Person    | Female  Born 24/11/1975  Died 7/7/2005

Karolina Gluck

Categories: Tragedy

Countries: Poland

Karolina Anna Gluck was born on 24 November 1975 in Chorzow, Poland, with her twin sister Magda Gluck. She came to the UK in 2002 to live with her sister who had already come to London. She lived in north London and was an administrator/receptionist at Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB. Her obituary can be found on the BBC News website.

She died, aged 29 years, on 7 July 2005 when travelling in the underground tunnel of the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground Railway between King's Cross and Russell Square underground stations that was targeted by a suicide bomber. The narrative verdict of her death can be found on the Coroner's Inquest Report.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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