Where were you 10 years ago? For the families of 52 people who’d been travelling through London and going about their day on the morning of 7 July 2005, the location of their loved ones is firmly imprinted on their minds. Because on 7/7, Britain experienced its worst terrorist attack since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. It was also the first suicide bombing in the UK.
Today, to commemorate those lost and injured by the attack, thousands of Londoners are getting off the tube or bus one stop early then walking the rest of the way to work. Three of the 7/7 attacks took place on the tube – one on the Hammersmith and City line between Liverpool Street and Aldgate East, another on the Piccadilly line between King’s Cross and Russell Square and the third at Edgware Road. A fourth attack happened in Tavistock Square on the number 30 bus.
Travel – like so much else – was obviously thrown into chaos, with many lines suspended, so people walked their journeys to work (or back home).
That’s why people are now walking to work. Using the hashtag #WalkTogether, people doing the walk to work to commemorate the attacks and pay their respects to those lost and injured have been tweeting such as:
Later on this week, some Londoners might grumble about a potential tube strike getting in the way of their commute, but today people walk that extra bit to work remembering the lives of those lost and the spirit which showed London was not defeated by the attacks.
This isn’t the only way to commemorate the attacks – others include #sevenseven, #neverforget and #10yearson.
There will be a minute’s silence in memory of those killed at 11.30am today.
This article originally appeared on The Debrief.