Ga onbeperkt met Magzter GOLD

Ga onbeperkt met Magzter GOLD

Krijg onbeperkte toegang tot meer dan 9000 tijdschriften, kranten en Premium-verhalen voor slechts

$149.99
 
$74.99/Jaar

Poging GOUD - Vrij

Every night I am back in that tunnel and haunted by July 7 bomber...

Scunthorpe Telegraph

|

July 03, 2025

Dan Biddle survived the 7/7 London bombings in 2005. He recounts his trauma in a new book.

- By JESSICA BOULTON

Every night I am back in that tunnel and haunted by July 7 bomber...

IT’S nearly 20 years since Dan Biddle was carried, bloodied and burned, out of London’s Edgware Road Tube Station - his eye and both legs lost and his mind forever scarred.

He had a 2% chance of recovery yet Dan would fight on to become a symbol of defiance - as 7/7’s most-injured survivor.

Nearly two decades on from the terrorist suicide bombings of July 7, 2005, he's still fighting.

He has daily battles with Complex PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety and survivor's guilt, and is haunted by hallucinations of the bomber’s face.

And Dan is fighting for the government to finally do right by the victims ahead of next month's 20th anniversary - by launching a full public inquiry.

“Some 52 people lost their lives, why doesn’t that warrant one?” he asks. “I knew that getting blown up, life was going to be tough but I didn’t think it would be unjust.”

More than 770 people were injured when four jihadists blew up three tube trains and a bus.

Dan is back there every night, when he closes his eyes.

“I have been exhausted for 20 years because I dread going to sleep,’ he says. “The minute I go to sleep, I’m on the floor in the tunnel.”

Dan was 26 when his old life ended on his way to work at a construction site. He was standing close to bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan, who was sitting with a rucksack on his lap.

“I was about six inches from touching him,” recalls Dan.

MEER VERHALEN VAN Scunthorpe Telegraph

Scunthorpe Telegraph

'I WANT YOU TO DIE'

MAN'S THREAT TO HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND BEFORE HE GRABBED HER BY THE THROAT

time to read

1 min

October 30, 2025

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Owen Meredith

Comment from News Media Association chief executive

time to read

1 min

October 30, 2025

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Major upgrade to sports facilities now completed

COUNCIL PROVIDED £50,000 THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY GRANT FUND TO SUPPORT IMPROVED FACILITIES AT BRIGG TOWN FC CIC

time to read

2 mins

October 23, 2025

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Friendship group now has more than 850 members

SCUNTHORPE LOVELY LADIES IS CELEBRATING ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY NEXT MONTH

time to read

2 mins

October 23, 2025

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Police dog and handler win an award for 'exceptional courage'

THEY BOTH SHOWED 'INCREDIBLE BRAVERY'

time to read

3 mins

October 16, 2025

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Plans for Humber Bridge safety improvements 'progressing well'

A £3m project to improve safety on the Humber Bridge is \"progressing well\" after receiving permission from a number of authorities. The project involves raising the safety barriers along the bridge to a height of 2.7 metres - around 9ft.

time to read

1 mins

October 09, 2025

Scunthorpe Telegraph

MP calls for publication of criteria for 'credible bid' for oil refinery site

MELANIE ONN 'DEEPLY CONCERNED' BY REDUNDANCIES

time to read

2 mins

October 09, 2025

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Garden centre display is a Christmas cracker!

CELEBRATIONS ARE 'BIGGER AND BRIGHTER THAN EVER'

time to read

1 min

October 02, 2025

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Get involved to decide how £20m will be spent in area

SHARE YOUR IDEAS AT WORKSHOPS

time to read

3 mins

October 02, 2025

Scunthorpe Telegraph

Scunthorpe Telegraph

School unveils £2m makeover in time for new academic year

STATE-OF-THE-ART CLASSROOMS REVEALED

time to read

2 mins

September 25, 2025

Listen

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size