Horriffic reading

Über King · 01-25-2011, 05:00 PM

So, Ive just stumbled upon this website, which seems to have everything to do with the coroners office inquests into the London bombings in 2005. Ive been reading a lot of the transcripts of hearings with survivors, and emergency servicemen and women.

every story is bloody awful, but its really interesting to read, and see how people reacted to the situations they were in. it also highlights a lot of the problems of how they dealt with it. It all helps to paint a really accurate picture of stuff that went on.

Coroner's Inquests into the London Bombings of the 7 July 2005

Check it out, its a really good insight into a disaster type situation. see what ya think.

Waves · 01-25-2011, 05:19 PM

major TL;DR

wanna post some highlights?

Über King · 01-25-2011, 05:25 PM

10 Q. In general terms, how soon after the explosion do you
11 think you arrived at the scene outside the British
12 Medical Association building?
13 A. Probably less than a minute.
14 Q. Can you describe the scene for us, please?
15 A. I can. As I was approaching the scene, I was
16 approaching on the nearside footway, there was a load of
17 members of the public just stood round in shock.
18 I started shouting to them to come away. There was
19 a lady who -- I remember she had some blood on the side
20 of her face and she was pointing to her vehicle which
21 was behind the bus, it was a black vehicle.
22 Q. Was that the Jaguar vehicle?
23 A. I understand it to be a Jaguar, I couldn't tell you at
24 the time, it was a black vehicle.
25 Q. Yes.

3

1 A. She asked if she could move it. I looked at the vehicle
2 and I noticed down the windshield blood splatters and
3 what appeared to be human organ on the front of the
4 vehicle. I said to her, "No, you can't", and shouted to
5 her to come away.
6 I was then immediately drawn to what was left of
7 a body which appeared to have been thrown out of the bus
8 and landed halfway up the wall of the BMA building and
9 landed on the floor. It was a torso with part of the
10 head missing, no arms, no legs, a dark jacket which
11 appeared to be open. We could see intestines and all
12 that sort of stuff at the front of the body.
13 Q. We've heard other evidence about this particular torso
14 and I think it's right to say it was on the pavement
15 just outside the BMA building?
16 A. Yes, literally on the pavement, by the archway into the
17 courtyard, it landed there.
18 Q. There were a number of casualties lying in the road
19 behind the bus?
20 A. Yes, there was. I went to a casualty that, if I can
21 recall, she was putting her arms out towards me as -- to
22 help. I knelt down by her and started to survey the
23 scene. Being I was the first officer that I could see
24 there, started to survey the scene as to what -- how
25 many casualties we had and so on.

Dr. ShinDig · 01-25-2011, 05:38 PM

Daym that'd be some shit to see. Certainly hope I never have to experience anything like that. But I have found myself fantasizing about such situations. Not just bombings but all kinds of dangerous situations and what I think I would do. Of course courageous thought is soooo much easier than courageous action.

SmokeaJoint · 01-25-2011, 05:50 PM

Wow. Just...wow.

It is interesting to say the least. Thanks for sharing.

José · 01-25-2011, 05:50 PM

pussy shit

Über King · 01-25-2011, 06:02 PM

The network control center audio recordings are also really interesting. long though.

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Sir-Ex · 01-25-2011, 06:03 PM

^
i dunno after reading the thread and being into it and imagining the intensity and horror of what that'd be like, seeing spanky of all people write this just made me laugh

Cerpin Taxt · 01-25-2011, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpankyMcLankey

pussy shit

I once reveled in the fact that I had seen so many horrible things on the internet and as a result had become so desensitized to it all.

Now I just realize how much darkness I've filled my mind with.

Every so often I will run into something that is not only visually, but emotionally disturbing as well, and I feel like Leeloo from The Fifth Element. At least I know my heart hasn't completely turned to stone.

Lately I've just been trying to stay away from it all... I think I've voluntarily seen enough of the horror humanity is capable of.

Waves · 01-25-2011, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir-Ex

^
i dunno after reading the thread and being into it and imagining the intensity and horror of what that'd be like, seeing spanky of all people write this just made me laugh

im fairly certain that my spanky sarcasm detector is buzzing

lmao

but seriously shit like this turns my stomach, like seeing the pictures of people falling from the towers on 9/11, hearing stories of people seeing couples holding hands and jumping, if you dont feel sadness and/or anger at that you arent human dammit. fuck.

José · 01-25-2011, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cerpin Taxt

I once reveled in the fact that I had seen so many horrible things on the internet and as a result had become so desensitized to it all.

Now I just realize how much darkness I've filled my mind with.

Every so often I will run into something that is not only visually, but emotionally disturbing as well, and I feel like Leeloo from The Fifth Element. At least I know my heart hasn't completely turned to stone.

