Yahoo News Defiant Londoners return to work after Westminster terror attack as #WeAreNotAfraid trends
Defiant Londoners returned to work on Thursday morning acting “as normal and unafraid” after a terror attack in the heart of the city that left four dead.
A black-clad man, armed with two knives, ploughed his car through a crowd of people on Westminster Bridge before fatally stabbing an officer outside Parliament. He was shot dead by armed police at the scene.
Less than 24 hours later, commuters have been using the hashtag "WeAreNotAfraid" in a show of solidarity, and to prove that life is already returning to normal in the capital.
Diane Abbott, the shadow Home Secretary, tweeted: “Off to work as usual like millions of Londoners,” on Thursday morning.
She was joined by thousands of fellow commuters getting on with their daily routines.
Off to work as usual like millions of Londoners #WestminsterAttack #WeAreNotAfraid pic.twitter.com/pv77I4NYtE
— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) March 23, 2017
London carries on calmly. Don't buy the "shut down" story. Our city is as determined, dignified & open as ever. #WeAreNotAfraid #LoveLondon
— Schona Jolly QC (@WomaninHavana) March 23, 2017
Travelled up to work in the London office today as normal #WeAreNotAfraid
— Caroline Welch (@CarolineWelch2) March 23, 2017
On train to London for work now. They will never stop me achieving what I want to do. #WeAreNotAfraid
— Cliff Sewell (@CliffSewell) March 23, 2017
I live in London and work in the City of London. Today I will be going to work and going about business as normal and unafraid.
— Ian Luke (@radiogeyser) March 23, 2017
Like thousands of others who work there, I am heading into #Parliament as normal, but flags at half mast show it is a far from normal day pic.twitter.com/lXPiVwdSMj
— Nigel Huddleston MP (@HuddlestonNigel) March 23, 2017
Users on Twitter were also sharing poignant quotes written on Tube station message boards.
Thursday 23rd March Thought Of The Day From Oval Station #IAmLondon #wearenotafraid #Ilovelondon pic.twitter.com/Jouvwb6JvG
— Oval Tube Station (@Oval_station) March 23, 2017
Very poignant words at #Tooting Bec tube today. #LoveLondon ❤️ pic.twitter.com/6h65dx9ws4
— Tooting About (@TootingAbout) March 23, 2017
Love this sentiment at @Claphamnth tube station this morning. pic.twitter.com/PaEU5MQHOM
— Amit Bali (@amitkbali) March 23, 2017
💔 Hard to write today. #Westminster #RIP #LondonIsOpen #LAS #LFB #metpolice #BTP #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/YVMiSwqXpu
— Tower Hill Station (@towerhilltube) March 23, 2017
Others responded to Katie Hopkins, who told Fox News that Britons were "afraid and disgruntled" in the aftermath of the attack.
She said: “People are cowed, people are afraid and people are not united.”
@FoxNews @KTHopkins This gargoyle is talking nonsense. I am in London. No one is cowed, we are not afraid and we stand together.
— Jack Evans (@Jack4Evanss) March 23, 2017
@FoxNews @KTHopkins this is bollocks, we are fine. Katie probably didn't take the tube this morning, unlike the rest of us.
— Rebecca Reid (@RebeccaCNReid) March 23, 2017
I should know better than to be surprised by Katie Hopkins' untrue outburst on Fox News. People ARE united. We're not united with you. https://t.co/ioiVSERvuI
— Elliot Gonzalez (@elliot_gonzalez) March 23, 2017
Speaking to Parliament on Thursday morning, Theresa May echoed the defiance of Londoners. “Yesterday, an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy," she said.
“We are not afraid and our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism.”
