{"id":11130,"date":"2017-06-04T11:18:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T11:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11130"},"modified":"2017-06-04T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T11:18:08","slug":"my-city-under-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11130","title":{"rendered":"My city under attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK has been rocked by the third terror attack in the space of three months.<\/p>\n

On the same\u00a0weekend as thousands of people head to Manchester for a tribute concert to remember those killed there during the\u00a022 May attack, London was hit by another attack.<\/p>\n

Previous attacks<\/h3>\n

Whenever I hear the appalling news that another attack has happened I’m transported back to the London bombings in 2005.<\/p>\n

During the 7\/7 bombings in London my family were caught up in the horror across the capital. I heard the reports of the first explosion and instinctively knew it was a bomb.<\/p>\n

I knew my son was safely at school, having dropped him off before work, and managed to contact my husband, who was working the other side of London when I got to my office. However, I was unable to contact my daughter. The rising panic was exacerbated when I finally got through to her work placement and found she had not arrived.<\/p>\n

In fact she had been at Kings Cross when the bomb exploded and\u00a0was lucky to get out unhurt.<\/p>\n

Words cannot express how it feels just hearing your loved ones are safe. Thinking about that time I waited for news still brings on tears.<\/p>\n

The relief when they all finally made it home – one having walked away from the bomb site at Kings cross and out of the capital – and the other having borrowed a bicycle to cycle 25 miles across in the city in lockdown \u2013 is indescribable.<\/p>\n

Pulling together<\/h3>\n

I am proud of how people in Britain pull together in times like these.\u00a0The offers of help – guiding strangers out of London, lending bicycles and offering cars during the 2005 attack – were echoed in Manchester with the offers of taxi rides and accommodation.<\/p>\n

The victims<\/h3>\n

Not everyone is been fortunate enough to hear good news about their friends and family. My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones.<\/p>\n

London’s Resilience<\/h3>\n

I’d been working in London near Hyde Park when the 1982 bombing took place. After the bombing I\u00a0carried on living and working in London.<\/p>\n

After the 7\/7 attack we carried on. I’m not saying my daughter and I\u00a0weren’t apprehensive taking the tube through Kings Cross for the first time after the attack, but now I\u00a0don’t think twice about making that journey.<\/p>\n

As the Mayor of London said “This is our city. We will never let these cowards win and we will never be cowed by terrorism”<\/p>\n

Today a new\u00a0symbol of London\u00a0spirit has been spread across twitter \u00a0and other media. \u00a0Photos of victims fleeing the attack in London Bridge holding their\u00a0pints, because not even terrorists can break Londoners\u2019 spirit \u00a0and love of a good pint.<\/p>\n