Remembering The 7/7 Bombings | The Tube | Spark
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2019
- On the 7th of July 2005 London's underground tube system experienced something that would change its foundation for years to come. Hear from a few of the 200,000 people that were making their morning commute that fateful day.
For the first time in its history, London Underground has opened its doors to record the day-to-day life of its 16,500 staff who work across a network of 275 stations and 507 trains running on over 300 miles of track. Every year more than one billion people use The Tube that's 3 million journeys a day; commuters, holiday-makers, day-trippers, businessmen and women, students, overseas visitors.
This series goes behind the scenes to tell the story of some of the dedicated and colourful characters who work for LU, doing a difficult job under often challenging and stressful circumstances.
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I remember walking to school just after getting off the tube and hearing this thunder like sound and everyone was watching up but it couldn't have been... Then they were saying it was a power surge... It was memorable enough as it is for me... I can't imagine how people directly involved feel about it ❤️ thankfully like many others I was lucky, and that day I didn't stop to get coffee near the station before my journey
My mums freind got off that circle line train 1 stop before the bomb went off shes lucky to be alive🙏🏻
My mum was just about to get on the train but she barely missed it and got the next one
Gencturk92 you never know with humans nowadays
Inside job, that's how disgusting our country is !
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I got onto that train but got off 1 station before
In memory of those who died and were injured. A London transport system that cares about it passengers is a good way to respond.
Let's keep our eyes open.
Peter Burke
A London bus driver
@@Gencturk92 no it isn't, but it's still very sad
@@Gencturk92 unfortunately that's the way the News choose to work. Report on what they want to
Gencturk92 because Afghanistan is Terrorist country🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Gencturk92 we in the west don’t give Terrorist countries airtime🙂unless to manipulate them🤣🙂
@@Gencturk92 your also acting if you dont care why did you watch this video if your just here to boast about how 9/11 was more tragic
15 years on, we still remember them.
@Gorgon Don I do.
This is why I never trust a subway train!
16 now. :(
@@2_O-20 :(
@@2_O-20 not yet on july 7th it is
Those poor passengers who suffered that day will never forget about the injuries and pains and all emergency staff were there on standbys proud on them to helping how bad things go sometimes.
From the USA, RIP to all who died on 07/07/2005
Thank You.
Glad to see you've started uploading The Tube again, hopefully more to come
My dad was a contract cleaning manager and the stations which was hit that day was ones he looked after, his job was to make sure the stations was clean at all times, he just got home from a long night shift in london and about 10 minutes inrto his sleep, he got a phone call from his manager informing him whats happened. my dad went straight back into London to asses and to make sure his workers was safe.
He has said there are things that will never be unseen. He even had press offer hiim £10,000 for a photo of the bodies and such he just looked away in horror
RIP to everyone who lost their lives on this day
Liar.
@@silversnow3186 too true...
@@forestdenizen6497 why would he lie? There is no joking on these grounds
Penguin118 I hope your Dad realises that this was an inside job, by our disgusting country ! I'm sorry he had rpto see such sickening carnage, and even more so for the actual victims and injured !
@@duncanedwards7840 there's a video called 7/7 ripple effect, you should watch it explains it
Its fascinating to think how people would perceive that morning if those events never took place.
I remember it so well because I worked in the tower at Marble Arch at the end of Edgware Road. Every day I'd get out at Edgware Road, walk down the road, get a bite to eat and go into work. I was at my desk 10 minutes before it started. I could so easily have been involved. Nearly every day to work is forgotten but not that day.
When you don't experience something, when you don't feel personally affected by an event, your start forgetting it and doubting it. Its why people not only start disbelieving terrorist events, its why people also disbelieve things like the moon landing, or gas execution by Nazi's in WW2. Like it is such an obscure, extreme even, in some people minds it goes 'That cant have happened. So I didn't happen'. Then their moods swing in an instant, finding out their family member died in one of those events, or even themselves. Humans are stubborn, best you can do is just not forget and be respectful for those who lost their lives.
I think this episode commemorates the events of that day in a very suiting way. Instead of dramatic (like most shows tend to do) this episode is more tranquil and sober
*Sombre
@@ThatEstonian could have meant sobering. Either way but definitely wouldn’t call it tranquil lol
I live in the US (at the time, I lived about one hour north of New York City) and I was in my car when I heard about these horrific attacks on the London Underground on the radio. It sent a chill up my spine because it brought me back to September 11th. It seems to me like July 7th, 2005 was Britain's 9/11/01. This episode has me shaking. Stay safe, friends!
Both inside jobs. Obviously. Disgusting nations of ours.
