I remember for 7/7 travelling through Aldgate East about 30 mins before the bomb, got into work and had breakfast then saw it all on the news. Was a bit crazy
Our work agreed critical workers should stay in a hotel overnight so they could come into the office the following day, as there was concerns of people not being able to get into london the following day. I declined the hotel as my girlfriend lived in Stepney Green so I just walked back to hers after work. Regret declining the hotel as all the critical works just got a massive free piss up that night and free night in a fancy hotel.
The city was very strange around that time. The amount of armed police everywhere was bizarre to witness