On the 10th anniversary of the London bombings, services were held across the UK to remember the 52 people who died and more than 700 people injured when four suicide bombers attacked three trains and a bus.
At St. Paul's Cathedral, a minute of silence was observed, and the families of victims, survivors, and first responders gathered at Hyde Park for a ceremony with songs and personal readings, the BBC reports. Flowers were placed at the sites of the four explosions, and commuters were urged to take part in the "walk together" movement, finishing their bus or subway commute one stop early and traveling the rest of the way on foot. Paul Dadge, who stopped to help survivors after the blast at the Edgware Road station, spoke at Hyde Park, and said his country will never surrender to terrorism: "That's not the spirit we saw on 7 July. That's not the spirit we've ever seen. That's not the spirit we will ever see." Catherine Garcia
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