9/11 an 7/7 were both fucked up days in British and American history keep safe americans❤
ldbritcher - gaming Thank you. You too!
Both were scripted. Both were state murder. Both have been swept under the carpet. We are ruled by lunatic psychopaths. Stop voting.
@@davidyoung3136 Lunatic psychopaths like you
This is actually pretty devastating
Mathys-jean still angry about this. And did anything really change afterwards?
no shit
@@vinceiswatchingyou well it changed after 911 because now they have cockpit doors sealed on planes, improved security at airports etc. this didnt change anything, but at least 911 did and 911 was million times worst than 7/7
Well duh....obviously. Christ!
Gencturk92 7/7 wanted to do a 9/11 but our government said do the trains instead there was 3 exercises that were taking place at the same bombing sights on 7/7
My Nan got off the Piccadilly line 2 stops before the incident happened I’m so glad she is life
even if she was on the train she wouldn't have been in the same carriage
I was stood with many others in a carriage, near the front of a stationary train, on the eastbound track at Edgware Rd Station. Carriage doors open waiting for a green signal. We then heard, what sounded like, a cannon going off at the other end of the platform and then what I can only describe as compressed air being pumped through our train. I was very spooked when we were all asked to get off the train and leave the station out of the ‘never used’ side exit. As I got off I quickly peered down to the other end where the ‘cannon’ sound came from but I didn’t want to look too long in case I saw something I didn’t want to see. Little did I know at the time that the noise came from the westbound train that was in the station seconds ago but had just trundled out of view... but not earshot.
Are you okay? Or do you have PTSD?
@@sebby324 i wonder what he meant when he said "I didn’t want to look too long in case I saw something I didn’t want to see", what would he have seen ?
@@Gencturk92 bodys
@@aleksandrarama you know that the explosions came from underneath the tube carriage floors which is why people had lower leg injuries and the metal was pushed upwards, also there was 3 separate holes inside the carriage in edgware road tube bombing
I finished school the day before this and my dad is a Londoner yes we live in Brighton but still RIP to all 52 who lost their lives.
not many people knows this but the explosions on the tube trains were underneath the trains, which is why majority of leg injuries that day
I really love the tube show, this is a sad episode, very touching.
I was panicking about my sister in case she was on
The bus that blew up outside Euston station
But thankfully she was abroad on holiday
@@neilshearer6899 close call.
Yes it was and 4 years after the terrible terror attacks in New York and Washington DC on 9/11
Rip to all whom lost their lives and their loved ones whom had to also deal with the aftermath. 💔
Amen😢
Can’t believe this was over 15 years ago! :(
When this happened, I would have been at primary school... can’t remember much more.
My parents were on the first plane from London to the States after the bombings. They were met at the gate by a ton of press. My parents had no idea anything had happened. Meanwhile, my sister and I were frantically calling the airline to make sure they were listed on the passenger manifest.
I feel like such a shitty self absorbed, unaware American. I had completely forgotten this happened, much less had any clue how bad it was. We focus too much on the events of 9/11 and often fail to realize that terror attacks don't just happen here.
Both where an Inside Job as usual.
Don’t feel bad.
Noway Müller “where”???
@@j-n-dfilms473 you do know that it was an inside job right ? unless if you can give me an explanation to all of these:
1. A year before 7/7 they were planning a mock exercise drill of 3 trains and 1 bus blowing up (this is exactly what happened on 7/7). This mock exercise drill was also taking place at the same 3 stations and 1 bus, same time and day on 7/7.
2. The trains the government said they caught on from luton to london was cancelled so they could not have done this at the times the bombs went off
3. Why would suicide bombers carry identification and buy a return ticket if their going to kill themselves ?
4. The cctv cameras were not working on that day and time
5. the bombs were planted underneath the carriages
6. the guy who got off before the bus exploded told the media that he saw the suicide bomber and described his clothes, but hasib hussain wasnt wearing anything that matched the description
7. tony blair immediately announced this was done by the muslims without any evidence at the time
8. israel prime minister was told to not leave his house on the morning of 7/7
@@Gencturk92 I look forward to you updating that post with citations and evidence, instead of make up shite presented as facts.
I have so much respect for the emergency services and the employees of London Transport, plus anyone working in the public sector.
Thank you for showing this. Having been on the platform and in the lifts of Russell Square and Edgeware to Kings Cross and Victoria many times, it's put some things into perspective for me.
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My respect goes to anybody who was harmed / affected by 7/7. - The Easterling (07/07/2020).
