London Bombings of 2005

On our field trip to the Museum of London, we were taken back through the history of the city and introduced to all the highlights of her past. There were many beautiful displays of ancient tools that they used and information on how the city came into formation.

What spoke to me most was the display on the terrorist bombings of London in 2005. At first glance, it wasn't obvious to me what exactly it was. After a few moments of searching I realized what it was. It was a small, crunched little corner between the entrance and the massive Fire of London display. I was a little disappointed that the section was so small, and seemingly insignificant compared to all other displays of the museum. Then after thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that the display is probably so small because of how recent this tragedy had occurred. The museum probably had everything already set up, so therefore they did not have much room for this particular display.

The display of the London bombings of 2005 was interestingly not all that informative of the bombings themselves, but rather more in depth with the people who had died from this tragedy. The centerpiece of the small display was a very large book. In this book were listed all 52 innocent people who lost their lives. The book was dedicated to telling the story of these people so that will forever be remembered. There were several pages on each person describing who they were, what they enjoyed, achievements in their lifetime, and basically a summary representation of each individual. I thought that this was a really cool idea. Seeing these specific details of all these people who lost their lives in the bombings makes the attack more personal and real.

Terrorist attacks are the worst attacks of all, in my opinion. It seems that all cultures across the world cannot avoid the risk of some sort of discrimination on any level to which harmful actions may be taken towards them. No one person, or group of people, will ever be liked by everyone. You will always have enemies no matter who you are, where you're from , or what you believe. Terrorism and discrimination is a world-wide problem that no one is completely risk free of encountering.