The appearance of a man calmly walking away from the scene of the London attack with a beer in hand has for some become a symbol of the British spirit.

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Only two weeks after the bombing at Manchester Arena, another terror attack had the United Kingdom mourning. Three assailants stabbed passers-by at random after smashing into pedestrians in a van, killing seven people in a “terror attack” in a popular nightlife hub in London before being shot dead by armed police.
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A Twitter user took a video of the news clip showing the man — pint in hand — and his companion walking as other people ran past them.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
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