56 people, including the 4 bombers, were killed in the 7 July 2005 London Bombings . About 700 people were injured; some 350 were treated on the scene, and 350 in hospital. 100 required overnight hospitalisation or more. 22 were seriously or critically injured {Link without Title} .
On July 10 , 2005 , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom Tony Blair announced that family liaison officers had been assigned to some 74 families.
At least 90 injuries were reported from Aldgate Station. Ninety-five of the injured were taken to the Royal London Hospital where they were treated; 17 were in critical condition. Many others were treated at St Mary's Hospital , Paddington . Individuals who were wounded and walking were treated at the scene; an eyewitness reported that they were "operating on injured people on the concourse at Liverpool Street station" (see {Link without Title} ).
and Oxfordshire . The ticket hall and waiting area of King's Cross station was used as a temporary hospital for the victims of the Piccadilly Line explosion. Air ambulances were used extensively to provide rapid transportation of specialist medics to the scenes of the explosions. A number of London buses were also used to transport the "walking wounded" to hospital.
Many of the casualties (dead and injured) were foreign nationals, including people from Sierra Leone , Australia , South Africa , Colombia , Poland , New Zealand , Israel and China . The first fatality to be formally identified was Susan Levy, 53, of Newgate Street Village . Two Irish passport holders were also reported killed, an unidentified woman from New Zealand , and Ciaran Cassidy. There were some difficulties when medical personnel needed to communicate with non-English speakers.
The retrieval of bodies from the Piccadilly Line tunnel was hampered by dangerous conditions, including Asbestos , Rats and temperatures that reached 60° Celsius (140° Fahrenheit ). Because it is a single-line tunnel, there was little room for workers to pass on the outside of the train, therefore they had to work their way through the wreckage, or approach it the long way along the tunnel from Russell Square. There were initial concerns that the deep tunnel might have become unstable, although in fact there was no long-term damage to tunnels at any of the sites.
The four bombers died in the explosions: the attacks are the first Suicide Bombing s in the history of the UK (see {Link without Title} ).
Victims of the bombing, with photographs and brief biographies:
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- Lee Baisden, 34, an accountant from Romford (East London)
- Benedetta Ciaccia, 30, a business analyst who was born in Rome and was living in Norwich . She was engaged to a muslim of Pakistani origin.
- Richard Ellery, 21, a camera shop worker from Ipswich
- Richard Gray, 24, a tax manager from Ipswich with a wife and two children
- Anne Moffat, 48, marketing executive for the Girl Guides from Harlow
- Fiona Stevenson, 29, from Danbury, Essex , of the Barbican (Central London), a criminal lawyer
- Carrie Taylor, 24, from Billericay , Essex, who worked for the Royal Society Of Arts
- Shehzad Tanweer , 22, bomber
- Michael Stanley Brewster, 53, from Derby
- Jon Downey, 34, HR Systems Development Officer of Wolverton, Milton Keynes
- David Foulkes, 22, a newspaper trainee from Oldham
- Colin Morley, 52, a facilitator and marketing professional from Finchley
- Jennifer Nicholson, 24, from Bristol and the University Of Reading
- Laura Webb, 29, of Islington (North London)
- Mohammad Sidique Khan , 30, bomber
- James Adams, 32, from Peterborough .
- Samantha Badham, 36, from Tottenham , partner of Lee Harris (q.v.)
- Phil Beer, 22, a hairstylist from Borehamwood , Hertfordshire
- Anna Brandt, 42, originally from Poland , of Wood Green (North London)
- Ciaran Cassidy, 22, a shopkeeper from Finsbury Park (North London)
- Rachelle Lieng Siong Chung For Yuen, 27, of Mill Hill (North London), originally from Mauritius .
- Elizabeth Daplyn, 26, a manager at University College Hospital who was living in Highgate (North London)
- Arthur Edlin Frederick, 60, of Seven Sisters (North London)
- Karolina Glueck, 29, an IT consultant, originally from Poland
- Gamze Gunoral, 24, a student originally from Turkey who was living in North London
- Lee Harris, 30, from Tottenham , partner of Samantha Badham (q.v.); died over a week later.
- Ojara Ikeagwu, 55, social worker from Luton
- Emily Jenkins, 24, a midwife of Richmond Upon Thames (South West London)
- Adrian Johnson, 37
- Helen Jones, 28, an 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 for 3 years
- Michael Matsushita, 37, a tour guide who was born in Vietnam and grew up in The Bronx , New York City , USA
- James Mayes, 28, of Islington (North London)
- Behnaz Mozakka, 47, an Iran ian biomedical officer from Finchley (North London)
- Mihaela "Michelle" Otto, 37, a dental technician from Mill Hill (North London)
- Atique Sharifi, 24
- Ihab Slimane, 19, a waiter from Lyon , who moved to Finsbury Park (North London) a couple of months before the attacks.
- Christian "Njoya" Small, an advertising worker from Walthamstow (East London)
- Monika Suchocka, 23, an accountant from Archway (North London), originally from Poland
- Mala Trivedi
- Jamal (Germaine) Lindsay , 19, bomber
- 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, in her 50s, 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)
- Hasib Hussain , 18, bomber
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