I used to visit my grandparents in shepherds Bush and they always told me how people in London never spoke to one another but in these circumstances they done more than speak they showed courage and love well done to those in 7 /7
I was 15 years old when this happened. I was on holidays from secondary school (went to school in Ireland where we have 3 month summer holidays) and at the time was mainly interested in Pokemon, my friends and my computer. I remember seeing this on the news when it happened and it upset me quite a bit at the time. Also left my parents scared to go on the tube again. Why isn't it remembered in the way 9/11 is every year?
probably because 52 people died vs the 2900 odd that were killed in 9/11. probably because it was underground in a dark tunnel where nobody could see where it happened vs in the sky above millions of nyc residents heads. probably because americans tend to make a bigger deal out of things in general than us brits.
any loss of life is a tragedy no matter how big or small. i agree it should be remembered. i'm just answering your questions and these seem to be the most likely reasons
@@jcoxdj ahh finally a reply which acc tries to answer the question instead of being toxic..toućhe
but we remember 5/22
@@jcoxdj yea but london is like new york and this was in the capital and its not just the tube also a bus
@@jcoxdj and also its not just a tube it goes above ground aswell
Thank you for making this documentary. Important work.
@Uncle Bob
😂
I was a trainee teaching assistant working in an infant school. Id just arrived home for my lunch when my twin brother came to the door and told me what happened. I watched the news in shock. After lunch i headed back to work it was so surreal seeing buses going past and I thought of all the people on the trains and buses whom we injured or killed just going to work or going about thier day. When i got back to work we were all told not to tell the children so as to keep them calm and leave it up to parents as they would be too young to understand anyways. I'll never forget that day
I was never on a under ground train when this happened but I was really young and for 3 years after this I refused to go on the underground.
I was 7 Years old then. Living in the West Midlands like I still do now. I remember this being on the news for DAYS. I was way too scared to use the tube even now I freak out a bit.
Such powerful and humble heroism from those men...
Thanks for letting us know!!!
Man, I love this series, but this was a heavy episode. It's definitely part of the tube, but... ugh.
Why are humans this shitty?
I do not know, but we can also be great, we can also be hero's. So, we can, we must do good.
Humanity has alot of good and alot of bad With them.
You misspelt "sand people"
@@SquirrelKnight50 you misspelled "sand creatures."
It is mostly caused by extreme religious beliefs, which is the cause of most terrorism.
Really sad, may those rest in peace.
How have I never heard of this tragedy until now, this is insane
MrCoffeeMan really? You must be quite young.
@@DSQueenie He lives in Canada, so it's not that surprising...
How’s your rock?
You obviously walk around with your eyes and ears closed. Or else you are to stoned to notice. Wake up mr coffee man
I didn't know either I'm American
RIP to those people who died on 7/7. I remember that day very well because I had to get to work at Holborn, Central London at 8am in the morning so I missed the London bombings by 49 minutes.
I love tis keep up good work GOD BLESS THE WORLD
When i was on a piccadilly line train going to King's Cross to change for the Northen line towards Edgware when i was between Russell Square and King's Cross i got the chills of the 7th of July since a trains was bomed in that section
My girlfriend was there on 7/7. Had come back from a job in Africa. It was very scary. The system broke down. People didn’t know what was going on. They had to evacuate and learn on the surface - what had happened. They had to find their own way to Heathrow.
When she got back to Detroit - she learned that her then husband had passed on 7/7 in Michigan. A traumatic 24 hours in her life.
I was still a kid when this happened, but I remember hearing about it on the news all the way here in the US.
This is Britain’s 9/11
*Id never heard of the event when it had happened, though I might’ve been simply too young to remember - regardless even though it’s been years since I hope everyone affected has found or find peace.* 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
On that morning I was with my colleague, both of us working as police support officers. We are at Edgware station when we heard for assistance to help with crowd control at kings cross station. The initial message stated a fire between kings cross and Aldgate station. We got in our patrol car and made our way towards Edgware Road station, teams of officers from our unit were doing a RPI operation at Euston station when the sergeant called out the code word ‘POLSA’ which meant explosive device on the bus. We then rushed towards the scene to find chaos. We were on a road closure in front of Euston station diverting people away from the scene, allowing emergency vehicles to access the area. It was a very long 15 hours with people in panic mode, horrible news reporters trying to climb over high gates of the church which was turned into a temporary mortuary. There were people from nearby hotel and cafes who bought us drinks to keep us going. The scene was horrifying, the day had changed the entire way we behaved. We go back to our default ways and let our guards down...and it all happens again!
I was on a double decker bus 3 buses behind the number 30 bus which exploded in front of our eyes in Tavistock Place,Russel Square. Probably the worst day of my life.
what was it like to see the dead people and body parts on the floor ?
