You got that right! We're with you!
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 have been in the newspaper newsroom since an hour ago, but we are just finding out about this now since nobody was checking the wires since we
have the stuff we need for today (we are an afternoon paper).
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This is interesting. There are no TV monitors or radios in your newsroom/newsbuilding? What time zone are you in? I think you may have unveiled (unwittingly?) one of the reasons why papers can seem so rooted in their biases.
I agree.. personal freedoms are quite meaningless if you or those you love are killed because the killer creeps rights/freedoms are protected.
I have nothing to hide..
1000 injured according to Sky News/Fox. People still trapped in subways. 45 Dead.
I was just trying to get this. Thanks.
Comparison pic coming up...
I agree the G8 was a cover for moving around and getting into Town. With a lot of strangers in Town, it's pretty hard to pick out the evil ones quietly walking around London.
I don't believe it is clear that the interment camps were "mistakes". If even 0.01% of those Japanese jailed had a tendency to be enemy agents, jailing them saved untold American lives, and may have cut years from the war.
She is safe thank you!
hoosierham is probably about 22 years old and has no concept of history.
incredible.
It sounded like at first that the attacks only really hit one vehicle, but it must have done much more damage than I thought.
How awful. I hope this death toll doesn't go much higher.
Nice post. Thanks!
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Laura is giving that Richard caller hell, isn't she?
"We are all Citizens of London today..."
Amen! God Save The Queen!
You got that right! We're with you!
Still, we didn't inter those with German or Italian ancestry, and we still managed to defeat them . . . before we defeated Japan.
Well, now is your opportunity to utter that famous phrase......
"STOP THE PRESSES!!!"
Lady on Tony Snow's radio program: "Jihad is World War 3"
[We need to accept that fact of life and deal accordingly.]
There are still people trapped underground.
life
I'm too young to have experienced WWII, and I know a fair share of history. Age is no excuse.
Speaking of history, the Patriot Act, and what FDR did in WWII can't even hold a candle to what Lincoln did in the Civil War.
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