On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 17:46:35 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

Hobbayne wrote:
I have not heard of the condition of the poor drivers of those
trains! especially the driver of the Picc train as the bomb was in
his carriage he must be in a terrible state!!

On the contrary, there were a number of news reports that said that the
Piccadilly driver was able to lead some passengers from the front of the
first car forwards along the track to Russell Square. At
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...686310,00.html, it says
he used a belt as a tourniquet to stem bleeding from a passenger's
severe leg wound.

According to a TfL press release yesterday, "One London Underground
employee was injured in yesterday's attacks. He is currently in a
critical condition." It gave no further details.

Erm I think you'll find the toruniquet was used by a Station Assistant
at Russell Square.

Rob.
--
rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk

Robert Woolley wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 17:46:35 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

Hobbayne wrote:
I have not heard of the condition of the poor drivers of those
trains! especially the driver of the Picc train as the bomb was in
his carriage he must be in a terrible state!!

On the contrary, there were a number of news reports that said
that the Piccadilly driver was able to lead some passengers from
the front of the first car forwards along the track to Russell
Square. At
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...686310,00.html, it
says he used a belt as a tourniquet to stem bleeding from a
passenger's severe leg wound.

According to a TfL press release yesterday, "One London Underground
employee was injured in yesterday's attacks. He is currently in a
critical condition." It gave no further details.

Erm I think you'll find the toruniquet was used by a Station
Assistant at Russell Square.

Possibly, but I was going by what The Times reported: "Ms Long [the
station assistant] said the Tube driver had used the man's own belt to
stem the loss of blood from his injury which, she said, had saved his
life." The same report indicated that her actions were pretty heroic
too, whether or not she applied the tourniquet.

I think it's worth posting here what Tim O'Toole (MD of LU) said
yesterday:
"I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to all London
Underground staff for their heroic response to yesterday's atrocities.
Prior to the arrival of the emergency services they had to work in the
most appalling and difficult of situations that most of us will
thankfully never experience. In particular, I want to pay tribute to the
staff of the Emergency Response Unit who played a critical role in
removing the dead and injured from the carnage underground. Along with
emergency service personnel who worked tirelessly throughout the day;
they were a credit to London."

Hear, hear.

--
Richard J.
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