Lately I've just been trying to stay away from it all... I think I've voluntarily seen enough of the horror humanity is capable of.

you really haven't been desensitized. I've seen videos of car accidents and people crawling out of burning cars with skin dripping off their body and their nasal passage burned shut.

no internet video could amount to seeing that in real life.

you can tell yourself you are desensitized, but if you actually saw something like that in real life it would be like be seeing yourself come out of your moms vagina.

Cerpin Taxt · 01-25-2011, 06:35 PM

While I obviously can't say I'm as desensitized to seeing this stuff in real life, the fact that you're trying to one-up me with what you've seen shows you've got a ways to go.

José · 01-25-2011, 06:37 PM

trying to one up you?

i'm sure you could google image search a beheading and find something worse.

take it how you want.

and wtf do you mean aways to go? where the fuck do you think I'm going with this anyways?

Cerpin Taxt · 01-25-2011, 06:42 PM

Sir-Ex · 01-25-2011, 06:43 PM

i think you're misreading spanky cerp. It seems he's just trying to say that the vicarious experience of internet exposure isn't equal to seeing a horrible thing in reality, and then citing an example of said internet exposure as an example.

Could be just me. Maybe Spanky is actually like MUWHAHHAHA I'M SO MUCH MORE H-CORE

To waves:

yeah man, seeing the footage on CNN of people jumping out of the towers made me sick and angry for a few days. At the alleged terrorists as well as at the media. I found it sickening that they'd show that. It seems totally disrespectful of the people going through it. What business do I have baring witness to such a thing? Revolting.

Cerpin Taxt · 01-25-2011, 06:48 PM

^Very much a possibility, in which case you can take out everything after the "," in my 2nd post.

SmokeaJoint · 01-25-2011, 06:52 PM

People make me sad. When did it become necessary to kill innocent people to prove a point?

Cerpin Taxt · 01-25-2011, 06:54 PM

Greed, the lust for power, and religion (sorry, but it's true).

Sir-Ex · 01-25-2011, 06:54 PM

When your enemy is an entire society you have no hope of ever beating through practical methods of warfare.....

not defending it, merely explaining it.

José · 01-25-2011, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir-Ex

i think you're misreading spanky cerp. It seems he's just trying to say that the vicarious experience of internet exposure isn't equal to seeing a horrible thing in reality, and then citing an example of said internet exposure as an example.

precisely.

01-25-2011, 05:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Über King yabooban Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The ÜK Posts: 2,539 Thanks: 42 Thanked 248 Times in 117 Posts	Horriffic reading So, Ive just stumbled upon this website, which seems to have everything to do with the coroners office inquests into the London bombings in 2005. Ive been reading a lot of the transcripts of hearings with survivors, and emergency servicemen and women. every story is bloody awful, but its really interesting to read, and see how people reacted to the situations they were in. it also highlights a lot of the problems of how they dealt with it. It all helps to paint a really accurate picture of stuff that went on. Coroner's Inquests into the London Bombings of the 7 July 2005 Check it out, its a really good insight into a disaster type situation. see what ya think. __________________ You wake up at Seatac, SFO, LAX. You wake up at O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, BWI. Pacific, mountain, central. Lose an hour, gain an hour. This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. You wake up at Air Harbor International. If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? http://vimeo.com/user4038385/videos

01-25-2011, 05:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,405 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,036 Times in 2,224 Posts	major TL;DR wanna post some highlights? __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

01-25-2011, 05:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Über King yabooban Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The ÜK Posts: 2,539 Thanks: 42 Thanked 248 Times in 117 Posts	10 Q. In general terms, how soon after the explosion do you 11 think you arrived at the scene outside the British 12 Medical Association building? 13 A. Probably less than a minute. 14 Q. Can you describe the scene for us, please? 15 A. I can. As I was approaching the scene, I was 16 approaching on the nearside footway, there was a load of 17 members of the public just stood round in shock. 18 I started shouting to them to come away. There was 19 a lady who -- I remember she had some blood on the side 20 of her face and she was pointing to her vehicle which 21 was behind the bus, it was a black vehicle. 22 Q. Was that the Jaguar vehicle? 23 A. I understand it to be a Jaguar, I couldn't tell you at 24 the time, it was a black vehicle. 25 Q. Yes. 3 1 A. She asked if she could move it. I looked at the vehicle 2 and I noticed down the windshield blood splatters and 3 what appeared to be human organ on the front of the 4 vehicle. I said to her, "No, you can't", and shouted to 5 her to come away. 6 I was then immediately drawn to what was left of 7 a body which appeared to have been thrown out of the bus 8 and landed halfway up the wall of the BMA building and 9 landed on the floor. It was a torso with part of the 10 head missing, no arms, no legs, a dark jacket which 11 appeared to be open. We could see intestines and all 12 that sort of stuff at the front of the body. 13 Q. We've heard other evidence about this particular torso 14 and I think it's right to say it was on the pavement 15 just outside the BMA building? 16 A. Yes, literally on the pavement, by the archway into the 17 courtyard, it landed there. 18 Q. There were a number of casualties lying in the road 19 behind the bus? 20 A. Yes, there was. I went to a casualty that, if I can 21 recall, she was putting her arms out towards me as -- to 22 help. I knelt down by her and started to survey the 23 scene. Being I was the first officer that I could see 24 there, started to survey the scene as to what -- how 25 many casualties we had and so on. __________________ You wake up at Seatac, SFO, LAX. You wake up at O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, BWI. Pacific, mountain, central. Lose an hour, gain an hour. This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. You wake up at Air Harbor International. If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? http://vimeo.com/user4038385/videos

