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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.96,0:00:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could never have imagined
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.53,0:00:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a 19-year-old suicide bomber
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.51,0:00:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would actually teach me a valuable lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.64,0:00:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.64,0:00:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He taught me to never presume anything
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.28,0:00:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about anyone you don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.41,0:00:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a Thursday morning in July 2005,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.57,0:00:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bomber and I, unknowingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.65,0:00:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boarded the same train carriage\Nat the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.22,0:00:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing, apparently, just feet apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.34,0:00:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't see him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.18,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, I didn't see anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.00,0:00:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know not to look\Nat anyone on the Tube,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.61,0:00:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I guess he saw me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.92,0:00:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess he looked at all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.69,0:01:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as his hand hovered\Nover the detonation switch.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.44,0:01:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've often wondered: What was he thinking?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.91,0:01:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially in those final seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.76,0:01:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it wasn't personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.98,0:01:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't set out to kill\Nor maim me, Gill Hicks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.02,0:01:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean -- he didn't know me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.76,0:01:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.67,0:01:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, he gave me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.64,0:01:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an unwarranted and an unwanted label.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.27,0:01:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had become the enemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.39,0:01:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To him, I was the "other,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.99,0:01:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the "them," as opposed to "us."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.58,0:01:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The label "enemy" allowed him\Nto dehumanize us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.67,0:01:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It allowed him to push that button.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.34,0:01:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he wasn't selective.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.88,0:02:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty-six precious lives were taken\Nin my carriage alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.04,0:02:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was almost one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.86,0:02:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the time it takes to draw a breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.62,0:02:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were plunged into a darkness so immense
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.31,0:02:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was almost tangible;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.72,0:02:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I imagine wading\Nthrough tar might be like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.40,0:02:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't know we were the enemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.32,0:02:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were just a bunch of commuters\Nwho, minutes earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.40,0:02:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had followed the Tube etiquette:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.91,0:02:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no direct eye contact,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.14,0:02:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no talking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.89,0:02:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and absolutely no conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.95,0:02:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the lifting of the darkness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.78,0:02:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were reaching out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.18,0:02:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were helping each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.81,0:02:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were calling out our names,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.29,0:02:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit like a roll call,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.39,0:02:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.56,0:03:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm Gill. I'm here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.11,0:03:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.28,0:03:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.70,0:03:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm Gill.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.68,0:03:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.32,0:03:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.33,0:03:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.10,0:03:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know Alison.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.40,0:03:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I listened for her check-ins\Nevery few minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.34,0:03:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know Richard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.84,0:03:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it mattered to me that he survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.75,0:03:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I shared with them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.57,0:03:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was my first name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.01,0:03:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.19,0:03:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was a head of a department\Nat the Design Council.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.18,0:03:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is my beloved briefcase,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.77,0:03:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also rescued from that morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.48,0:04:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't know that I published\Narchitecture and design journals,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.47,0:04:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was a Fellow\Nof the Royal Society of Arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.81,0:04:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wore black --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.70,0:04:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still do --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.57,0:04:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I smoked cigarillos.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.89,0:04:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't smoke cigarillos anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.22,0:04:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drank gin and I watched TED Talks,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.42,0:04:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course, never dreaming\Nthat one day I would be standing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.59,0:04:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,balancing on prosthetic legs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.51,0:04:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving a talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.65,0:04:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a young Australian woman\Ndoing extraordinary things in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.32,0:04:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wasn't ready for that all to end.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.88,0:04:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so determined to survive
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.06,0:04:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I used my scarf to tie tourniquets\Naround the tops of my legs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.29,0:04:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just shut everything\Nand everyone out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.34,0:04:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to focus, to listen to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.63,0:05:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be guided by instinct alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.08,0:05:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lowered my breathing rate.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.85,0:05:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I elevated my thighs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.65,0:05:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I held myself upright
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.34,0:05:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I fought the urge to close my eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.68,0:05:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I held on for almost an hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.03,0:05:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an hour to contemplate\Nthe whole of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.44,0:05:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up until this point.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.20,0:05:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps I should have done more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.22,0:05:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps I could have\Nlived more, seen more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.45,0:05:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I should have gone running,\Ndancing, taken up yoga.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.32,0:05:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my priority and my focus\Nwas always my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.28,0:05:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.73,0:05:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who I was on my business card
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.56,0:05:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mattered to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.69,0:05:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it didn't matter down in that tunnel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.23,0:06:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I felt that first touch
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.72,0:06:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from one of my rescuers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.47,0:06:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was unable to speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.61,0:06:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unable to say even\Na small word, like "Gill."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.18,0:06:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I surrendered my body to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.94,0:06:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had done all I possibly could,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.84,0:06:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now I was in their hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.09,0:06:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understood
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.28,0:06:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just who and what humanity really is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.97,0:06:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I first saw the ID tag
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.20,0:06:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was given to me\Nwhen I was admitted to hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.48,0:06:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it read:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.22,0:06:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"One unknown estimated female."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.16,0:06:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One unknown estimated female.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.00,0:06:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those four words were my gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.12,0:07:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they told me very clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.90,0:07:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that my life was saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.62,0:07:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purely because I was a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.61,0:07:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Difference of any kind made no difference
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.82,0:07:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the extraordinary lengths\Nthat the rescuers were prepared to go
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.13,0:07:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.46,0:07:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save as many unknowns as they could,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.20,0:07:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and putting their own lives at risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.40,0:07:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To them, it didn't matter\Nif I was rich or poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.30,0:07:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the color of my skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.46,0:07:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether I was male or female,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.05,0:07:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sexual orientation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.61,0:07:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I voted for,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.24,0:07:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether I was educated,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.78,0:07:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I had a faith or no faith at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.41,0:07:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing mattered
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.38,0:07:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than I was a precious human life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.88,0:07:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see myself as a living fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.22,0:08:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am proof
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.28,0:08:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that unconditional love and respect\Ncan not only save,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.03,0:08:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it can transform lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.23,0:08:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is a wonderful image\Nof one of my rescuers, Andy, and I
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.72,0:08:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taken just last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.08,0:08:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten years after the event,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.66,0:08:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here we are, arm in arm.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.56,0:08:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout all the chaos,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.70,0:08:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my hand was held tightly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.20,0:08:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My face was stroked gently.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.16,0:08:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did I feel?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.54,0:08:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.68,0:08:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's shielded me from hatred\Nand wanting retribution,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.53,0:08:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's given me the courage to say:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.54,0:08:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this ends with me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.01,0:08:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.58,0:08:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.23,0:09:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe the potential\Nfor widespread positive change
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.52,0:09:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is absolutely enormous
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.13,0:09:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know what we're capable of.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.06,0:09:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the brilliance of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.93,0:09:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this leaves me with some\Npretty big things to ponder
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.86,0:09:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some questions for us all to consider:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.51,0:09:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is what unites us not far greater\Nthan what can ever divide?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.66,0:09:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it have to take\Na tragedy or a disaster
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.48,0:09:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to feel deeply\Nconnected as one species,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.90,0:09:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as human beings?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.76,0:09:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when will we embrace\Nthe wisdom of our era
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.76,0:09:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rise above mere tolerance
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.93,0:09:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and move to an acceptance
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.89,0:10:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all who are only a label\Nuntil we know them?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.55,0:10:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.73,0:10:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)