On June 3, 2017, three terrorists used a van to plough into pedestrians on London Bridge. They then used 12in knives to attack and kill eight people before being shot dead by police. But what is only now becoming clear is the heroism displayed by people confronted by the murderous attackers. Here are some of the stories from that night as told to an inquest that is ongoing in London.
But it wasn’t just a crash. After the van hit the railings the attackers emerged and began stabbing anyone in sight. Boden, gravely injured, couldn’t talk. Along with a doctor who had also been at the restaurant, Schroeder gave her friend CPR but to no avail, the Mail reported. Bondeville told the hearing one attacker first approached her like a boxer readying for a fight. Soon, both she and her boyfriend had fallen to the floor badly wounded. “I kept looking at Oliver,” Bondeville said. “I thought he was dead. I was begging for them to stop and calling for help saying ‘please please’. The punches just came again and again and again.”
Marques was stabbed as his charges on the attackers distracted them from Bondeville, Dowling and Richard Livett, another survivor.Christine “Chrissy” Archibald, 30, a British Columbia native, kissed her fiance and told him “I love you” moments before she was murdered on London Bridge.