London
July 7, 2005, 3:34PM
A chronology of explosions in historic areas of London
Associated Press
Timeline and topography of four terrorist blasts. Times listed are local; London is six hours ahead of Central Daylight Time.
- 8:51 a.m.: Blast catches subway train between Moorgate and Liverpool Street stations, on the eastern fringe of London's financial district. Seven died, police said.
Moorgate is named for one of the gates in the city walls of London, of which few traces remain. Some people caught in the blast emerged from the Aldgate Station, near Jack the Ripper's old haunts in Whitechapel.
- 8:56 a.m.: Blast catches a second train deep underground between the King's Cross and Russell Square stations. Police said 21 died.
King's Cross station, in one of the seediest parts of London, is the film setting for Platform 9 3/4 in the Harry Potter films.Russell Square station serves Bloomsbury, the early 20th-century literary hotbed where Virginia Woolf and luminaries lived. The British Museum is a short walk away.
- 9:17 a.m.: Explosion as train enters Edgeware Road station. Five died in an explosion involving two or perhaps three trains, police said. Edgware Road is the heart of a thriving Arab community, and convenient to Hyde Park, scene of last weekend's Live 8 concert.
- 9:47 a.m.: Double-decker bus torn apart by explosion near Russell Square, an area of many modestly priced hotels popular with tourists and close to the British Museum. Also nearby is the home where Charles Dickens lived from 1837 to 1839.
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Luckily, Simon's ok tho... wow... I was worried! OH!!! btw... he's coming from the 25th through the 6th!!! yay. I might be home alone tho... :( cause my bro and my dad are leaving on the 23rd... and my mom wants to help them move in... but if I go I would miss Simon completely... so my mom let me stay... maybe I'll ask Carolina and her mom if they want to come stay here... so that my mom will let me stay.. hmmm... maybe. OH! I'm going to Ocracoke!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!! from this Sat on - for a week! yay.. its cute.. I love that place. ok.. sht... I should have been mowing the lawn... moms going to kill me... oops
Lots of Love,
Denise
A chronology of explosions in historic areas of London
Associated Press
Timeline and topography of four terrorist blasts. Times listed are local; London is six hours ahead of Central Daylight Time.
- 8:51 a.m.: Blast catches subway train between Moorgate and Liverpool Street stations, on the eastern fringe of London's financial district. Seven died, police said.
Moorgate is named for one of the gates in the city walls of London, of which few traces remain. Some people caught in the blast emerged from the Aldgate Station, near Jack the Ripper's old haunts in Whitechapel.
- 8:56 a.m.: Blast catches a second train deep underground between the King's Cross and Russell Square stations. Police said 21 died.
King's Cross station, in one of the seediest parts of London, is the film setting for Platform 9 3/4 in the Harry Potter films.Russell Square station serves Bloomsbury, the early 20th-century literary hotbed where Virginia Woolf and luminaries lived. The British Museum is a short walk away.
- 9:17 a.m.: Explosion as train enters Edgeware Road station. Five died in an explosion involving two or perhaps three trains, police said. Edgware Road is the heart of a thriving Arab community, and convenient to Hyde Park, scene of last weekend's Live 8 concert.
- 9:47 a.m.: Double-decker bus torn apart by explosion near Russell Square, an area of many modestly priced hotels popular with tourists and close to the British Museum. Also nearby is the home where Charles Dickens lived from 1837 to 1839.
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Luckily, Simon's ok tho... wow... I was worried! OH!!! btw... he's coming from the 25th through the 6th!!! yay. I might be home alone tho... :( cause my bro and my dad are leaving on the 23rd... and my mom wants to help them move in... but if I go I would miss Simon completely... so my mom let me stay... maybe I'll ask Carolina and her mom if they want to come stay here... so that my mom will let me stay.. hmmm... maybe. OH! I'm going to Ocracoke!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!! from this Sat on - for a week! yay.. its cute.. I love that place. ok.. sht... I should have been mowing the lawn... moms going to kill me... oops
Lots of Love,
Denise