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To: Bill who wrote (123889)	7/7/2005 4:10:28 PM
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this is all i have found on it so far.. theglobeandmail.com By KATIE ROOK Thursday, July 7, 2005 Updated at 11:34 AM EDT Globe and Mail Update From the 18th floor of Canary Wharf in London, Canadian Brendan Spinks could see a “massive rush of policemen” outside the building Thursday after the city was rocked by terrorist attacks. The Internet in his office had just gone done down when Mr. Spinks, an investment banker at HSBC, saw a flurry of police cars and yellow-vested men outside. Reports of attacks carried out by suicide bombers were rife, and in one unconfirmed incident police shot a suicide bomber outside the 42-floor banking tower. “It was just a matter of time. It's absolutely shocking and terrifying and terrible,” he said. “All you can do is say, ‘Thankfully it's not me' and feel horrible for the people that it did happen to and hope that that number is limited. “We've been preparing for this for two years, there have been numerous, numerous mock evacuations and emergency planning services over the last number of years.” Getting home will prove especially difficult for Mr. Spinks, who moved to London in 2002, because the bus that blew up near Tavistock Square is right outside his apartment. Mr. Spinks's brother, Macgregor, who was due to arrive in London later Thursday, may be delayed at Heathrow, because Terminal 3 has been evacuated, Mr. Spinks said. Co-workers are scrambling to find ways home, many of them opting for the ferry across the Thames River, he said.