BBC’s Clive Myrie reveals sorrow at death of Jewish friend in 7/7 bombings

BBC presenter Clive Myrie has spoken about the devastating loss of his friend Miriam Hyman who was killed in the London 7/7 bombings, and his anger towards the terrorists who killed her. 

Hyman, who was Jewish, was killed in the Tavistock Square bus explosion on 7 July 2005. In total, 52 people were killed and more than 700 injured after four suicide bombers attacked London tubes and buses.

Reflecting on the bombings, Myrie said he was left “angry at the senselessness of it all.

“My wife Catherine worked with one of the victims who died. Miriam came to our wedding and the beautiful pottery she gave us as a present 25 years ago still sits in our home”, Myrie said in an interview with the Daily Mirror.

The BBC presenter’s remarks came after the release of his new autobiography in which he hit out against the attacker’s refusal to accept British values.

“I was angry at the men’s failure to have bought into the idea of a multicultural Britain, their failure as brown people to buy into the values of tolerance and freedom that underpin liberal democracy.” Myrie wrote.

“They had been unable to assume the dual identity I wore so lightly, along with millions of other second-generation immigrants, who were proud to call Britain their home.”

Hyman’s family set up The Miriam Hyman Memorial Trust in 2008 which has helped open an eye care centre for children in India. Miriam Hyman was short-sighted.

In 2017, Hyman’s mother Mavis spoke about the pain of her loss: “She was my child. She was a special girl.

“Miriam managed to squeeze the brightness out of everything. It is very painful that she is gone but that pain is our driving force.”