London Subway Attacks (AP)
NVS0116
2005/07/00
NVS0116
Subject: London Subway Attacks
01:00:00 (7/7/05)
UKBusVideo (APTN - 455425)
London - 7 July 2005 ++AMATEUR VIDEO++ Wide of scene showing wreckage of bombed bus and emergency workers at site. Zoom in, pan across wreckage to police helping man up of floor and others attending to what looks like someone else covered in red blanket on floor. First man is helped up and led away. Police attending to what is believed to be a victim covered in red blanket lying on road. Various wide shots of scene and police. Investigators wearing white suits standing by roadside. Investigators wearing white suits at back of devastated bus.
01:04:30 (7/7/05)
UKRussellSq (APTN - 455263)
London - 7 July 2005 - Wide of police motorbike travelling towards bus at blast scene. Various of scene with police. Wide of a woman filming with camera. Various of media and passers by taking photographs from behind cordon. Men in white crime scene jump suits at scene. Tens of policemen walking, UPSOUND of sirens from emergency vehicles off camera. Police walking up road to blast scene.
01:06:01 (7/7/05)
UKRussellSq2 (APTN - 455236)
London - 7 July 2005 - Long shot of mangled double decker bus down street, cordoned off by police. Police. Another long shot of mangled double decker bus down street. Police cordoned off area, ambulances. Various of ambulances. Various of man trying to make call on public phone booth. Emergency vehicle drives past people gathered on street. Woman giving people refreshments in street. Businessmen walking down street. Police with sniffer dogs. People looking confused on street. People sitting out on street. Man with water supplies. Emergency services driving down the street, UPSOUND: Sirens. Injured man talking to police. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, Witness to bus explosion: "I was just walking down to central London and didn't even notice the bus, I just went to cross the road and was blown off my feet and stuff and I looked around and there was lots of people injured." Same injured man talking to police. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, Witness to bus explosion: "I probably saw 20 people lying on the floor, not moving and lots of people like myself." Same injured man talking to police. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, Witness to bus explosion: "What I could see was the back of it (bus) was just completely destroyed, I don't know really, there were people climbing down from the top of the bus, but I think the people who were walking past were probably more injured because of the blast and stuff." Pan from street to same injured man .
01:09:04 (7/7/05)
UKEdgwareBlast2 (APTN - 455240)
London - 7 July 2005 - Pull out from fire engines in Edgware Road. Traffic in street, pan to police and cordon. Ambulance arriving. Emergency workers outside station. Fire engines outside station. People behind cordon pan to fire engines. Entrance to station cordoned off. Fire engines. Police moving people on. Ambulance driving past. Mid shot police and traffic. Firemen and engines, pull out. People talking to policeman. Police on motorbikes. Pull out to fire engine. Various police and sniffer dogs. Injured being led to ambulance. Police. Water and other equipment being taken into building. Medical workers with injured person. SOUNDBITE (English) Travis, Australian who was on underground train: "We got on the train and five seconds later a massive bang and everything went dark, smoke everywhere. It was obviously an explosion of some sort... don't know what it was." Ambulance leaving scene. Police on Edgware Road. Police cars and vans on side road. Police officer with loud hailer. Police officer running with cordon tape. Unmarked police car. Various of police officers fixing cordon tape. Police officer giving instructions to public, UPSOUND (English) "It's not safe for you to stand here. For your own safety, walk away now, please." Police vehicle and fire engine driving.
01:14:29 (7/7/05)
UKAldgate2 (APTN - 455249)
London - 7 July 2005 - Police tape blocking the streets leading to Aldgate underground station. Police tape reading: "Do Not Cross". Group of firemen walking across the street in front of the station. Fire engine driving down street. Policeman talking on two-way radio/walkie-talkie. Two policemen standing behind police line. Group of people gathered near police line. Policeman directing woman. Ambulance driving pass. Pull out from helicopter flying overhead. Various of people walking. Policeman crossing the street. Policemen waiting in police van. Four police vans parked on side of road. Policewoman directing person. Police car driving toward station.
