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- ＢＢＣに４つの爆発について、その状況をまとめたページができてました。ピカデリー線でおこった爆破に関しては、今日の時点でもまだまだ被害が拡大しそうな雰囲気で気になります。
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/london_blasts/html/default.stm
- ロンドン同時爆破テロ事件の続報（犯人捜索関係）
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4662395.stm
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- 100人は越えないだろうということですが、犠牲になった方の数が増えていて、なんともいえない気分になります。（http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4663931.stm）
- ロンドンの交通事情
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4659259.stm
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- 僕自身のロンドンつながりはほとんどないのですが、僕の周りの人のつながりのことを考えると、恐ろしくなります。仲良しのＤ君のご家族も、爆発のあった路線沿いにお住まいだし（ご無事だったそうです）。
- 'Just wanted you to know I'm OK'
- すこしでも多くの人たちの無事が確認されますように。
'Just wanted you to know I'm OK'
By Megan Lane
BBC News website
- As news of the bomb attacks spread, the first response of many was to check up on loved ones in the capital. But it wasn't easy, for the world was calling London.
- At first the commuters spilling off stalled Tube trains assumed it was just another day of travel chaos, and calls made were to predict a late arrival at work.
- When it became clear that it was a series of blasts on the Underground and a double-decker bus, the first response - in London and around the world - was to locate family and friends through e-mails, texts and phone calls.
- For many, there was the agony of not knowing.
"We got a call from my sister telling us what had happened and that she was hurt. She'd been on the Tube and was at Russell Square. Now no-one can tell us anything. The phones are down. We just want to get through and know she's safe."
Unnamed man, Russell Square
- Weblogs ran "roll call" posts to make sure community members in the capital were safe, while radio stations and rolling news channels carried messages of concern and reassurance.
- But getting through to those in London wasn't straightforward. Mobile phone networks overloaded and e-mail servers seized up. Queues built up around payphones, and others tried to text. The message was the same: "I'm OK - are you?"
- Landlines, too, felt the strain, with BT asking that people only make essential calls to limit congestion. But when it came to being reassured about the safety of a loved one, many must have felt that their call was essential.
"I work near Kings Cross. We've been inundated with family members calling to ask that their relatives made it to college on time. It's madness here."
Terry Wallace, Croydon
- If those above ground wanted to speak to their nearest and dearest, it must have been a desperate need for those on stricken Tube trains beneath the city - a need thwarted by the fact that mobile phones and handheld e-mail devices do not work on the Underground.
"More and more smoke came in and people started saying their last prayers, as it were, their last messages to their loved ones."
Unnamed survivor
- By Friday morning, those who had been caught up in the turmoil were no doubt having second thoughts about retracing their journey into work.
- But re-establishing life as normal - and getting back on public transport - is an important step after such an event, both for survivors and other Londoners.
"Try as quickly as possible to establish a routine again. Get back to work, get on the Tube, face up to what's happened. Be gentle with yourself as you get back to normal life again," says trauma expert Mary Robertson.
- In the days and weeks to come, it is quite normal for those caught up in the attacks to mentally replay the events, to have nightmares, to feel irritable. Some will find that they have difficulty concentrating, or in relating to others.
- Such feelings are quite normal, says Ms Robertson, and only 20% of survivors develop post-traumatic stress disorders. "Seek support. Be with family, be with friends. Talk about the events, even if it's painful to do so."
- Not only are counsellors available, churches, mosques and synagogues have thrown open their doors to offer support. St Botolph's church, within yards of Aldgate station where the first bomb went off, has been open ever since for survivors and emergency workers.
- Those indirectly affected often experience similar feelings of fear and anxiety. "Events like this really shake up our sense of safety of our lives, the predictability of the world. That can leave us with a great sense of anxiety and fear, and worry for loved ones," says Ms Robertson.
"Will it put me off the Tube? No. Probably yes on Friday, but it's not going to stop my life."
Survivor Steve Talevski
