The 7/7 Bombings: Five Years On
“Where were you when the world stopped turning?” This lovely song by Alan Jackson was written in tribute to all those who were involved in the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York.
However, this can also be applied to all those who were in London, England, on July 7th, 2005. That was the day, exactly five years ago today, when this day, too, went down in history for all the wrong reasons. That was the day when too many people lost their lives for no good reason. The day when too many people became disabled for no good reason.
As someone who lives in London and who, like everyone else in the city, woke up on that July 7th thrilled by the previous day’s news of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic victory, I feel that it would be wrong today to write an ordinary post without first mentioning those people whose lives changed forever on that day.
This being a disability blog, I’ll end by mentioning particularly those who became disabled that day. I wish them well in a new life- a life that is difficult for anyone to accept and adjust to- but one in which I hope they will one day be very happy.
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