01:16:51 (7/7/05)
UKTourists (APTN - 455253)
London - 7 July 2005 - Ambulance parked at Leicester Square. British policeman speaking with American tourists. SOUNDBITE: (English) Voxpop, (No name given), American tourist: "We were actually very lucky. We were going to go to Russell Square tube station, just doing normal tourists stuff, and we couldn't find a sweater (jumper). And so we spent 15, 20 minutes looking for a sweater at which time the bus blew up and so did some of the trains. We would have been in Russell Square station had we not been looking for a sweater, so we were right there. We walked around the corner and there was one of the buses blown up. It's frightening." American tourists walking away. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Voxpop, (No name given), Israeli businessman: "The events were a little surprising, a reminder of not very good days we had in Israel, and especially in Jerusalem. I arrived here from Jerusalem. What is surprising here, as contrary to Israel, is that life here doesn't go back to normal. We've been here for several hours after the event. It was indeed a very big incident. However, the city here is completely paralyzed." Israeli businessman walking away. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Voxpop, (No name given), Japanese tourist: ++TRANSLATION UNAVAILABLE++ SOUNDBITE FOR JAPANESE CLIENTS++. Japanese tourists walking away. SOUNDBITE: (Danish) Voxpop (No name given), Danish tourists: "Right now we're quite disturbed that some terrorists are frightening and threatening us while we're on holiday, and we actually found out from our family members in Denmark calling us here." Pan ambulance in Leicester Square.
01:19:40 (7/7/05)
UKCommuters (APTN - 455282)
London - 7 July 2005 - London Bridge - People walking home across London Bridge. People walking across London Bridge, Tower Bridge is seen in background. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop (No name given): "I think I am going to have a long walk home tonight. I am going to start off in a couple of minutes, hopefully get home before midnight tonight." Exterior of London Bridge train station, people walking into station. Ambulance parked outside station. People walking past ambulance centre set up for people who are ill, or may have passed out. Interior of train station, screens showing train times. Various of commuters looking at screens. Police outside London Bridge station. Water taxi sailing down River Thames packed with passengers.
Aldgate - Various of people walking near Aldgate train station, streets blocked off by police. Various of people buying and reading news papers.
Liverpool Street station - London 2012 Olympic sign. Various exteriors of Liverpool Street Station closed. Various of large group of commuters walking home. Various of the Evening Standard Newspaper front page: Carnage. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox pop (No name given): "I don't think it's going to change our lives at all, I'm determined that it shouldn't. It's the whole point: If you let it change your life, then you've let these evil, cowardly, despicable people win which is not the way the world should behave, I don't think." Various inside Liverpool Street station.
Near Russell Square - Pan of police car driving by. People looking at bus.
Euston station - Various of commuters at Euston station.
01:24:10 (7/7/05)
BlairReax2 (Paul Dolan)
Gleneagles, Scotland - British Prime Minister Tony Blair commenting on the terror attacks in London as members of the G8 summit stand behind him.
01:27:04 (7/7/05)
BushBlast (Paul Dolan)
President George W. Bush walking out to the press at the Glenealges, Scotland G8 summit and commenting on the terrorist attacks in London.
01:30:18 (7/7/05)
ChertoffOrange (Paul Dolan)
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff commenting on the bomb blasts in London and raising the terror level on public transportation to orange.
01:32:10 (7/7/05)
WorldSecurity (APTN - 455252)
Madrid, Spain - Exterior of Atocha Station. Atocha Station entrance. Passengers with luggage. Interior of station. Police officers inside station. Police cars. Police dogs. People outside station. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Voxpop (No name given): ++Rough translation - full translation to follow++ "I can't tell you all I think, they are cowards." SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Voxpop (No name given): ++Rough translation - full translation to follow++ "It is very similar to what they did on the 11th March. We must end this terrorism." SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Voxpop (No name given): ++Rough translation - full translation to follow++ "Perhaps London was the only city that hasn't been attacked yet because of the war, it can happen anywhere, I am about to get the bus and I am scared. Will it happen again?" Exterior of Atocha station.
