Story highlights Volunteers handed out 3,000 roses near the London BridgeThey raised more than £2,500 to buy the roses and plan to replicate the event in the future(CNN) What started as a conversation with a florist turned into a movement to promote unity and interfaith relations in London. More than a dozen London-based volunteers handed out 3,000 roses near the London Bridge on Sunday afternoon. "We wanted to just celebrate unity at a time when our society was so divided from the attacks last week," volunteer Laila Rob said. The volunteers hugged passersby and cried with them as they shared stories with one another. What they discovered was that people enjoyed receiving the flowers -- but they enjoyed the conversations even more.

Source: CNN June 13, 2017 18:11 UTC