Unveiling of July 7 bombs memorial
2:28am Tuesday 7th July 2009 in National News © Press Association 2011
A memorial commemorating the 52 victims of the July 7 bombings is due to be unveiled.
The Prince of Wales and minister Tessa Jowell will lead the nation in remembering those killed by the four devastating explosions on London's transport network in 2005.
A monument honouring the dead and costing nearly £1 million has been created in Hyde Park - 52 stainless steel columns, three and half metres tall.
Each one is unique and they have been grouped together in four clusters reflecting the separate locations of the bombings - Tavistock Square, Edgware Road, King's Cross and Aldgate.
Near these locations four suicide bombers detonated their rucksack devices during the morning of July 7, killing not only the 52 but injuring hundreds of others, some seriously.
A stainless steel plaque naming all those who died has also been erected at the memorial site, between the park's Lover's Walk and Park Lane.
Saba Mozakka, 28, one of six relatives on the memorial's project board which helped create the monument, said: "We think it is truly incredible and reflects the importance of the people commemorated."
Ms Mozakka's mother, Behnaz Mozakka, 47, a biomedical officer, was killed on a Piccadilly line Tube train while commuting to work.
She added: "One of the fantastic things about the monument is that it reflects the individual and the collective and shows the connectivity of events."
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Tory leader David Cameron, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, London Mayor Boris Johnson and senior figures from the emergency services and representatives of other organisations will be present during the unveiling ceremony.
