7/7 London bombing survivors now from injury agony to huge wedding regret
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The evening of July 6, 2005, was a moment of celebration for many Londoners as the city was announced as the host of the 2012 Olympic Games. But the following morning, London was struck by an unimaginable tragedy that would forever darken that once jubilant summer.
As commuters hurried to work on the London Underground, four suicide bombers struck, with coordinated attacks on tube carriages that left 52 people dead. A further 800 were hurt, with some suffering devastating injuries. The harrowing incident would later become known as 7/7.
Tonight, the tragedy will be explored in the BBC Two documentary 7/7: The London Bombings, airing at 9pm. Here, the Mirror looks at some of the lives that were changed forever in the aftermath of the horror, including those who have bravely drawn from their experiences to help others...
Trained NHS Operating Department Practitioner Susan Greenwood moved to London after living in Australia for some time, but just two years into her new life, catastrophe struck. Kent-born Susan was 29 years old and "the healthiest and fittest" she'd ever been when, on that dreadful day, she travelled to work on the Piccadilly Line in the first tube carriage. It was then that suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay boarded and chillingly told her she'd "have a good day".
