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Post by Stuart Anslow on Jul 7, 2005 18:49:38 GMT
What a shocking day in the UK. 4 terrorist bombs went off around London, lots of people killed and injured.
London came to a stand still as trains and buses were stopped as most went off in packed stations and one on a bus.
Stange
Weirdly enough I rarely if ever use the trains (except when I go into london) or rarely travel into central London and today of all days Ray Pullman and myself had just arranged to meet.. up central London! Bloody weird!
Rays okay, though I couldnt ring him early on as they (the networks) stopped personal mobile calls into London, though I managed to text him (!!!) and after a few hours he rang me back and comfirmed he was okay.
Stuart
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Post by Dave Melton on Jul 7, 2005 18:56:27 GMT
MY GOD! I was watching the news and thought 9/11 was happening all over again. I immediately thought of you today my friend, and said the same thing - Stuart is fine he never uses the trains! Most importantly you (and Ray) are fine. I only hope nobody we know has been hurt or killed. Our thoughts go out to you and your fellow citizens, neighbors and friends in this time of chaos and pain.
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Post by Anthony 'Antz' Whitaker on Jul 7, 2005 20:35:34 GMT
I'm still OK. Although I usually take the train on the few occasions when I go to London (cheaper overall, plus you don't have to worry about traffic and the congestion charge), I've never gone there before 09:00, and the first two explosions in the Underground occurred just before that, so if I'd been going to London today I'd have known about it and not even attempted to go.
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Post by Tim White on Jul 7, 2005 21:57:50 GMT
I am happy to see that our UK members are still in one piece.
Tim
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Post by posynick on Jul 7, 2005 22:00:47 GMT
thank God you and Ray are allright
something needs to be done to correct this situation around the world
i think we are doing our part to create international friendships so feel proud everyone, maybe one day our influence will be felt in other areas of international ideals.
glad you are ok bud
tim
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Post by kyushindo on Jul 9, 2005 14:23:07 GMT
Thanks for your concern guys. That's twice now I have been close to the action but the Lord's good hand of providence has been upon the situation. I visited the USA in Oct 2001 due a last minute change of dates by the folks I was visiting. The original dates had included a trip to Manhattan on Sep 11th!
I fortunately was able to get a ride off some folks who were travelling North to the airport at Luton. Driving through London was very weird with thousands, perhaps millions, of bewildered people walking, sirens of police cars and ambulances breaking the otherwise eerie stillness. After encountering numerous roads taped off, detours etc we eventually got onto the M1 motorway 2.5 hours later. I made my flight ok.
The folks who I was with in London were absolutely magnificent in their efforts for those attending the conference. They certainly went far beyond the extra mile in the assistance they gave.
And the bombers - nil illigitimus carborundum!
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Post by Tim White on Jul 9, 2005 14:47:41 GMT
Glad to see the soldier still has his survival instincts.
Tim
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Post by billdixon on Jul 9, 2005 19:21:57 GMT
Ray and Stuart
Thank god you are ok,,,
My brother lives in london....Stoke Newington..
He was on an earlier train going to work, and missed the bombing,,,thank god....
he couldn't get back into London and as just phoned me mam...to say he is ok....
To all our London Brothers and sisters,,,
God Bless,,,
Bill,,,
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Post by Olivier Van-Overbeek on Jul 10, 2005 1:44:47 GMT
i hadn't heard from my friend in day's kept trying to call and text her, no reply
then i received a txt
saying that she was in italy at the time
pffffffff
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Post by Tim White on Jul 10, 2005 4:36:45 GMT
Oli, life is good.
Tim
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Post by IAOMAS on Jul 13, 2005 1:21:39 GMT
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Post by Glen Doecke on Jul 16, 2005 6:20:30 GMT
I'm glad you guys are OK, like Dave when I first heard of the bombings i immediately though of our IAOMAS freinds.
Bet ya that put the wind up Ray, lucky boy's that's all I can say.
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