News
2007-07-03
Thousands turn
out for London gay pride parade despite terrorism attempts
Despite terrorism
threat, London pride persists
Thousands of
revelers wear
Thousands of
revelers wearing feather boas and draped in pink and red
Union Jack flags turned out for London's gay pride parade on
Saturday—flamboyant celebrations muted by three
suspected terror plots.
Yellow police
vests dotted a sea of rainbow flags. Security was high
after the discovery early Friday of two gas-laden Mercedes
parked just meters from the parade's finishing point
at Trafalgar Square. A third potential attack came
Saturday when two men crashed a burning vehicle into
the main Glasgow Airport terminal in Scotland. Both men, one
of whom was injured, were arrested.
London mayor Ken
Livingstone told the crowd that terrorists will not
intimidate the United Kingdom.
''They planned to
cause destruction and fear, and they failed,''
Livingstone said. ''No one stayed home in fear.''
Livingstone urged
Londoners to carry on with their lives.
''I'm not going
to let them beat me,'' said Kelly Roberts, 31. ''That's
the British way about us.'' (AP)
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