The latest attacks on London's transport system are eerily familiar to Liz Hogarth and her family, who are now reliving the bombings that began this new phase of terror.
Only two weeks ago Ms Hogarth, a former journalist with Anglican Media Sydney, was sitting quietly in a London office, trying to remain calm as she waited to hear if her brother (pictured) had been caught up in the explosions that killed 56 early morning commuters.
"The mobile phone network had ceased operating sometime after 10:00 AM," she says.
"So my frantic efforts to contact my brother, who lives near Aldgate station (the centre point of one of the blasts), were frustrated."
The latest spate of bombings have again targeted three underground railway stations and one of London's signature double-decker buses.
However emergency services are yet to report any fatalities.
Ms Hogarth says her family hasn't stopped thanking God for her brother's preservation.
But London's commuter confidence took a battering in the face of the first attacks, and is likely to do so again.
"Imagine coming into Central or Town Hall at 9am on half empty trains on a workday," she says.
"My own service home to the suburbs was unaffected, but it was eerie to travel on a half empty train. The same applied the following morning. Most trains were half empty, as were the buses."
Alerted by the recent assaults, London commuters spotted several individuals fleeing the scenes of Thursday's explosions.
Police have made several arrests, but are yet to discover if the attacks are the work of copy-cat bombers or a "B-team' associated with the first suicide bombers.
Whether there proves to be a connection or not, Ms Hogarth, who now works for Britain’s Evangelical Alliance, believes the response from London's Christian community will be the same.
"Once the seriousness of the situation was realised a prayer meeting was organised," she says.
"Staff assembled to pray for those who were injured, for protection from further harm and for calm in our capital."
She says Christian sympathies for this sinful world quickly out-weighed anger and outrage.
"I particularly remember that one person suggested we pray for the terrorists who seem to be filled with such hate, for a spirit of confusion over any further plans of theirs and for a spirit of peace and mercy, not panic or revenge," Ms Hogarth remembers.
"Someone else then read Psalm 46: "God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the sea.'"
