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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.16,0:00:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could never have imagined
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.72,0:00:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a 19-year old suicide bomber
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.27,0:00:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would actually teach me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.91,0:00:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a valuable lesson,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.28,0:00:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.42,0:00:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He taught me to never presume anything
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.23,0:00:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about anyone you don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.41,0:00:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a Thursday morning in July 2005,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.90,0:00:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bomber and I, unknowingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.80,0:00:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boarded the same train carriage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.39,0:00:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.40,0:00:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing, apparently, just feet apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.58,0:00:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't see him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.36,0:00:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, I didn't see anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.14,0:00:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know not to look\Nat anyone on the Tube,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.82,0:00:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I guess he saw me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.12,0:00:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess he looked at all of us
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.63,0:01:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as his hand hovered over\Nthe detonation switch.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.68,0:01:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've often wondered, what was he thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.31,0:01:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in those final seconds?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.18,0:01:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it wasn't personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.91,0:01:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't set out to kill\Nor maim me, Gill Hicks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.17,0:01:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, he didn't know me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.98,0:01:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.46,0:01:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead he gave me an unwarranted
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.90,0:01:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an unwanted label.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.26,0:01:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had become the enemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.02,0:01:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To him, I was the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.04,0:01:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the them, as opposed to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.79,0:01:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The label "enemy" allowed him\Nto dehumanize us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.86,0:01:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It allowed him to push that button,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.18,0:01:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he wasn't selective.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.78,0:02:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,26 precious lives were taken\Nin my carriage alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.27,0:02:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was almost one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.46,0:02:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the time it takes to draw a breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.72,0:02:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were plunged into a darkness\Nso immense that it was almost tangible,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.82,0:02:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I imagine wading\Nthrough tar might be like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.59,0:02:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't know we were the enemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.22,0:02:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were just a bunch of commuters\Nwho, minutes earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.58,0:02:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had followed the Tube etiquette:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.06,0:02:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no direct eye contact, no talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.97,0:02:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and absolutely no conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.00,0:02:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the lifting of the darkness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.97,0:02:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were reaching out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.43,0:02:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were helping each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.03,0:02:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were calling out our names,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.17,0:02:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit like a roll call,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.72,0:02:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.76,0:03:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm Gill. I'm here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.50,0:03:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.28,0:03:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.70,0:03:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm Gill. Here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.53,0:03:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.81,0:03:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.30,0:03:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know Allison,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.40,0:03:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I listened for her check-ins
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.41,0:03:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every few minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.57,0:03:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know Richard,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.96,0:03:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it mattered to me that he survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.87,0:03:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I shared with them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.75,0:03:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was my first name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.77,0:03:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't know that I was\Na head of a department
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.58,0:03:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Design Council.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.62,0:03:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is my beloved briefcase,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.80,0:03:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also rescued from that morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.37,0:04:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't know that I'd published\Narchitecture and design journals,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.64,0:04:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was a Fellow\Nof the Royal Society of Arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.98,0:04:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wore black --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.78,0:04:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still do --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.81,0:04:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I smoked cigarillos.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.10,0:04:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't smoke cigarillos anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.42,0:04:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drank gin and I watched TEDTalks,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.63,0:04:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course, never dreaming
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.39,0:04:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one day I would be standing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.82,0:04:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,balancing on prosthetic\Nlegs giving a talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.86,0:04:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a young Australian woman\Ndoing extraordinary things in London
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.16,0:04:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wasn't ready for that all to end.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.35,0:04:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so determined to survive
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.25,0:04:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I used my scarf to tie\Ntourniquets around the tops of my legs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.21,0:04:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just shut everything
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.75,0:04:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.57,0:04:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to focus, to listen to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.87,0:05:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be guided by instinct alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.30,0:05:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lowered my breathing rate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.02,0:05:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I elevated my thighs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.79,0:05:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I held myself upright,\Nand I fought the urge to close my eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.84,0:05:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I held on for almost an hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.90,0:05:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an hour to contemplate\Nthe whole of my life
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.44,0:05:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up until this point.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.62,0:05:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps I should have done more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.31,0:05:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps I could have\Nlived more, seen more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.65,0:05:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I should have gone running,\Ndancing, taken up yoga,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.02,0:05:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my priority and my focus\Nwas always my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.39,0:05:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.84,0:05:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who I was on my business card
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.47,0:05:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mattered to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.90,0:05:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it didn't matter down in that tunnel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.52,0:06:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I felt that first touch
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.92,0:06:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from one of my rescuers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.08,0:06:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was unable to speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.83,0:06:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unable to say even\Na small word, like "Gill."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.92,0:06:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I surrendered my body to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.04,0:06:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had done all I possibly could,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.03,0:06:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now I was in their hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.98,0:06:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understood just who
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.65,0:06:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what humanity really is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.21,0:06:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I first saw the ID tag
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.34,0:06:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was given to me\Nwhen I was admitted to hospital,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.38,0:06:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it read:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.22,0:06:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"One unknown estimated female."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.01,0:06:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One unknown estimated female.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.80,0:07:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those four words were my gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.94,0:07:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they told me very clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.100,0:07:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that my life was saved
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.61,0:07:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purely because I was a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.41,0:07:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Difference of any kind made no difference
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.93,0:07:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the extraordinary lengths\Nthat the rescuers were prepared to go
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.88,0:07:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.56,0:07:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save as many unknowns as they could,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.31,0:07:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and putting their own lives at risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.56,0:07:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To them, it didn't matter\Nif I was rich or poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.48,0:07:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the color of my skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.69,0:07:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether I was male or female,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.24,0:07:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sexual orientation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.92,0:07:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I voted for,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.46,0:07:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether I was educated,\Nif I had a faith or no faith at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.69,0:07:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing mattered
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.58,0:07:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than I was a precious human life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.06,0:08:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see myself as a living fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.10,0:08:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am proof that unconditional love
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.35,0:08:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and respect can not only save
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.11,0:08:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it can transform lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.09,0:08:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is a wonderful image\Nof one of my rescuers, Andy, and I
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.88,0:08:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taken just last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.24,0:08:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten years after the event,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.89,0:08:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here we are, arm in arm.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.79,0:08:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout all the chaos,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.100,0:08:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my hand was held tightly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.43,0:08:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My face was stroked gently.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.41,0:08:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did I feel?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.46,0:08:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.68,0:08:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's shielded me from hatred\Nand wanting retribution,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.70,0:08:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's given me the courage to say,\Nthis ends with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.76,0:08:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.52,0:08:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.76,0:09:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe the potential
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.17,0:09:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for widespread positive change
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.39,0:09:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is absolutely enormous,\Nbecause I know what we're capable of.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.26,0:09:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the brilliance of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.06,0:09:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this leaves me with\Nsome pretty big things to ponder
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.05,0:09:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some questions for us all to consider.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.15,0:09:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is what unites us not far greater\Nthan what can ever divide?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.84,0:09:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it have to take a tragedy\Nor a disaster for us to feel
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.59,0:09:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deeply connected as one species,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.11,0:09:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as human beings?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.73,0:09:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when will we embrace the wisdom
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.95,0:09:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our era
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.88,0:09:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rise above mere tolerance
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.99,0:09:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and move to an acceptance for all
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.74,0:10:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are only a label until we know them?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.22,0:10:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.50,0:10:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)