Gencturk92 Not a nice question to ask someone who witnessed a terrorist attack
God i hope you're doing ok , so sorry you had to witness that :(
My Regional Director at the time had just gotten to London on his honeymoon. We were waiting for a day and a half for news of him.
I'm from Ireland and I can remember that day I was off work and I was just out of bed and I turned on Sky news and it just happened. All these year's later and I still remember that morning.
Me and my dad where going to get the train the next station (Russell square) when they blew it just before..
Been to London many times but only on organised coach tours. Too scary to travel on their transport🇬🇧💂👍
My dad was luckily on the train in front of the circle line train that was bombed. My mum was really worried after she saw it on the news.
So many everyday people went into the disaster to help - the everyday heroes that just want to help.
Happened around the same time frame as the 1st plane that hit our WTC on 9/11. Just before 9am. Un real
The goal was to cause the most chaos and terror possible in front of another global audience.
@@dritemolawzbks8574 yeah and it seems strange both 9/11 and 7/7 already had exercise drills of the same scenario on both days and time, location
Lest we forget! We must never forget this terrible day and who was responsible for the murders. Why no memorial to those who died?
Why do I gotta watch this before bed
Tragic, we have to make sure this never, ever happens again.
I agree but unfortunately it's near impossible to prevent tragic events of this kind. The assholes only need to get it right once where as security services need to get it right every time.
Sadly we haven't yet learned our lesson and there are more followers of the ideology that did this in this country than ever before.
I remember it on the news
Bro I lit went to London today on a school trip on the underground and my mum was on the train before this event. That shit me up bro
That event happened 3 days before I was born.
@@Gencturk92 what proof do you have exactly? other than youtube videos that dont have any sources to cite
@@EthanThomson and what proof do you have to claim these 4 muslims did it ?
@@silversnow3186 who admitted it ? their bodies were never found, they were shot and killed in canary wharf by armed police so they cant tell anyone anything, the phone lines were down so the 4 muslims couldnt contact anyone and they dont know anywhere to go in london. They were separated part of a drill so they couldn't come together to tell the media their innocent
I was born on the 10th of July as well
@@Gencturk92 why are they carrying big fucking backpacks just like the manchester bomber? They did it end of the gov aint responsible but they do have blood on their hands from manchester as they had him on a list but didnt stop him. Letting him fly to libya weeks before
Jesus, it took forty minutes to get help down there and that poor bloke was in a scene of devastation on his own. How many lives would have been lost needlessly because of that sort of delay. This is why it is so important to learn first aid. If you are an employer, please give serious consideration to sending ALL of your staff on a thorough first aid course and claiming it back as a training expense. No one knows when they might see a very serious event with injuries needing immediate attention to save life.
If I remember correctly my Uncle was late for work this morning and managed to miss the chaos within London. 😮💨 He worked 35 years in a bank within the city!
I was not even born then and not even from UK but its still scary to think about it
I was only 4 months old on 7/7
I wasn't even born until the 10th of that year.
I was 18 years old I remember I was working for a house removal company we finished the Job and me my other colleague and my driver was stuck on A406 east bound to Romford it was at stand still
Peter Power had a 'terror drill' same stations at the same time that morning. Do a search. What's the chances?
the same with 9/11
14 years ago today 7/7 July 2005
That's 12 days before my birthday!
Now 15!
I would have left out the interview with brain ache at17 mins..He was smirking and I found it unsettling
Surprised that these are in 1080P
Pretty sure this was filmed around the time Sky was introducing it's HD channels. There was a big push for new HD material to fill the schedules.
Really heartbreaking to find out that up more north in the Uk the media only covered the bus bombing. I had no idea about the train underground bombings till this morning. Very upsetting.
Really? That’s crazy.
That's not true, I watched the news all that day with my 3 month old daughter in my arms in stockport, In total shock
@@rachelmiller764 there's a video called 7/7 ripple effect, explains the facts
I was 10 when this happened and was at school in Camden, when a girl there was running around saying there had been a bomb on London Bridge (obvs too young to understand what had really happened!). The teachers tried to keep it down all day when eventually they decided to evacuate us as we weren't far from one of the bus bombings. I remember my friends mum picking my sister, me and my friend up and driving us home and then my mum just running out of work to hug us crying. We spent the whole day watching what was happening on the news and as a 10 year old it was absolutely terrifying, confusing and heartbreaking. My condolences go out to all those affected that day, London really did come to a stand still
i dont know why there's no video showing the 4th person boarding the bus before it exploded
I live in the States and I just couldn’t believe it.
