enduring

adj. existing for a long time, suffering with out complaint
peeling off : removing the rind
tights : 緊身衣
hung : hang
ankles : 足踝

The woman behind one of the most enduring images of the London Underground bombings has been found.

The hitherto unidentified "woman in the mask" was pictured worldwide clutching a burns mask to her face as she was shepherded away from the Edgware Road bomb blast.

She has now been named as Davinia Turrell, 24. She remains seriously injured in a London hospital.

Her mother, Sharon, 56, died only months ago, and now her family is grappling with Ms Turrell's serious injuries.

A London journalist, Sarah Keenlyside, who was in the same carriage as Ms Turrell at the time of the explosion, said she found the recently graduated lawyer with "skin peeling off the entire right side of her face".

"Her tights had been burnt off her bloodied legs, and hung like cobwebs around her ankles."

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