Washington, DC, United States - Exterior of Union Station train station. Mounted police officer patrolling station exterior. Mounted police officer patrolling metro exit. Security officers at entrance to metro station. Security officer with bomb sniffing dog. Train entering Union Station with armed police officer and bomb sniffing dog. Subway train sign. People emerging from subway car. Feet. People going up escalator. Police officer with bomb sniffing dog. SOUNDBITE (English) Maralyn Tocco, DC Metro commuter: "I was definitely nervous riding the metro this morning. I was aware of it maybe 15 minutes before I left my house and I actually considered driving into work." SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Fuller, DC Metro commuter: "I think the system is safe and secure and I'm sure the authorities have thought it through and a little more scrutiny this morning. So, I think everything will be fine." SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Mazek, DC Metro commuter: "I mean anywhere that happens in the world, like what happened in Spain, Madrid. Just kind of makes me, I guess, more wary of what's going on." Security officer with machine gun as subway train enters station. People coming off escalator. Bomb sniffing dog getting on subway car, doors close.
01:36:02 (7/7/05)
USUNSecurity (APTN - 455276)
APTN - New York - Medium shot policeman with sniffer dog in Grand Central Terminal. Heavily armed police special emergency unit team patrolling the Grand Central station hall. Wide shot of news conference in Grand Central with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Governor George Pataki and police officials. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Bloomberg, New York City Mayor: "What you're seeing is the kind of coordination and cooperation everybody needs if we're going to keep this city, this state and this country safe." Medium shot exterior subway entrance with Pennsylvania Station in the background. Medium shot interior subway, train arrives. Medium shot inside moving subway car. Medium shot police patrolling in Pennsylvania Station. SOUNDBITE: (English) Darrin Lutz, train commuter from New Jersey: "You know I really don't think about it at all. I really don't worry about it at all." Wide shot Times Square with tourist double-decker bus passing through. Close-up news ticker with news of London bombings.
POOL - Washington, DC - Wide shot of US Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff entering news conference. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security Secretary: "We feel that at least in the short term we should raise the level here because obviously we're concerned about the possibility of a copycat."
APTN - Washington, DC - Union Station sign, pull-out to show heavily armed officer and bomb sniffing dog. People leaving subway station. Armed officer on platform. Mounted officer outside metro station. Wide of dogs and officers outside Union Station.
POOL - Washington, DC - US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice at British Embassy. Close-up of comments on London attacks written by Rice. SOUNDBITE (English): Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State: "This is obviously an attack that demonstrates the barbarity of the terrorists with whom we are dealing."
APTN - Los Angeles, California - Wide exterior of Los Angeles train station. Wide of "welcome" sign. Mid view of officer patrolling on motorised scooter. Passengers getting on subway car. Security camera in station. Officers entering subway car. Officers patrolling train station. Wide shot of train leaving station.
01:40:02 (7/7/05)
USArmyBand (Paul Dolan)
The United States Army Band playing the British National Anthem outside the British embassy in Washington, D.C. as the United States expresses its condolences to UK diplomats.
01:42:05 (7/7/05)
UKG8Vigil (APTN - 455295)
Gleneagles/Edinburgh, 7 July 2005 - Wide shot of vigil. Sign saying 'Vigil for London victims'. Woman holding sign saying 'No more killing! London'. People at vigil - tilt-down to candles. Various of candles. SOUNDBITE (English): Rosie Kane, Scottish Socialist Party: "I'm here tonight to express solidarity, concern and condolences, and to be somewhere peaceful and reflective at this time where violence seems to be reigning." Tilt-up from sign saying 'bombs equal bombs' to people putting candles on ground. Close-up of candles.
01:44:15 (7/8/05)
UKRoyals (APTN - 455350)
London, 8 July 2005 - Car pulls up, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, get out and walk into hospital. Car waiting outside. People milling around outside.
