Friday, July 07, 2006

Sad Anniversary

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the July 7 London bombings. Islamic terrorists detonated bombs on a number of subways and buses across the city, killing 52 people. Their names are as follows:
Liverpool Street/ Aldgate Circle line train: 7 victims
Lee Baisden, 34, accountant from Romford (East London)
Benedetta Ciaccia, 30, business analyst born in Rome and living in Norwich
Richard Ellery, 21, camera shop worker from Ipswich
Richard Gray, 24, tax manager from Ipswich with a wife and two children
Anne Moffat, 48, marketing executive for the Girl Guides from Harlow
Fiona Stevenson, 29, criminal lawyer from Danbury, Essex
Carrie Taylor, 24, from Billericay, Essex, who worked for the Royal Society of Arts

Edgware Road tube station: 6 victims
Michael Stanley Brewster, 53, from Derby
Jon Downey, 34, HR Systems Development Officer of Wolverton, Milton Keynes
David Foulkes, 22, newspaper trainee from Oldham
Colin Morley, 52, facilitator and marketing professional from Finchley
Jennifer Nicholson, 24, from Bristol and the University of Reading
Laura Webb, 29, of Islington (North London)

Piccadilly line train (King's Cross St Pancras / Russell Square): 26 victims
James Adams, 32, from Peterborough, a Christian Deacon at Breton Baptist Church
Samantha Badham, 36, from Tottenham, partner of Lee Harris (q.v.)
Lee Harris, 30, from Tottenham, partner of Samantha Badham (q.v.); died over a week later.
Phil Beer, 22, hairstylist from Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Anna Brandt, 42, originally from Poland, of Wood Green (North London)
Ciaran Cassidy, 22, shopkeeper from Finsbury Park (North London)
Rachelle Lieng Siong Chung For Yuen, 27, of Mill Hill (North London), originally from Mauritius.
Elizabeth Daplyn, 26, manager at University College Hospital who was living in Highgate (North London)
Arthur Edlin Frederick, 60, of Seven Sisters (North London)
Karolina Glueck, 29, IT consultant, originally from Poland
Gamze Gunoral, 24, student originally from Turkey living in North London
Ojara Ikeagwu, 55, social worker from Luton
Emily Jenkins, 24, office worker from Richmond upon Thames (South West London)
Adrian Johnson, 37, Burberry product technical manager from Nottinghamshire
Helen Jones, 28, accountant of Holloway (North London). who grew up near Lockerbie, Scotland.
Susan Levy, 53, of the village of Newgate Street, Hertfordshire
Shelley Marie Mather, 26, receptionist with dual New Zealand and Irish nationality living in London
Michael Matsushita, 37, tour guide born in Vietnam who grew up in The Bronx, New York City, USA
James Mayes, 28, of Islington (North London)
Behnaz Mozakka, 47, Iranian biomedical officer from Finchley (North London)
Mihaela "Michelle" Otto, 37, dental technician from Mill Hill (North London)
Atique Sharifi, 24, Afghan refugee from the Taleban working in a pizza takeaway
Ihab Slimane, 19, waiter from Lyon, who moved to Finsbury Park (North London) a couple of months before the attacks.
Christian "Njoya" Small, advertising worker from Walthamstow (East London)
Monika Suchocka, 23, accountant from Archway (North London), originally from Poland
Mala Trivedi

Tavistock Square bus: 13 victims
Anthony Fatayi-Williams, 26, an oil executive from Nigeria, grandson of that country's former Chief Justice
Jamie Gordon, 30, of Enfield (North London)
Giles Hart, 55, a BT engineer from Hornchurch (Essex)
Marie Hartley, 34, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
Miriam Hyman, 32, picture researcher from Hampstead Garden Suburb (North West London)
Shahara Akhter Islam, 20, from Plaistow (East London)
Neetu Jain, 37, Software Developer from Hendon (North London)
Sam Ly, 28, originally from Melbourne (Australia); died 15 July 2005 in hospital
Shayanuja Parathasangary, 30, Sri Lankan-born postal worker of Kensal Rise (North London)
Anat Rosenberg, 39, was an Israeli expatriate.
Philip Stuart Russell, 29, of Kennington (South London)
William Wise, 54
Gladys Wyndowa, 51, a cleaner from Chadwell Heath (East London)
National Review marks the occasion with reprinting their July 7, 2005 article - Courage Under Fire. Al Qaeda marks the occasions with a video release.

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