01-25-2011, 05:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dr. ShinDig seriously skewed Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 892 Thanks: 251 Thanked 232 Times in 168 Posts	Daym that'd be some shit to see. Certainly hope I never have to experience anything like that. But I have found myself fantasizing about such situations. Not just bombings but all kinds of dangerous situations and what I think I would do. Of course courageous thought is soooo much easier than courageous action. __________________ Putting the High in "High Quality"

01-25-2011, 06:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
Über King yabooban Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The ÜK Posts: 2,539 Thanks: 42 Thanked 248 Times in 117 Posts	The network control center audio recordings are also really interesting. long though. Home Page __________________ You wake up at Seatac, SFO, LAX. You wake up at O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, BWI. Pacific, mountain, central. Lose an hour, gain an hour. This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. You wake up at Air Harbor International. If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? http://vimeo.com/user4038385/videos

01-25-2011, 05:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
José YaHookan Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,364 Thanks: 62 Thanked 147 Times in 72 Posts	pussy shit

01-25-2011, 06:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sir-Ex Learner Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 11,416 Thanks: 1,726 Thanked 3,816 Times in 2,256 Posts	^ i dunno after reading the thread and being into it and imagining the intensity and horror of what that'd be like, seeing spanky of all people write this just made me laugh __________________ Smile Ditch the cigs!!!!!!

01-25-2011, 06:35 PM	#12 (permalink)
Cerpin Taxt Yahookan Zealot Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 7,213 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 843 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,011 Posts	While I obviously can't say I'm as desensitized to seeing this stuff in real life, the fact that you're trying to one-up me with what you've seen shows you've got a ways to go. __________________ Step Back. Evaluate. Recognize. "All memory is really a form of regurgitation of undigested experience." -Alan Watts

01-25-2011, 06:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
José YaHookan Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,364 Thanks: 62 Thanked 147 Times in 72 Posts	trying to one up you? i'm sure you could google image search a beheading and find something worse. take it how you want. and wtf do you mean aways to go? where the fuck do you think I'm going with this anyways?

01-25-2011, 06:42 PM	#14 (permalink)
Cerpin Taxt Yahookan Zealot Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 7,213 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 843 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,011 Posts	__________________ Step Back. Evaluate. Recognize. "All memory is really a form of regurgitation of undigested experience." -Alan Watts

01-25-2011, 06:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
Sir-Ex Learner Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 11,416 Thanks: 1,726 Thanked 3,816 Times in 2,256 Posts	i think you're misreading spanky cerp. It seems he's just trying to say that the vicarious experience of internet exposure isn't equal to seeing a horrible thing in reality, and then citing an example of said internet exposure as an example. Could be just me. Maybe Spanky is actually like MUWHAHHAHA I'M SO MUCH MORE H-CORE To waves: yeah man, seeing the footage on CNN of people jumping out of the towers made me sick and angry for a few days. At the alleged terrorists as well as at the media. I found it sickening that they'd show that. It seems totally disrespectful of the people going through it. What business do I have baring witness to such a thing? Revolting. __________________ Smile Ditch the cigs!!!!!!

01-25-2011, 06:48 PM	#16 (permalink)
Cerpin Taxt Yahookan Zealot Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 7,213 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 843 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,011 Posts	^Very much a possibility, in which case you can take out everything after the "," in my 2nd post. __________________ Step Back. Evaluate. Recognize. "All memory is really a form of regurgitation of undigested experience." -Alan Watts

01-25-2011, 06:54 PM	#18 (permalink)
Cerpin Taxt Yahookan Zealot Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 7,213 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 843 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,011 Posts	Greed, the lust for power, and religion (sorry, but it's true). __________________ Step Back. Evaluate. Recognize. "All memory is really a form of regurgitation of undigested experience." -Alan Watts

01-25-2011, 06:54 PM	#19 (permalink)
Sir-Ex Learner Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 11,416 Thanks: 1,726 Thanked 3,816 Times in 2,256 Posts	When your enemy is an entire society you have no hope of ever beating through practical methods of warfare..... not defending it, merely explaining it. __________________ Smile Ditch the cigs!!!!!!

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