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...what had come before, but though today?s assaults on London's transit system were similar in target to the ones that killed 56 people just two weeks ago, they were, thankfully, dissimilar in result. Only one person has been reported injured today when four blasts hit three Tube stations and a bus. But the reminder of how much worse it could have been has put London residents on edge...
...Warren Street tube station on one of the busiest shopping streets in the heart of London, police wearing fluorescent yellow jackets swarmed the station while riders filed out of subway cars to safety above ground. Sofiane Mohellebi, 35, was traveling on the Victoria line when he smelled what he describes as "burning tires and wires" in his car. Mohelleei said that he did not hear anything, and did not see any smoke, but that the smell was overwhelming. He said that people started to panic as soon as they smelt the burning. "I could not figure out why people were...
...after the bombings, London introduced controversial body-scan machines at the entrances to some subway stations. The machines see through clothing and detect anything that interferes with solar radiation reflected by people's bodies. But it will cost tens of millions of dollars to outfit every tube station. And it will, of course, do nothing to protect the sprawling bus system...
...almost normal. Aside from three stocky policemen posted outside the tube station, their tall helmets and fluorescent yellow jackets visible from the end of the street, it was business as usual at Mile End, just two stops away from a blast yesterday where seven of the day?s 50-plus fatalities took place...
...Next to me, Ahson Baig, 30, an English accountant of Turkish descent, admitted he and his partner had argued over whether to come into work by tube today. ?It scares the living daylights out of you, doesn?t it?? he said. ?I felt hesitant, I asked myself whether it was safe, but why should I let someone else dictate what I want to do? No one has the God-given right to stop me living my life...