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.
Who has the best coverage? Youd think Fox would with Sky News as the sister network.
Prime Minister of Israel denies they were told London would be attacked. Says it's early, bad reporting.
The jihadists love to start rumors and find a way to blame the Jews.
C-SPAN getting a live feed from Scotland via the European Broadcasting Union.
Thanks for the ping.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) speaks with U.S. President George W. Bush as they arrive at the venue of the first G8 meeting at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland July 7, 2005. The meeting began as a series of underground train and bus explosions rocked London. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Thnak you, thank you. Perhaps the cameras can yield some information.
This is so upsetting. Absolutely horrific.
Don't be amazed. I am ever-impressed with the steely resolve of the British people. You are a special breed of people, and I salute you.
I also send my prayers and my love.
Just a note on the word "casualties" it indicates injury, not necessarily death, and the numbers we hear as this story unfolds should be treated as such.
Heading in now, after a prayer a kiss to my babies.
Berni_g confirmed the cameras to me in #940.
I got a snotty "border control" freepmail from the poster when I told him to sod off.
There is a time and place for it. Not now
As you said, people are dying out there.
Just getting up here..
Horrible news. So very glad you're okay.
A search of Middle Eastern History shows this as significant for July 7: On July 7, 1937, the Peel Commission published its recommendations, which included the partition of western Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state.
Blair up.
Blair on now.
Blair Speaking now
London has a gazillion cameras, yeah. They say the average London resident appears on camera 27 times a day. Or 17. Or 38. Anyway, a dozen or two. There are cameras on the second level of buses, too, so anyone who placed a bomb up top would have been photographed, unless the explosion took out the recording.
Blair's speaking now...
Blair's on!
Amen! (But I think we beat him to the punch a few hundred posts earlier on this thread.)
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