What is most interesting to me
is that the numbers being bandied about on 11/9 started off at 40,000 (the full capacity of the building) and fell steadily to the final total (I believe 2863).
Here, they were claiming 2 for ages, even though there were reports and photos of a bus being totally destroyed, four bombs, etc etc...
( Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 22:56, archived)

That's because
Americans are easily whipped into a hyserical panic and Brits like to pretend everything's okay.
( Comma, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 22:58, archived)