King Charles hails London's ‘spirit of unity' on 20th anniversary of 7/7 terror attacks
'SELFLESS BRAVERY' King Charles hails London's 'spirit of unity' on 20th anniversary of 7/7 terror attacks
KING Charles hailed London's 'spirit of unity' on the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 terror attacks on the city.
Four suicide bombers attacked commuters, killing 52 people and injuring 784.
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Four suicide bombers attacked commuters in the 7/7 terror attacks on London, killing 52 people and injuring 784
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King Charles hailed London's 'spirit of unity' on the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 terror attacks
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Charles called the attacks on tube trains and a bus 'senseless acts of evil'.
Watch our dramatic film about the horrific 7/7 attack including stories from our own journalists & survivors
But he celebrated 'the selfless bravery' of rescue heroes.
He called for Brits to use the 20th anniversary to 'reaffirm our commitment' to 'always standing firm against those who would seek to divide us'.
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Survivors of the attack and rescuers remembered the horror of the bombings.
Dan Biddle, 46, lost both legs and his left eye in the Tube blast near Edgware Road station.
He was just yards from bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan.
Dan told The Sun: 'He looked up at me, quickly lowered his eyes, put his right hand through the zip in the top of his bag and exploded himself.'
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Met Superintendent Anna Bearman, then 23 and a PC, spoke of the 'pinch in the stomach moment' when she realised what they thought was a fire at King's Cross was 'something more sinister'.
'We walked about a mile on the tracks and then we carried one person out who had lost a lower limb, as there were no stretchers, and we took them out a mile back to Russell Square,' she said.
'Later on, I saw that my trousers and my legs were absolutely blood-stained, and that was when the shock of the whole day set in.'
7/7 survivor Dan Biddle and his rescuer Adrian interview
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Met Superintendent Anna Bearman, then 23 and a PC
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