating as 9/11 on a personal level.. but you are missing the point... we are talking about things in a larger sense, terrorism.

Obviously anyone losing a loved one is HUGELY devastating, period. ...whether from cancer or terrorism or even suicide. We are talking about major world events though, not personal tragedy.

[Z]

7/7 was the UK's first ever suicide attacks and to happen in a city like London, during the rush hour, carried out by one of the biggest threats of the world.. it was a huge deal. Just because it didn't have as much impact as 9/11 doesn't mean it should be overshadowed. Not everything needs to be about 9/11

Of course... but in terms of global impact; 9/11 will forever remain one of those moments that will be imprinted on the eyelids of anyone old enough to remember the footage at the time. Truly shocking stuff.

[Glenn.]

9/11 is more recognisable because the world literally watched the events unfolding live on TV. That's an image I won't forget and I think everyone can remember what they were doing that day like it was yesterday.

For me I can remember what I was doing on 7/7. The damage wasn't as catastrophic but caused by the same mindless group wanting to cause destruction and murder of innocent lives.

To me, it doesn't matter that 7/7 isn't as well known as 9/11. Just that both were tragic and lives were needlessly lost.