Posted on 08/22/2005 6:05:45 AM PDT by Sailor6468
by Leah Kaminsky Special to World Defense Review
The first email message I received from Mom after the second attacks on London read: "So Leah, what are the alternatives to mass transit to-and-from your work? A bike? A scooter?"
At first I laughed: Does Mom actually think it's safer for me to "scoot" in-and-out of rush-hour London than it is to ride the tube? Then the thought of me in my work clothes with a helmet strapped to my head, frantically zipping down the major highways that wind into the city, yelling, "Bloody English!" at honking, speeding cars along my eight-mile commute into work, only made me laugh harder.
I think my laughter is reflective of how many people felt in London this past Thursday, only because the most recent attacks were not successful and – in the confusing aftermath of the attempts – there were reports that the would-be bombers jumped off of the trains before the bombs detonated.
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