One of my favorite personal diarist bloggers is a droll EMT with the London Ambulance Service. Funny about reading blogs -- the first thought that crossed my mind when I saw the emergency vehicles on BCC was, I wonder whether "Random Acts of Reality" is in one of those. Turns out he wasn't on duty, but he headed in to handle back-up for the "normal" work of the LAS while others were busy with handling the bombings. Among his end-of-the-day reactions:

Once the shock had settled, I started to feel immense pride that the LAS, the other emergency services, the hospitals, and all the other support groups and organisations were all doing such an excellent job. To my eyes it seemed that the Major Incident planning was going smoothly, turning chaos into order.

And what you need to remember is that this wasn't a major incident, but instead four major incidents, all happening at once.

I think everyone involved, from the experts, to the members of public who helped each other, should feel pride that they performed so well in this crisis.

London won't be beaten, we spent 20 years under the shadow of the IRA, and are used to terrorists.

That seems to pretty much sum up the general sentiment of most British bloggers and their commenters.