7/7 - 10 years on

Public service workers. Highly trained. Selfless. Living legends.
The immensity of my respect has no words.

Worryingly, 10 years on, the mayor and government have seen it appropriate to close down police stations and fire stations, increasing pressures on public transport staff, and slowly, but progressively having their way with the NHS.

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Metropolitan Police Constable Elizabeth Kenworthy was an off-duty PC travelling in the fourth carriage of the train that was blown up at Aldgate in the 7/7 bombings and is credited with saving two peoples lives. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Her abiding memory of the day was of people coming out of surrounding buildings with cups of tea and offers of help.




Police Sergeant Shane Joshua is pictured outside New Scotland Yard on June 24, 2015 in London, England. As a Police Constable he was sent to Kings Cross to deal with the 7/7 bombings. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)



Sergeant Joshua's abiding memory of the day was the strength of human spirit shown by the people affected.





Craig Cassidy was the first paramedic to arrive at the scene at Aldgate Station as he was driving past at the time on on his way to another job. He believed at first that their had been a train crash. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)



He remembers: "How well everyone came together. Not just the emergency services but the public as well: really showing the true spirit of the UK and London. They showed that we won't be cowed by murderers. The underlining thing is that you knock us down, we will always get back up."



Stephen Hockin, a firefighter, poses for a portrait at Chelsea Fire Station on July 3, 2015 in London, England. Stephen was Crew Manager and was sent to Edgware Road Underground Station. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)


His abiding memory of the day is "feeling a sense of pride in witnessing people's unselfish behaviour and risking their own lives to help strangers."


Gary Stevens, Access Manager for London Underground, poses for a portrait at Russell Square Underground Station on July 1, 2015 in London, England. Gary was station manager at Russell Square Underground Station on the day. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)



He remembers: "the badness and the goodness that humanity brought to London on 7/7. The badness being the bombs that went off and the goodness being the Russell Square Station staff who far exceeded what was expected of them on the day."


PC Ashley Walker poses for a protrait at the site of the 7/7 bus bomb in Tavistock Square on June 19, 2015 in London, England. PC Walker was first on the scene at Tavistock. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)



"The first thing I remember about the explosion was the sound, like a large thud, the popping of 1,000 balloons" he says.



Eoin Stuart-Walker, a paramedic, poses for a portrait at Aldgate Underground Station on July 3, 2015 in London, England. Eoin was a paramedic sent to Aldgate Underground Station. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)


He remembers, "the smell of burning flesh and the heat whilst dealing with the large number of patients in one of the most difficult clinical situations of my life."



Firefighter Cem Cam is pictured outside Dowgate Fire Station on June 25, 2015 in London, England. The temporary watch manager was sent to Edgware Road underground station. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)



Cam's abiding memory of the day was realising that the attacks would change London into a more security conscious city.




Detective Sergeant Louise Rochester, a PC at the time of the attack, poses for a portrait at Holborn Police Station on June 19, 2015 in London, England. DS Rochester was first on the scene at Russell Square. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images



"One of my abiding memories is being driven back from the scene and seeing masses of people walking home because there was no transport" she says.