Bandaged up London Bridge attack victim Geoff Ho grabs a drink as Borough Market traders return to stalls after minute’s silence
Journalist Geoff Ho charged the attackers armed with knives - and was back as traders returned to their stalls
A HERO of the London Bridge terror attack returned to Borough Market for a pint as determined traders set up their stalls for the first time since the atrocity which saw eight people killed.
Eleven days after he charged the attackers armed with knives, Sunday Express business editor Geoff Ho posted a picture of himself enjoying a fruit juice and smiling.
He tweeted: "Made a detour on the way home to support all my friends at @boroughmarket. Totally worth it."
Earlier, he revealed he had been discharged from the Royal London Hospital, having recovered from being stabbed in the neck during the siege.
In another tweet, he spoke of explaining to a New York Times reporter at the market: "If you stop living your life & doing what you do, you become a victim. They win. That ain't happening."
Following a moving minute’s silence, scores of traders reopened their stalls for the first time since three attackers ploughed into pedestrians with a van on the nearby bridge before stabbing people in the famous market.
One of many parents pushing their children through the throngs was Londoner Craig Law, whose 10-month-old son Hayden was snoozing peacefully in his pram.
He said: I work near London Bridge and would always walk through the market on my way there. I’m coming in today to meet some work friends with Hayden and was keen to take my usual route.
“I wouldn’t have let what happened stop me doing that.”
Over at Furners Fish stall worker Rabei Saibi took a break from serving up piping hot paella in the summer heat to tell The Sun: “I’m happy to see so many people have come here to support us today, trade has been great, especially given what happened.
“Everyone seems happy but is is still very upsetting, what happened so close to home, here.”
Ted Dawson of Ted’s Veg knows only too well how Saibi feels. As well as running his fruit and vegetable stall in the market he lives in a neighbouring street - and was there when the attack happened on the evening of Saturday June 3.
He said: “I still can’t believe it happened here, as I sat upstairs in my flat. It’s surreal.
"I keep thinking we’re just lucky it didn’t happen on a Saturday afternoon - when there would have been so many more people.
“We’ve taken a moment and won’t ever forget - but we’re getting back to work now.”
Borough Market has launched support fund to help traders suffering business losses since London Bridge terror attack - to donate to the trader support fund visit the