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this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion.e tale. i actually looked at the idiot, the bomber. he was only ten metres away from me. i remember his face to this day. i will never ask his name, i don't want to know his name. there's no point hating a man that's already dead. but you know it was him? yes, i know it was him, yes. they had gone to collect their kids from the concert. the children were safe inside, but their parents were in the lobby when the bomb went off. the brightest flash i have ever seen in my life. it was like a cloud of mercury exploding. you see bits of silver flying everywhere, which was obviously the bolts and nuts he'd packed into his bag and his body. my girlfriend went flying, hit the floor. i felt something in my chest. there was a group of four or five kids, i think there were. i justjumped in front of them and told them to follow me, and i started running down. i felt a lot more shrapnel hit me. she dived, where she obviously collapsed and fell on the floor, but i found out i'd punctured my lung and
this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion.e tale. i actually looked at the idiot, the bomber. he was only ten metres away from me. i remember his face to this day. i will never ask his name, i don't want to know his name. there's no point hating a man that's already dead. but you know it was him? yes, i know it was him, yes. they had gone to collect their kids from the concert. the children were safe inside, but their parents were in the lobby...
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this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion. tell the tale. i actually looked at the bomber. he was only ten metres away from me. i remember his face to this day. i will never ask his name, i don't want to know his name. there's no point hating a man that's already dead. but you know it was him? yes, i know it was him, yes. they had gone to collect their kids from a concert. the children were safe inside but their parents were in the lobby when the bomb went off. the brightest flash i have ever seen in my life. it was like a cloud of mercury exploding. you see bits of silver flying everywhere, which was obviously the bolts and nuts he'd packed into his bag and his body. my girlfriend went flying, hit the floor. i felt something in my chest. there was a group of four or five kids, i think there were. i justjumped in front of them and told them to follow me, and i started running down. i felt a lot more shrapnel hit me. she dived, where she obviously collapsed and fell on the floor, but i found out i'd punctured my lung and had a
this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion. tell the tale. i actually looked at the bomber. he was only ten metres away from me. i remember his face to this day. i will never ask his name, i don't want to know his name. there's no point hating a man that's already dead. but you know it was him? yes, i know it was him, yes. they had gone to collect their kids from a concert. the children were safe inside but their parents were in the lobby when the...
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this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion.. i remember his face to this day. i will never ask his name, i don't want to know his name. there's no point hating a man that's already dead. but you know it was him? yes, i know it was him, yes. they had gone to collect their kids from a concert. the children were safe inside but their parents were in the lobby when the bomb went off. the brightest flash i have ever seen in my life. it was like a cloud of mercury exploding. you see bits of silver flying everywhere, which was obviously the bolts and nuts he'd packed into his bag and his body. my girlfriend went flying, hit the floor. i felt something in my chest. there was a group of four or five kids, i think there were. i justjumped in front of them and told them to follow me, and i started running down. i felt a lot more shrapnel hit me. she dived, where she obviously collapsed and fell on the floor, but i found out i'd punctured my lung and had a couple of bolts stuck through my heart. you came very close to not surviving. it's a
this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion.. i remember his face to this day. i will never ask his name, i don't want to know his name. there's no point hating a man that's already dead. but you know it was him? yes, i know it was him, yes. they had gone to collect their kids from a concert. the children were safe inside but their parents were in the lobby when the bomb went off. the brightest flash i have ever seen in my life. it was like a cloud...
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they included robbie potter and his partner leonora 0gerio, who were waiting to collect their daughtersverything about that night. we went through everything. it's night. we went through everything. it‘s probably only, but it feels like an hour. from a concert to a coma, this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion. they stood next to the attacker and lived to tell the tale. i looked at the idiot, the bomber. he was about ten metres away and i remember his face. i‘ve never asked his name. i don‘t wa nt to i‘ve never asked his name. i don‘t want to know it. there is no point hating a man if he is dead. but you know it was him? yeah. they'd been to collect their kids from the concert. the children were safe inside but their parents were in the lobby when the bomb went off. the brightest flash i‘ve ever seen. ubc dillied you see bits of silver going everywhere, the bolts he had into his bank. —— his back. there was a group of four his bank. —— his back. there was a group offouror his bank. —— his back. there was a group of four or five kids and
they included robbie potter and his partner leonora 0gerio, who were waiting to collect their daughtersverything about that night. we went through everything. it's night. we went through everything. it‘s probably only, but it feels like an hour. from a concert to a coma, this was robbie potter with his girlfriend, leonora, after the manchester arena explosion. they stood next to the attacker and lived to tell the tale. i looked at the idiot, the bomber. he was about ten metres away and i...
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this was robby potter with his girlfriend leonora after the manchester arena explosion.children were safe inside, but their parents were in the lobby when the bomb went off. the brightest flash i've ever seen in my life. it was like a cloud of mercury exploding, you just seen bits of silver flying everywhere, which was obviously the bolts and nuts he'd packed into his bag and his body. eventually just dived, just collapsed and fell on the floor but i found out i'd obviously punctured my lung and had a couple of bolts stuck through my heart. this bolt, fired from the bomb straight into robbie's heart. he cheated death by a hair's breadth. you can see the two ribs here, that's the back of the ribs. the bolt was removed with incredible precision by this surgeon at wythenshawe hospital. it was wedged between the back wall and the front wall of the two blood vessels, so a millimetre either way at any velocity and... thankfully it didn't, but we wouldn't be having this conversation in this setting. one millimetre difference? literally. one, two, three, four, i declare a thumb
this was robby potter with his girlfriend leonora after the manchester arena explosion.children were safe inside, but their parents were in the lobby when the bomb went off. the brightest flash i've ever seen in my life. it was like a cloud of mercury exploding, you just seen bits of silver flying everywhere, which was obviously the bolts and nuts he'd packed into his bag and his body. eventually just dived, just collapsed and fell on the floor but i found out i'd obviously punctured my lung...