A London blast victim who cheated death twice

Jodie Ward, a 36-year-old from Putney in south London, related how she emerged safe from two of the bombings inside less than an hour.

The national health service human resources manager survived the blast at Edgware Road that left seven people dead, then jumped on a bus in a bid to get to work on time, only to be caught in the blast which ripped through the number 30 double decker bus at Tavistock Square, killing 13 people.

"There was glass and blood everywhere. I must have a halo around me," Ward, who suffered minor cuts and bruises, told reporters.

With Ward's sister Stacey having survived the tsunami in Sri Lanka six months earlier parents Sheena and John dubbed the pair "The Miracle Sisters."

Design manager Tad Gryglewicz also survived the bus bombing which led to speculation a suicide bomber might have been responsible after some passengers reported seeing a man fiddling suspiciously with a bag.