7/7 London bombings victims honoured 11 years on at moving service in Hyde Park

Chloe Chaplain8 July 2016

Emergency workers who fought to save lives during the 7/7 bombings paid a moving tribute to victims as London marked 11 years since the tragic event.

The chiefs of London’s transport and emergency services laid wreaths at a solemn service at the Hyde Park memorial, as survivor, Tim Coulson, read out the names of victims.

He said: “People who are killed, they are somewhere.

"They are in our hearts and our homes and they are inspirational to us even though we no longer see them. We will never forget, we cannot.”

Grieving relatives of 7/7 victims in Hyde Park today 
Jeremy Selwyn

Jo McVey, another survivor, also made a speech in memory of those who died and told how she made a split-second decision not to board the train on the Kings Cross Platform that day.

She broke down in tears as she told the memorial service: “This decision probably saved my life.”

Flowers were laid by key figures from the city’s emergency services including Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.

Mike Brown of Transport for London, Gareth Bacon, on behalf of the London Assembly, and chief executive of the London Ambulance Service, Dr Fionna Moore, also laid wreaths.

Dr Moore said: “Today, we are joining Londoners, and in particular survivors and the families and friends of those who died, in remembering the events of July 7.

“We look back on that day with sadness for the innocent people who were injured and who lost their lives but also pride in the way our staff responded in the wake of those tragic events.

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe (C) lays a wreath at the 7/7 Memorial
EPA

“Our thoughts remain with the families and friends who lost loved ones and those who were injured."

Families of those killed requested for a rock choir performance at the service which ended with a single flower being laid to remember each person who lost their life.

Terry O’Hara, from the Survivors Assistance Network, works to help people recover from events such as the London bombings and spoke of remembering all the people who helped in the aftermath of the attacks, as well as those injured and killed.

A worker places a wreath of flowers sent with a note from David Cameron
Reuters

“We work with a number of people who work with Transport for London and the police and there are all these people who are in the background,” he said.

“Obviously we remember those who lost their lives and the people who were injured but there were people who helped and affected in a million different ways so [the memorial service] is important for everybody."

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