01:45:30 (7/8/05)
UKAldgate (APTN - 455328)
London - 8 July 2005 - Various morning of Tower Bridge. London Bridge station. People walking. People getting onto buses. Various interior shots of Liverpool Street station. Heavy police presence. People getting off trains in Liverpool Street. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, Londoner: "I must admit I went to bed last night feeling like I didn't want to work today and I got up this morning feeling like I didn't want to travel today but you've just got to get on with it really." SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop, Londoner: "I don't know. I think Londoners are a bit resilient really and commuters will carry on." SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop Londoner: "(I am) working as normal. Carrying on. Not being beaten. I worked for Cantor Fitzgerald (a New York bank) at the time of the 9/11 disaster and it all brought it back with what they went through. It was our turn yesterday. Fortunately, I was in at work early and that saved us this time." People buying newspapers. Newspaper headlines. Various shots of newspaper stands. Aldgate station. Emergency vehicles at station. Sign for ALDGATE station. Police helicopter in sky over Aldgate Station. Sign: road closed. Police directing traffic.
01:48:33 (7/8/05)
UKEustonScare (APTN - 455343)
London - 8 July 2005 - Wide of Underground employees. Police helping passengers. Various passengers walking around station. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop: "They've just said there was a security alert. But they've shut the underground as well so now I've got to go out and find a taxi somewhere, it's an absolute nightmare." Man reading newspaper. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop: "Nothing, just it says security alert. Maybe it's a drill or maybe it's just... Let's hope it's a drill. Yes? We don't want any more stories like this today." Various of police and sniffer dogs.
01:49:53 (7/8/05)
UKEdgware (APTN - 455345)
London - 8 July 2005 - Police behind cordon outside Edgware Road underground station. Exterior sign on Edgware Road station, pull focus to bunch of flowers tied to lamppost. Cordon and flowers. Police behind cordon, pan to police talking to people next to cordon. US embassy employee walking. SOUNDBITE (English) William Thorn, Commercial attache, US Embassy in London "(Q How's your commute been today?) My commute's been fine because I've been walking from Warwick Avenue tube, but I took a bus home last night. (Q How do you find London today?) Well, the traffic doesn't seem to be as heavy. Maybe people are taking a long weekend after yesterday. (Q Where were you yesterday when the blasts happened?) I work in the US embassy so that's where I was. (Q What was the reaction there? Was it a lockdown?) Yes, it was a lockdown and then many people left early because of the transport situation. (Q What's the situation there today?) I haven't got to work yet so I'm not sure, but we didn't get called not to come in so I'm sure the embassy will be operating normally." Woman walking. SOUNDBITE (English) Pat Davies, UK commuter "(Q How has your commute been?) Excellent, I came on the 18 bus from Kensal Green, stepped straight on and came straight here. Obviously everyone's very vigilant, but I'm glad to be at work" Cyclist. SOUNDBITE (English) Pru Kahawa, UK commuter from New Zealand "Got to go on, I guess. I commute by bus so I'm not affected by the trains. So far people I've seen are just carrying on and getting on with it." Tilt down on exterior of Hilton London Metropole hotel. Mid shot exterior of Hilton London Metropole hotel. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim McConchie, New Zealand tourist "We were actually supposed to be going to Portsmouth where we're going today, but we actually slept in, otherwise we would have been on the tube at 0830 to go and get the nine o'clock train out to Portsmouth. So I don't know what made us sleep in, but it was fortuitous for us but not for others." Emergency workers outside hotel, tilt up to hotel sign. Emergency workers on street outside hotel. People walking in street. Various exteriors Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother hospital. Sniffer dog outside hospital. Police outside hospital. Wide shot exterior hospital.
