The father of a young woman who was killed during the 7/7 terrorist attacks in London 11 years ago has expressed his distaste for a stunt which was carried out in the UK capital yesterday.
John Taylor, whose 24-year-old daughter Carrie died during the atrocity which claimed the lives of 52 people in the summer of 2005, revealed that while he was aware a controlled explosion would take place for the production of a Jackie Chan film yesterday, he had not been informed that the scene would include a London bus.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Mr. Taylor reflected on what he considered a poor judgement move, saying: "Fair enough there is filming that goes on in the city, but this seems particularly insensitive."
Acknowledging that he isn't alone in his views, Mr. Taylor commented on the furore the movie stunt caused in the capital city yesterday, saying: "You can totally understand why some people would be alarmed seeing this."
"Obviously the London attacks were 10 years ago but if people didn’t know about it then of course they would be concerned," he said. "I know a lot of the families, of other victims and survivors, would be upset by this. Perhaps it wasn’t thought through as much as it should have been."
Responding to Nigel Huddleston, a Conservative MP for Mid Worcestershire, who tweeted a reassuring message in order to inform the public of the stunt, one Twitter user wrote: "Surprised with current terrorist activities that this got the go-ahead."
Mr. Taylor works at the Tate Gallery which is just 300 yards from where yesterday's controversial filming took place.
