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Frightened
By ella | July 7, 2005
Matthew has landed safely at Heathrow after his plane was delayed after being switched for security reasons. Sitting in front of him in Business Class were Mr and Mrs Bin Laden - this may also have had something to do with why the plane was delayed, wouldn’t you think? Matthew said he was very relieved when the plane landed and he is not given to dramatics.
I am relieved that he is out of Heathrow airport. I have long suspected that the underground would be targetted by terrorists because it is just so easy and so devastating because it is underground. But I have also worried endlessly that Heathrow would be a target - it only takes one or more madmen to walk into the check-in area, before any security is even reached, to cause massive destruction - and Matthew is there almost weekly. I am NEVER happy when he is at the airport.
Matthew is making his way out of London on the gridlocked roads. My brother who commutes to London on the routes affected today is safe and well. I hope he has found somewhere safe to stay in London.
I had such a terrible premonition-type dream on Tuesday night when Matthew was away in Paris (although I should say I dream about terrorist attacks, or scenarios where my children are injured or separated from me, with more frequency than I would like). Today the almost exact scenario I dreamed about became reality. Only today my children and I were at home rather than being separated in the panic of the terrorist attack that I dreamed about and for that I am relieved and also a little ashamed that I feel that way when I know so many others were affected.
Commentators and leaders are talking about how Britain will not be cowed or frightened by terrorists. But I feel frightened.
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