From The Guardian 2005-09-24 |
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It was 8.49am on Thursday, July 7. Thirty seconds later her life was changed forever.
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Martine Wright, a vibrant 32-year-old international marketing manager, lost both legs above the knee, and suffered a fractured skull and severe lacerations to her arm when Shehzad Tanweer exploded his backpack bomb three feet from where she was sitting.
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I tried to pull myself out, but I couldn't get my legs out, I couldn't move. So I started screaming, 'Get me out.' There was a woman on the floor in front of me shouting, 'My arm, my arm,' and there was dust everywhere. Then I saw a woman come towards me from the other carriage. She had long blonde hair and I thought, 'She's a guardian angel.' She grabbed my hand and said, 'You'll be all right.' I said, 'My name is Martine Wright; tell my mum and dad, tell them I'm alive' and I shouted, 'How long are they going to take? I want to get out.'
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Being a hero or a heroine
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