Incident At Oxford Circus

http://newsthump.com/2017/11/24/tommy-robinson-named-as-new-isis-press-secretary/

EveshamAddick said:

Friends were caught up in this last year in New York.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mall-disturbances-reported-across-u-s-on-boxing-day/

I don't know if there is a direct correlation between Black Friday and this incident, but it stands to reason that simply the number of people there made it worse.

False occurrences have become something of a norm here, namely with misreported shooting incidents. There were two when I was working for Georgia Tech (though I'm like 2,000 miles away so it didn't impact me). One was an incident where there was a reported active shooter on campus, which turned out not to be true. But when nerves are frayed, and that can be heightened by large crowds, these things seem to happen. Hopefully it wasn't out of any ill will or malice, and that those caught up in the stampede are alright.

It's something of a "better safe than sorry" thing.

killerandflash said:

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

Uboat said:

Worrying stuff. My wife was in a tube recently and someone noticed a bit of smoke. What followed was an 'every man for himself' type stampede, with people being knocked over and shoved or off the way in the panic. I don't want to judge too harshly because I wasn't there, but the climate of fear seems to be eroding any sense of community spirit.

The same fear didn't erode Londoner's community spirit during the Blitz, in fact it enhanced it from what I've bwen told by folk who were there.

A bit different when the threat is from above, when compared to the thought of a mad gunman roaming the tube/streets, which is what people were fleeing

I wasn't comparing the type of attack or the reaction, I was answering Uboat's theory that fear may erode community spirit and that imo, it didn't seem to in London during WW2.

I don't see why a threat coming from above and those below not knowing where it's going to land, is any different (better or worse) than a person running amok with a gun or lorry.

http://www.stairwaytoheavenmemorial.org/gpage5.html

Unfortunately worse happened in WW2

SouthWest_Addicks said:

Henry Irving said:

http://www.stairwaytoheavenmemorial.org/gpage5.html

Unfortunately worse happened in WW2

Shamefully, until now I had never heard of that tragedy. Thanks for posting that.

Not widely publicised but there is now a plaque at the station.

Too many attention seeking drama queens, fueled by social media?