Posted on 07/07/2005 1:45:13 AM PDT by RWR8189
There has been an explosion at Aldgate East underground station in London, causing the closure of the entire Tube network.
There are also reports that a second incident took place at Edgware Road station in north west London.
The Aldgate East blast was caused by "some kind of power surge", according to Tube infrastructure company Metronet, which is responsible for maintaining the Metropolitan line.
A spokesman said: "We don't know the extent of the problem yet."
A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "We have just sent some resources out to the scene."
British Transport Police confirmed that there are "walking wounded" and said paramedics have responded to one report of a person classed as "life at risk".
"It's chaos, with people trying to work out what has happened," said a spokesman.
"All we know at the moment is that staff reported a loud bang at 8.49am. No one is sure what caused an explosion, but it is thought it could have been a collision, a power cut, or a power cable problem."
One witness said the packed underground train he was on was 200 metres from Kings Cross when there was a huge flash.
The train stopped and people were using umberellas to smash windows of the trains. Passengers were led out of the train by underground staff.
He added people were milling around Kings Cross covered in soot.
I'm tired of all these "nice" people trying to always be politically correct.
That was early on, with FoxNews quoting SkyNews, quoting Scotland Yard (then again, consider that Scotland Yard also said there were 7 explosions around the same time).
I just heard it again on a news report..........maybe a half hour ago??......... so I'm wondering if it's been verified.
I can relate. I got criticized on this thread for using 'you're' instead of 'your'. Silly what some people think is really important, isn't it?
I hadn't heard anything about it since this morning, so I wondered if it might be new info...
The british and their "stiff upper lips" and great senses of humor have been an inspiration to me for a long time and I was really really upset today when i heard this news. It could not have upset me more even if it was in my own country.
my thoughts lie with all of england today
LOL, if you had waited to post this in the 2-3 hundred range, people might not of noticed how odd your comments are now.
You have gotta feel like an idiot now.
WOuldn't surprise me either way. London has enough Muslims for a couple of the homicide-bomber bent to be mixed in.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Please forgive the spaced formatting, couldn't figure out how to keep it together.
It can be nothing less than a miracle. No one can convince me otherwise.
Does anyone think this may cause Britain to take more of a lead role in the WOT, perhaps they will be able to do more against the leadership of Al-Queda Bin Laden etc. that we are not able to do at this time, with Britain having different relations with some countries like Pakistan and different tactics different intelligence etc, and more readily available resources because their smaller involvement in Iraq.
I like the way you think. Does 'proper burial' include sewing them up in a pig's carcass?
*Click*
*snrk*
It's not necessary to mention them. We ALL know it. When will Muslims question their own religion and realize it is an International State of Hate and repression and not a religion at all.
Well I'm sure not going to try to convince you. It WAS a miracle. Praise GOD!
ABC NEWS - TWO UNEXPLODED BOMBS IN LONDON
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1438539/posts
Ah, yes, Biden's main purpose in life -- keeping Amtrak running so he can travel cheaply and easily between Wilmington and D.C. Who else in America gets to subsidize their daily commute with billions of dollars?
I listen to the BBC at night as well. Whaddya mean you don't like the lists of cricket scores from Africa and India? : ) They're just what you need when you can't sleep.
New moon yesterday...
I suspect that they will close up today.
Closing numbers in New York -
DJIA -- +31.61
NASDAQ Composite -- +7.01
S&P 500 -- +2.93
Russell 2000 -- +1.03
NYSE Composite -- +2.70
Oil -- -0.55
You called it.
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