NYT:
LONDON, July 7 – London was struck by a series of apparently coordinated terrorist explosions in subways and buses during the morning rush hour this morning. The explosions ripped apart at least one double-decker bus and caused officials to close and evacuate the entire subway system.
There were many casualties, but officials said it was still too early to tell how many of them were injuries. There were at least two dead. Witnesses reported seeing dozens of people stumbling out of subway stations, coughing, and black with soot. Dozens more were being loaded into ambulances on stretchers and taken to hospitals around the city. As many as 150 people may have been injured.
And to think that I would have been working right near one of the bombing sites at King’s Cross (more on that later).
I wish I could donate blood, but I can’t because I’ve lived in Europe too long. When I went to the Red Cross in Oakland to donate blood after 9/11, they told me that if you’ve spent more than six months in Europe during the last 20 years you can’t donate. I think it’s because of something to do with hoof-and-mouth disease.
