[Mb-civic] Witnesses to History - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Witnesses to History

By Robert MacMillan
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Friday, July 8, 2005; 9:48 AM

The world sees London's tribulation through the eyes of Adam Stacey and 
the words of Matina Zoulia.

Their stories of the moments following the bomb blasts that struck the 
city during the Thursday morning rush hour captured public attention in 
a way that few news stories could. In other words, citizen journalism 
passed the breaking-news test.

Try not to lose yourself in Stacey's photograph 
<http://www.yelvington.com/files/moblog_c5e3bfbeddbfb.jpg> of a 
frightened commuter, shot inside the crippled London Underground. Ponder 
Zoulia's weblog entry <http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/> on the 
Guardian's Web site: "As I was going towards the [King's Cross station] 
exit there was this smell. Like burning hair. And then the people 
starting walking out, soot and blood on their faces. And then this 
woman's face. Half of it covered in blood."

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