‘There was a white light. I looked around and saw bodies’: looking back at 7/7
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🗓️ 6 July 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Twenty years after the 7/7 London bombings killed 52 people, what’s changed since the deadly suicide attack? Thelma Stober suffered life-changing injuries that morning and former police officer David Skiffins spent the weeks after working underground to recover the bodies of those murdered. They describe what happened and how it changed their lives.
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Guests:
- Fiona Hamilton, Chief Reporter, The Times
- Thelma Stober, 7/7 survivor
- David Skiffins, former Metropolitan Police counter terror Detective Constable
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Edward Drummond.
Further reading:
- 7/7: ‘There was a white light. I looked around and saw bodies’
- ‘I spoke to victims of 7/7 as I retrieved their bodies’
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| 1:03.0 | From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Manvine Rana. |
| 1:13.0 | In the early hours of July 7th, 2005, four men gathered in Luton and boarded a train to King's Cross. |
| 1:24.1 | Arriving at the height of the morning rush hour, they parted ways, joining the throng of commuters crossing London, which on that day included Thelma Stober and David Skiffins. |
| 1:37.5 | For them, the day had started like any other. |
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