Transcript Research into 7 July, 2005

Research into
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7
July, 2005
• Data collected from 145 people (about
5% of all those directly affected by the blasts)
from the following sources:
• Press reports and web-logs
• Web based questionnaire
• Interview study of willing survivors
Response to 7/7
• Individual fear and distress, but no
mass panic
• Evacuations characterised by orderly,
calm behaviour
• Many reports of altruism, co-operation,
and collective spirit of Londoners/ UK
as a whole
Panic?
• ‘There was no real panic - just an overwhelming
sense to get out of the station quickly’
• ‘Almost straight away our packed carriage started
to fill with smoke, and people panicked
immediately. Thankfully there were some levelheaded people on the carriage who managed to
calm everyone down’
Unity
• ‘I felt there was a real sense of unity. We were all
trying our best to find a way out of there and
reassure each other’
• ‘One of the things which struck me about this
experience is that one minute you are standing
around strangers and the next minute they become
the closest and most important people in your life.
That feeling was quite extraordinary’
Co-operation
• ‘Many people kept calm and tried to help
one another to see if anyone was injured’
• ‘I was very aware of people helping each
other out and I was being helped myself’
• ‘Passengers with medical experience were
found, I found a tool box and we smashed a
window, allowing the medical guys to enter
the other train’