BMJ  2005;331 (16 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7509.0-g

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A small victory

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

The fact that you are reading this is a small but significant victory. When the bomb exploded last Thursday morning, ripping apart the number 30 bus outside BMA House, killing 13 people and injuring many more, we were two days into work on this week's journal. Early copies of the previous issue, put to bed on Tuesday evening, were due to arrive by courier. Members of the editorial team were in meetings, checking proofs, laying out pages, and commissioning and editing news, reviews, and editorials. It was a sunny day of little consequence but filled, I suppose, with our usual small concerns.

The bomb blast shook the building and stopped this tightly scheduled weekly routine in its tracks. Within seconds the journal office was empty as staff found their way to the back of the building and eventually home. The doctors among us did what we could. Andrew Dearden, a . . . [Full text of this article]

Fiona Godlee, editor

(fgodlee@bmj.com)


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