Tim Coulson, known as the ‘Angel of Edgware Road’ sadly passed away on 6 April. Tim had been living with a debilitating illness for some time.
An art and design teacher, Tim had by chance boarded a train which would pass the one in which a terrorist set off a rucksack full of explosives on 7 July 2005. He had been caught up in a coordinated series of bombings in London that day, killing 52 innocent civilians and injuring 700 more.
As the dust cleared and terrified passengers were plunged into darkness, not knowing the cause of the explosion Tim decided to stay behind to help the dying or injured.
In an act for which he would be remembered as one of the ‘angels of Edgware Road’, he chose to stay behind and venture into the other train alongside two others: Canadian journalist Peter Zimonjic and graduate Susanna Pell.
Chair of the London Emergencies Trust, Gerald Oppenheim, described Tim as an “inspirational, courageous and humane man who did so much to comfort and support those in the Edgware Road train.”