01:53:32 (7/8/05)
UKPassengers (APTN)
London - 8 July 2005 - Traffic. Various No. 30 buses on route. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, bus commuter: "I have to admit there was that feeling of thinking of, especially when we went upstairs, there was a split second when we just thought, OK that could happen, and you just feel afraid and you just don't feel right." Bus stop with No. 30 listed. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, bus commuter: "We just carry on. We're British and we just do what we need to do." Q: And that's get to work? "And that's get to work if you have to." Various interior shots of double-decker bus. No. 30 bus pulling up at stop. Close up sign on bus. Bus drives off.
01:55:30 (7/8/05)
UKMissingFri (APTN)
London - 8 July 2005 - King's Cross - Various pictures of missing people. Close on pictures and pan down to phone number. Pan down missing poster. Flowers outside King's Cross Station. Various flowers. Various signs, cards and flowers. King's Cross sign. Police officer at King's Cross station talking to passengers. Woman consoling her friend. Women with police officer. Various police cars.
Russell Square - Tarpaulin. Officer walking down the street laying flowers with cameraman filming. People on the street reading newspaper with missing photos; blonde woman (Yvonne Nash) being consoled because her boyfriend is missing. Various of headlines from the Evening Standard with photos. Various police with man. SOUNDBITE: (English) Amrit Walia: "Anthony Satayi Williams, if anyone has seen him - can you give me the picture? - if anyone has seen this guy he would have gotten on the bus around the Euston area yesterday at 9:41am or 9:42am. If you have seen him on the bus, if you have any information... please." Man standing with photo. Man on the phone.
02:00:06 (7/8/05)
UKQueenFri2 (Pool)
London - 8 July 2005 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II approaches podium at Royal London Hospital. SOUNDBITE: (English) Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain: "Yesterday's bombings in London have deeply affected us all. I know I speak for everyone in expressing my sympathy to those who have been caught up in these events, and above all to the relatives and friends of those who have lost their lives. My thoughts are also with the injured, some of whom I've been able to see and talk to today. I also want to thank you and all members of the emergency services and Transport for London who are working with such care, professionalism and sensitivity often in very difficult circumstances. You have the respect of all of us as you go back to your businesses. Finally I want to express my admiration for the people of our capital city who in the aftermath of yesterday's bombings are calmly determined to resume their normal lives. That is the answer to this outrage. Sadly we in Britain have been all too familiar with acts of terror and members of my generation, especially at this end of London, know that we have been here before. But those who perpetrate these brutal acts against innocent people should know that they will not change our way of life. Atrocities such as these simply reinforce our sense of community, our humanity, our trust in the rule of law. That is the clear message from us all." Queen Elizabeth II walking off.
02:04:42 (7/8/05)
UKMuslimsFri (APTN)
London - 8 July 2005 - Wide of police car with siren blaring driving down street, pan to entrance of East London Mosque near Aldgate Underground station. Police standing in road as Muslims queue to enter for Friday prayers. Wide high view of Muslims praying. Various of prayers and sermon. Chairman of East London Mosque, Dr Mohammad Abdul Bary, surrounded by journalists. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Mohammad Abdul Bary, Chairman of East London Mosque: "There have been some emails of hate and disgust and we received that, we have been receiving this since 9/11 and we know some people that can do that, but on the other hand there have been emails and messages of support for the Muslim community working together, so those emails that come in a very negative way aren't that many." Muslims leaving mosque. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox pop, Muslim worshipper: "You feel you know the community might have a clash because some people might, you know, attack Muslims." SOUNDBITE (English) Vox pop, Muslim worshipper "I am very worried, as are many Muslims, I think, from my country. They are worried and they are feeling insecurity after these incidents." Various of multi-faith vigil outside Aldgate underground station. SOUNDBITE (English) George Galloway, British MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, Respect Party: "Whilst we must, and do, denounce this great crime that took place in London, we cannot separate it from the backdrop against which it is set, which is one in which Mr Blair and Mr Bush have vastly increased the number of people in the world who hate us and made them hate us more intensely than they did before. And this policy of occupation and war is filling a swamp of bitterness and grievance in which these terrorist killers swim." Wide shot of Galloway surrounded by media.
