ANNE!!!!

[Linda]

Are you safe...your family? I just heard about the bombing of the subways in London Terroism? My heart goes out to everyone in the UK.

[finnmom]

+++++prayer´s+++++ and

I just read that too.... Afful new´s, i read that there are some casualties already I hope you´re alright Anne and the family

[AnneM]

THankyou !! I personally am fine .... DH is in London today but all cellphones have been disconnected in the London Area !! It is CHAOS ... There is NO WAY into or OUT of London right now ... I did manage to speak to DH on the landline at his office (he is only a short walk away from many of the explosions) ... I have no idea if he will get home tonight ...

At the office we are taking call after call with people enquiring about their kids who are there on a college trip !! ... As NO CELLPHONES are WORKING TODAY in the London area there is no way of contacting these people !!


It is ABSOLUTE CHAOS !! ...

[Linda]

I saw it on the news when I walked into my living room and just started yelling oh no...Anne!!!My dh says she doesn't live in London and I said I don't know where she is!!

[AnneM]

Oh Linda thankyou ... and your dh is right I am not IN London (I am about 50 miles east oif London!) ...

but Oh my God I know a lot of people who DO live AND/OR work in London!!

We believe we have been attacked because of winning the "Olympic Bid" yesterday !! Everyone was SOOO happy about that ... and now THIS !! ... The celebrations which were planned for winning the Olympic bid have now all been cancelled !!

How can we possibly take on something like the Olympics? We have way too many problems and enemies as a country to even consider it I think!! ... How we will secure those olympics in 2012 I have no idea!!

[Kaiti]

Oh Anne, as soon as I saw the news I thought of you.
Glad that you personally are OK. I hope that this is just some fluke and that you guys aren't targeted for terrorism.

I saw that they were saying something about it having to do with the olympics and the IRA.

I hope everything is safe for you Hubby today. If you need anything just ask.

[Linda]

Oh Anne Please keep us updated...your Country is a strong country and the U.S. is right there with you.

[AnneM]

You guys are JUST AMAZING!! ... I am at work and of course ALL the talk here is about what is happening in London ... and everyone is trying to get news of their friends, families etc. who are in London today ... and the parents of the college kids who are there are ringing us in panic and worry ....

and then I saw this thread ... and I just can't thank you enough for thinking about us today!!



What good friends you really, really are!! THANKYOU!!

[camismom]

OMG Anne!!! I just heard about this on the radio driving into work! Like Linda I immediately thought of you!! I know you're not in London but I knew you probably know people that are and would be directly affected by this somehow. Thank God you are safe as well as your husband!!! I have to admit the first thought that came to mind was people angry over London winning the Olympics, but now I'm reading they think it may have something to do with the G-8 that Blair and Bush are at too? Oh, who knows? It doesn't matter really, what matters is it happened and people are lost and hurt as a result.

My prayers are with you and all of the UK!!

Much as I hate to say it, this will give fuel to Bush's fire on the war against terrorism. Our boys will be in Iraq forever.

I am just so glad you're ok my friend! Wish there was something I could do to help.

[camismom]

Quote from Blair in an article I just read on MSNBC.com:

“Whatever they do it is our determination that they will never succeed in destroying what we hold dear in this country and other civilized nations throughout the world,” Blair said.

AMEN!!!

[Kaiti]

AMEN

[finnmom]

Anne, good to hear DH is o´kay I know you´re nowhere near London but as I rememeber DH work´s there(and both of your bil´s??)...I hope they are all allright.

I suspected IRA and the fact that you´re getting the olympic´s..... If they would wanted to protest G8, wouldnt they be in Scotland I agree Tony at this one, they can try but they cant get us, the free democfatic world, down

[Sorka]

He was just up with all the G8 leaders saying this attach will not soften our resolve! With all those world leaders standing behind him looking like Mr T.. "I pity the fool"...heheh Ok..Anne might not get that.. but hey it was a VERY impressive visual statement.

I also thought of Anne and her family right off! Having lost people we knew in the trade towers (my uncle worked there but wasn't at work that day) it's like taking inventory now.
Off to check on English Rose!

Glad all in your family are well. I sure hope that those college students get a land line and check in!
Denise

[gabrielsmom]

Ann:

I just heard it on the news and like Linda my first thought was you and your family. I knew you were not in London but was worried that maybe you or your family may have gone to London today for whatever reason. I am so relieved to see that you are okay as well as your family. I hope your hubby makes it home tonight. I will piggyback on what everyone has already said here since I feel the same way. My prayers, thoughts and support are with you and your country today. Having seen the fall of the Twin Towers on 911 from my office window, I know exactly how it feels to be in the vicinity of a terrorist attack<sigh> I just don't have any more words to convey my sympathies for your country and how you all must feel. Keep us posted.

Joshua

[AnneM]

and YES they now say it is an Al Queda attack in reaction to the G8 summit!! ... (and nothing to do with the Olympics!) ...

and omg you in the US know all about an Al Queda attack - remebering that awful day on September 11th! OMG joshua and you actually witnessed that with your own eyes !! ..

Because the mobile (cellnet) phone network is completely " Down" in London right now and same with many, many landlines apparently there is huge chaos in people trying to make contact with friends and family. The radio just said "Please, please do not panic if you have friends or family in London today .... it is virtually impossible for anyone inside London to make a phone call - the queues at the public phone boxes are apparently EXTREMELY long!! .. I was lucky that dh is in an office and I was able to get through to him earlier...