High Holborn ~ © Kazaroth
I woke this morning with a strange mixture of feelings.
A part of me felt a little guilty for feeling so affected by an incident, that by comparison to some, barely touched my life, another part of me felt numb, overwhelmed and kinda lost for words (yes I know, most unusual in these quarters) but the remaining and biggest piece felt an unusual sort of pride and very strong urge to make an obscene gesture with two digits in Al Quaeida's direction and move forward to prove that this kind of 'soft target',heinouss, cowardly terrorism will not break or intimidate us......and will never win!
I like many watched almost unending televisioncoveragee of the bombings in London yesterday and what I was most struck by, aside of course from the horror for those caught up in it, was a sense of genuine pride in how it was handled by all those involved. The emergency services have long had well rehearsed plans for this kind of major incident and when finally and sadly faced with not just one, but multiple incidents they swung into action in the most professional and calm manner imaginable. Their expertise and organisation was stunning, I felt immensely proud to be British ( I don't always) and safe in the knowledge that in such extreme circumstances these are the people that take care of us.
A news reporter said in a report late last night that the emergency services had "sucked the terror out of terrorism" with their calm professionalism....that for me sums uppreciselyy how I felt watching as they dealt with an horrendous situation.
Thousands of civilians wereunwittinglyy caught up yesterday in an atrocity perpetrated by cowards....... but in the face of it showed strength, courage and great spirit.
So...OBL....go to hell, we have beaten worse than you, Hitler didn't cow us, America didn't quake in your shadow and London will not either.
My thoughts today are with those brave individuals who have been so affected, be it loss, injury or the psychological impact.
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