Having moved to London after 9/11, I noticed the contrasts between the terrorist attacks in New York and London. The only other time I have experienced that was on 9/11 and my heart pounded as I raced to a TV to make sure everything was ok. The centre of town was shut down, while Kensington where I now was, carried on as near as normal but tinged with sadness and apprehension.Īs a New Yorker who now lives in London, I knew something was up as soon as I tried to make a cell phone call yesterday morning and found the network down.
Walking through Hyde Park to work the noise of the rush of the emergency services and the sirens was constant, there was tangible realisation that it had finally happened.
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Sitting upstairs a man listening to the radio said a bus had just been "blown up" so we all started to feel uncomfortable, the bus halted and the driver came upstairs and asked as to look under our seats, the bus continued but then stopped again and evacuated. When I alighted the train the tube lines were closed, so I managed to squeeze on to an overcrowded bus. The first I knew that something wasn't quite right was traveling on an overground train into Charing Cross, a young woman was on her mobile talking to a friend who was at Liverpool Street, saying there had been an explosion. they are unaware of what has caused this delay, a suspected fuse has blown on the tracks' which has caused the emergency lights to operate inside and outside the track.Ĭlick here to read Saira Khan's entire diary of her experiences Thursday in London. But something is strangely different, the emergency lights are on inside the carriage and outside on the tracks.ĩ:00: Announcement: 'Ladies and gentlemen. That's it people just wait and carry on reading there papers, books, notes, listen to music and some closed there eyes and remain steady for the normal announce meant to tell us 'We are on the move again'.
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