Aren't there times you think the world's a small place?

[madformac]

As most of you know I was in London last week... I was fortunate enough not to be travelling through the centre of the city last Thursday. I was however right at the spot in Tavistock Square that the bus exploded only a day earlier and previously only a few days before was at Edgware Road station.

I got back home yesterday, checked my emails and read the latest news online, when I came across a picture of a familiar face....

Now I live just south of Manchester, UK which is something like 200 miles from London (it's a long way in terms of the UK, if not quite the world) but it turns out one of the regular customers I help at work was on this bus when it exploded.. Fortunately she only suffered minor injuries and has been interviewed about her experience.

Follow this link for her story - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4669793.stm

What are the chances of knowing somebody on that bus when neither of you came from London but were both in the London area at the time?

Just goes to show how small this planet can be...