Can't believe its nearly been 15th years ago RIP THE 52 PEOPLE WHO LOST THERE LIVES THAT DAY
Remember being 7 on holiday in London and not understanding while we were leaving early, and parents just telling "something really bad happened"
If there’s one word that’s illegal to even say at airports and train stations, it’s that four-letter word that starts and ends with the letter B: BOMB!
Basically everywhere it shouldn't be said
or manchester arena
aluakbuh as well
You're not allowed to say C4 planted under the carriages either.
NIce story tellers
I was really close to the bus explosion..so much so that I felt the air rush past me
what was it like to see the explosion ? did you see the body parts and blood ?
@@Gencturk92 Unecessary to ask mate
Where is Episode 2. I only see episode 1 and 3.
episode 2 was uploaded by now. ^^
My mother who was pregnant with me in her was on the circle line
Thank God she was alive
Our Danish friends were amongst the people who heard the explosion from the next stop. They were there on holiday and haven't been to London since. Don't blame them.
Oh DaNiSh FrIeNds
I remember this day very well. I was getting ready for work when I got a text message from my (now ex) girlfriend asking me if I was ok. Surprised by her text I said "yes of course I am. Why?" And then she said that there was a problem on the underground. I was living in a pub between Aldgate and Liverpool street station. Eventually the City of London Police came in telling us to get our stuff ready in case we had to be evacuated. But the one thing that will stick to my mind is that on this day there was the G8 in Gleneagle, Scotland. W Bush with Tony Liar were seeking public support for the war in Irak. What a strange coincidence if you ask me.
So guys I was on the way to school and I realized that my train wasn’t moving from the stop before me and then suddenly I heard a big bang and everyone was screaming and children were crying and I survived which was a relief
I was 5 months old when this happened
17 years later, TFL is planning to dismantle this amazing teams. When you hear the government and the top of TFL talking about job cuts and reduction of staff numbers ask them to come back here, watch this video and listen to the woman saying how reassuring was the sight of London Underground staff and how professional they were. That’s what people sometimes don’t get, the staff can seem relaxed most of the time, but when the shit hits the fan, their level of professionalism and their knowledge is incredible.
I’m not a regular user of the tube system. But can honestly say that when I’ve asked the staff for advice, they’ve always been very helpful and more that accommodating to my questions. A credit to London
Having watched this video a couple of times I'm 85-95% certain I knew Jeff (Geoff?) Porter growing up in Essex England in the mid-late 1970's or very early 80's and would be curious to catch up, if you have a 'privacy respecting' way to pass a message such that he would be able to reply I'd appreciate a reply to this post.
Was Jackie okay in 7/7?
What year was this series filmed in
2002 through 2007 I think, this episode was filmed in 2005.
Feel Sorry For Them 16 years
People give LU staff grief but fail to realise when the shit hits the fan the very same staff are into lifesaving actions, very few people would even know the ERU existed let alone their duties, responsibility, capabilities
I was born July 7th 2005
7/7 is 9/11 but British version.. rip to everyone who died. When I went to London I loved the tube so much. Then discovering about 7/7 I was terrified if I go to London again something might happen again.. people are horrible.
But 7/7 was harder for dispatchers as it was in 7 different places unlike 9/11 which needed mass response to one area
@@sebby324 yeh
@@sebby324 what about the pentagon ? it weren't just the twin towers that got hit you know
@@Gencturk92 And Pennsylvania, because of passenger intervention.
I was 8 when it happened
Omg I just watch this 😨😨😨😮😮
I was born on that same day
Will y’all bring season two for London’s busiest Airport
Rbt master not the tone or place to ask that
This is the year when a Young Olympian becomes a wheelchair volleyball Paralympian lost her legs during the event. I can only think those who might not have liked Uk to hold the games like they did could have done it as a pay back like what the Germans did back in the blitz or was it due to another reason I don’t know it’s too complex to tell.
I think that it took a long time for emergency services to arrive.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?
Feel so sorry for the manager guy you can see the trauma in his eyes... i would want to imagine what he saw that day 😳😢😳
That tear didn't stop 😟
This is the first time I ever heard of this attack
NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE
❤️❤️💔❤️❤️, 💀⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️💀
May god ease the pain of the souls who survived and rest those gently who did not.
as an american, I don't actually remember this and dont remember hearing much about it, however I do remember 9/11 ... Terrible that we as humans can't just get along, life would be so much better
We remerber you
No, really? D'ya think?
He is a hero
I love the series but the episode was my fab so far, but it happened when o wasn't even born cuz I'm 10