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A survivor of the 7 July blast at Edgware Road Tube station has told an inquest how he was standing next to the bomb when it detonated.A survivor of the 7 July blast at Edgware Road Tube station has told an inquest how he was standing next to the bomb when it detonated.
Mohammad Sidique Khan killed himself and six other people when he detonated his device. Daniel Biddle, 31, was blown from the carriage and lost both legs, his left eye, his spleen and pints of blood.
Daniel Biddle, 31, who was next to the bomber, lost both legs, his left eye, his spleen and pints of blood.
He told the inquest into the 2005 attacks he was "terrified... and thought I was going to die".He told the inquest into the 2005 attacks he was "terrified... and thought I was going to die".
He also said a 20p piece remained lodged in his thigh bone, and that other shrapnel, including his door keys, was removed by surgeons. Mohammad Sidique Khan killed himself and six other people when he detonated the device on the Circle Line train.
Attending the Royal Courts of Justice for the inquest, Mr Biddle, a construction manager, said he had been blown out of the westbound Circle Line train as he travelled to work. Mr Biddle also said a 20p piece remained lodged in his thigh bone, and that other shrapnel, including his door keys, was removed by surgeons.
Attending the Royal Courts of Justice for the inquest, Mr Biddle, a construction manager, said he had been blown out of the westbound train as he travelled to work.
He described how Khan, who got on the train at King's Cross, sat between 6ft and 10ft away from him before detonating his bomb by pulling a white cord.He described how Khan, who got on the train at King's Cross, sat between 6ft and 10ft away from him before detonating his bomb by pulling a white cord.
Mr Biddle said: "The train entered the Tube tunnel, I looked around.Mr Biddle said: "The train entered the Tube tunnel, I looked around.
"As I looked around, he looked up and I saw a quick movement. Then there was a big white flash."As I looked around, he looked up and I saw a quick movement. Then there was a big white flash.
"The kind of noise you get when you tune a radio in. It felt like the carriage I was in expanded at a fast rate and then contracted quickly."The kind of noise you get when you tune a radio in. It felt like the carriage I was in expanded at a fast rate and then contracted quickly.
"And with that it blew me off my feet and through the carriage doors into the tunnel.""And with that it blew me off my feet and through the carriage doors into the tunnel."
He also said that Khan "looked up and along the carriage and just looked down" before he set the device off.He also said that Khan "looked up and along the carriage and just looked down" before he set the device off.
"He didn't say anything or shout anything I remember hearing. He got his head down, moved his arm and the next thing I am outside the train.""He didn't say anything or shout anything I remember hearing. He got his head down, moved his arm and the next thing I am outside the train."
'If only'
Mr Biddle was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington and the inquest heard how his heart was massaged by hand as medical staff fought to save his life.
He spent several weeks in a coma and needed dozens of pints of blood in transfusions.
Earlier, the inquest heard how he had caught that particular Tube train because he was running late after waking with a migraine.
He let the first train to arrive at Liverpool Street pass because it was so crowded and then missed his stop at Baker Street because he was sending a text message.
"People were getting on and off. I didn't really pay particular attention to anybody," he said. "I saw a young Asian guy get on King's Cross and sort of walk along the carriage and sit down, but I didn't really think anything of it."
"There was nothing about him that made me think he was a danger."
Coroner Lady Justice Hallett said the words "if only" must resonate in the minds of many of the survivors and their families.
She told Mr Biddle: "Given the large number of factors that combined to put you on that train, I pray they do not haunt you.
"You have suffered so much and your survival is inspirational."