London Subway Bombings, July 7, 2005 by John Kelly

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Who: John Kelly
What: London Subway Bombings
When: July 7, 2005
Where: London, England

"I was on the way to work today. The tube was down so I had to take the bus. They said something about a power outage so I had to get out at Waterloo. I got on the number 68 which didn't take me to Camden(where I work) but took me to Euston, which is pretty close. I was about five minutes from Euston when we got stuck in traffic. I decided that, as it was pretty much deadlock, I would get out and walk. The streets were full of people which was pretty normal considering the problems with the tube.

"As I was heading toward Euston I heard a bang behind me, turning round I saw a huge cloud of smoke and what looked like a flat bedded truck that was mangled and twisted somehow. I knew straight away that it was a bomb.

"Everyone started running and screaming. I did the same and just tried to get away. Everyone was coming out of their offices to find out what was going on. just kept going, I went up to some builders who were coming out of their site and told them what was going on and they started running and then heard them talk about how they were getting out of here."

Co-opted from Guardian Unlimited