I'm not sure what to say about this London bombing business, but I feel compelled to express something. I was in the UK with my family when three little boys were killed by a firebomb thrown during some sort of protest. I remember how the train stations locked down, there weren't even any trash cans left out because they could conceal a bomb. Two years ago, when my boyfriend and I were on vacation, we stayed at a hotel right next to where the bus bomb went off today. I think our room overlooked it.

I'm not sure why everyone feels compelled to lay out their connections to this kind of violence. Everyone had a September 11th story, or knew someone who was there. In a way, it's ghoulish to want to be connected with this kind of event, but I don't think that's the motivation of even a small minority of people. I believe that it's a reflection on our own mortality. Each of us pictures ourselves in such a situation. What if I had been there? Would I have been injured? Killed? I think everyone worries that we'd be the unfortunate ones.

I want to express my great love and sympathy for the victims, the families, and indeed all the British people. Three years ago, when I was a student in Italy, I recieved nothing but love and support from people expressing their feelings about the September 11th attacks. It was such a comfort to feel the solidarity of the world against that horror. I want to do what I can to extend this sentiment to the British people now. We love you and we are with you.