7/7 attacks: Starmer joins the ST Paul commemorative service The 20th anniversary of London bombings
“ I hope they realized that they were not alone ”Posted at 11:08:08 am Summer Time
Karl Mercer
Political publisher, BBC London
Craig Cassidy, who has been a paramedical of London Ambulance Service since 1999, says that seeing people who are fatally injured in the Aldgate tunnel after the 7/7 bombardments is seized in his memory.
“You can’t prepare for this kind of thing,” he said. “You do what is in front of you, you treat with what you have presented, knowing that you have never experienced this before, but you have to continue.
“I put myself on one side. When I am at work, I am not Craig. I put my uniform, I am a different person, I am paramedical.”
By thinking about his involvement during the day, he adds: “I hope I did it. I hope I comforted some people. I hope they realized that they were not alone at that time.
“I have returned to this station several times because I still work in the same area. When I come back, it’s always present with me.
“Each of them was someone’s partner, someone’s wife, someone’s husband’s husband. Parents should never bury a child, and I knew it was going to happen.”
