Page 1 of July 7th Queens Award

Today the Queen is handing out awards to the services for their bravery in the july 7th bombing.
Before I start I know I am going to have a lot of negative replies but I had to get it off my chest.

When the attacks happened I agree that our services did an excellent job. The police, fire brigade and the ambulance service acted extremely well. I don`t live in London I only watched what was happening on my TV. I can`t imagine how anyone involved felt and personally I hope I never have to go through what anyone did that day.

But when it comes to handing out medals what about the people who were travelling on the underground and on the bus that day who were just going to their jobs that morning who were hurt in the bombings that could have just got up and walked away but stayed with other injured people helping them stay alive. For an example one man was injured on the underground he could have left but two american sisters were trapped one was close to death but he stayed with them talked to them wrapped them up and they both survived. The bravery of the people who were actually in the underground and on the bus were more heroic than that of any of the services.

I know the services train for these situations, it`s their job and I agree no amount of dummy training can prepare you for the real thing, but all I say is when the news tonight shows the service people getting their medals from the Queen, or even just mentions it please spare a thought for all the people on the tube and the bus who were also very much a hero as anyone else.
I have great respect for our services and they all do a great job. I am not putting their work down in any way.

Anyone out there?