02:05:47 (7/8/05)
BlairTerrorism (Paul Dolan)
Statement marking the close of the G-8 summit in Scotland this morning...British prime Minister Tony Blair announcing aid packages to the Palestinian Authority and Africa. Blair calls the announcements an "alternative to the hatred" to the terrorism of Thursday's London bombings. Blair says "We speak today in the shadow of terrorism, but it will not obscure what we came here to achieve."
02:09:59 (7/8/05)
UKBlairWorkers (Pool)
POOL - London - 8 July 2005 - Wide of emergency services workers waiting for British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Various of emergency workers. Blair and wife Cherie Blair arrive. Various of Tony and Cherie Blair talking to staff.
02:12:06 (7/9/05)
UKTributes (APTN)
King's Cross, July 9, 2005 - People placing flowers at King's Cross Station. Various shots of Church of England King's Cross Parish Priest Nicolas Willer. Flowers with note reading: "London will never be the same" pan out to girls standing in front of flowers. British flag with writing reading: "We are all Londoners". Various floral tributes outside King's Cross Station. South African flag with writing reading: "Our prayers are with you, keep the faith, from all South Africans". Woman praying over candle. Missing persons listing reading: "Have u (you) seen Ciaran Cassidy. Please call - 0207 263 4817". SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Willer, Church of England King's Cross Parish Priest: "I'm the parish priest here in King's Cross and we're trying to create a place that people can come and just be themselves and to pray the prayers that they want to pray, and to express the emotions that they want to express. It's been quite hard today because obviously there are journalists from around the world wanting to see what's going on. So our task has been to try and make a space where people can just be themselves before God at this very difficult time." People. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Willer, Church of England King's Cross Parish Priest: "Obviously so many people are deeply affected by this and many are shocked. But I think there's an amazing sense of calm and courage amongst the people I'm meeting, and I think that's really encouraging. Londoners, as the Queen said, are used to attacks on their city and I think that there's something really resilient about Londoners and that's the spirit that I sense around here today." Various people looking at tributes. Willer walks past a group of police officer. Willer talking to a man.
02:17:04 (7/10/05)
UKBus (APTN - 455539)
London, 10 July 2005 - Various shots of No. 30 bus in Tavistock Square.
02:18:02 (7/10/05)
UKInvestigation (ATPN)
APTN - Forensic officers gathered at site of bus bombing. Forensic officers walking and searching the ground near site of bombing. Various of forensic officer examining items on ground.
POOL - Officers enter news conference. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Paddick, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner "Three people have been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act at Heathrow airport. Those people are still detained. I'm being told that it is inappropriate and pure speculation at this stage to be drawing any direct linkages with the attacks in London, and at this stage we're not in a position to give any further information." Mid shot news conference. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Paddick, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner "We are urgently appealing to anyone who may have photographs, video footage or mobile phone images which were taken either immediately before the attack, at the time of the incidents, or immediately afterwards. These images may contain crucial information which would help detectives in this painstaking and complex inquiry. Please let us decide if the images you have are important. And I'd like to thank the public for their help and assistance." Mid shot news conference. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Trotter, Metropolitan Police Deputy Chief Constable "London remains open for business. The emergency services, the police force, the security services are all working together to keep London safe. We've had success in the past of defeating terrorists and we will defeat these terrorists. They got through on this occasion. But we believe that with all the efforts of everyone involved, including Londoners, we can defeat the terrorists. By not coming to work, by London not being open for business, they will win and they're not going to win - no doubt about that whatsoever. We'll be playing our part. We'll redouble our efforts to keep London safe, but our message is: London is most clearly open for business."
APTN - Forensic officer searching through flower pots. Various of Forensic officers examining items on the ground. Forensic officers pushing a green bin away. Forensic officers searching ground near building scaffolding.
APTN - Wide shot white tarpaulin screening off area. Truck being hitched to tow truck. Police motorcycle escort driving off. Policemen removing cordon tapes. Convoy of trucks removing vehicles from scene of bus bombing.
02:21:26 END TAPE