Remembering the 7/7 Bombings
July 7, 2009 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Building Memorials
It is 4 years since the London bombings, a day which I will never forget as two of my friends were in the tragedy. One lived with severe injuries and one died on the bus bomb. My friend who died was a new mum, and her family was devastated. Her wonderful child will never know her mum – tragic.
The worst part was that her body was never found, I remember taking the call to say that they couldn’t say she had died – as no body – just that she was not alive.
A memorial has opened today and it is a fitting tribute to these wonderful people who had done nothing wrong other than going about their ordinary lives. Prince Charles said today
“The creation of a monument or memorial fulfils … a deeper need, for each one offers a path to peace and healing, each one honours the dead and each reminds us to live our lives in a way that would make them proud.”
Events can be so cruel, I suppose that is life. The years go by and we all remember those people with the same love that we shared when they were so vibrantly alive.
Today is hard for all of us, but through it all I know that I am so glad that I had her in my life.
