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London Olympic team shocked by blasts
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-07 19:48
Just hours after the elation of winning the 2012 Olympics, the London
delegation was shocked by Thursday's news that simultaneous explosions had
ripped through the city, producing chaos and casualties.
"I'm totally distraught," said Ken Mills, chief executive of London's bid
team.
The blasts in London's subway and a double-decker bus, which resulted in the
city's public transport network being shut down, showed that "no city in the
world can escape terrorism these days," Mills said.
"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,"
he said.
The London contingent in Singapore was "completely and utterly devastated,"
he said.
"This is our town, our city, our home," Mills said. "We're praying for the
people who have been affected."
Mills said he'd be departing soon for London with Mayor Ken Livingstone and
Sebastian Coe, leader of the team that won Wednesday's vote to host the 2012
Games.
Neither Livingston nor Coe made any immediate comment about the blasts.
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