London Terror Attack: Sophie Lissenden, Longfield Academy.
Following the tragic incident of the 22nd of March 2017, countries across the world have held Westminster’s and London’s hand through the hardship of the terrorist attack.
The incident first took place on Westminster Bridge, as the car initially mounted the pedestrian pavement, causing casualties and eventually knocking one lady into the Thames. Then, the vehicle crashed into the railings, causing more injuries, where he exited the vehicle and turned the corner on foot to finally stab and murder a policeman and be shot himself. The entire ordeal was only documented to have taken around 83 seconds.
The policeman that lost his life was PC Keith Palmer, aged 48. He had served for 15 years, was married and had a young daughter. Aysha Frade worked in administration at DLD College London and was killed after being run over by the attacker. Another victim was Kurt Cochran, a tourist from Utah, travelling to London to celebrate his 25th wedding anniversary. His wife Melissa was critically injured. Leslie Rhodes was a retired window cleaner, who has had his life support taken away. They are currently the only fatalities, but there were at least 50 people, from 12 countries injured in the attack, 31 needing hospital treatment. Fourteen of those thirty one remain in hospital, even after four days. There is thought to be 12 British, 3 French youths, 2 Romanians, 4 South Koreans, 2 Greeks and one from each Poland, China, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Italy and America.
Since the incident, the entire country has been shaken and the world has been praying for everybody’s safety and mourning the deaths of the lost victims. A popular hashtag stormed the internet just hours after the incident, #prayforlondon.
