I'm just so very, very lucky." 'I thought we were all going to die. I was waiting for a fire' Zeyned Basci escaped from her packed Tube train bloodied and shaken after a blast ripped it apart hundreds of feet underground. Amid chaos on the roads, with buses operating a limited service and tube lines closed, police and security officials warned that they could not be sure the attacks were finished. After treatment for head and eye injuries at the Royal London Hospital, he left for home, still in shock that he had survived "It was unbelievable," he said. "I could have been killed I just can't believe what I've gone though today.
Last night, as scores of people were still being treated in hospitals, scores of shows and events across London were cancelled after police asked people not to travel into the West End. The London Stock Exchange remained open but took action, such as asking traders to switch off certain electronic trading systems to prevent a more volatile response. Shares in hotel operations, airlines and luxury goods were worst affected. Many banks and trading houses were either evacuated or found staff unable to reach their desks. Even London, that has probably the best and most sophisticated security services in the world finds it difficult to deal with these sorts of attacks." Mr Mills said the London contingent was "completely and utterly devastated .. This is our town, our city, our home," he said. " We're praying for the people who have been affected." The attacks also had their affect on the City, where the FTSE 100 Index plunged more than 200 points in the immediate aftermath of the explosions - it later recovered some of its poise during the afternoon, to limit the losses to less than 100 points.
Sir Ian warned the public to "stay where they were." Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, still in Singapore where he had spent the previous night celebrating the success of the London bid, issued a strong condemnation of the attacks. He said: "I want to say one thing: This was not a terrorist attack against the mighty or the powerful, it is not aimed at presidents or prime ministers, it was aimed at ordinary working-class Londoners. They seek to divide London." The London Olympic bid committee remained defiant that the Games would not be affected but said that they were "devastated". Initially, Sir Ian Blair, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police announced that there had been six explosions, but it is believed that this was because of the confusion from the bombs being in the tunnels between Russell Square and Kings Cross and between Liverpool Street and Aldgate. "I think it goes to demonstrate that no city in the world can escape terrorism these days. "I'm totally distraught," said Keith Mills, chief executive of London's bid team. The meeting had been chaired by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in his absence.