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| 'I was thinking, I don't want to die': Australian Candice Hedge on London Bridge attack | 'I was thinking, I don't want to die': Australian Candice Hedge on London Bridge attack |
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| Hedge tells Channel Seven she feared for her life when she began vomiting blood after one of the three terrorists slashed her throat | |
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| Sun 11 Jun 2017 23.01 BST | |
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| The Queensland woman stabbed in the neck by one of the London Bridge attackers said she thought she might die when she began vomiting blood. | The Queensland woman stabbed in the neck by one of the London Bridge attackers said she thought she might die when she began vomiting blood. |
| Candice Hedge told Seven’s Sunday Night program she was searching for her boyfriend Luke while clutching her bleeding neck with a cloth where she had been stabbed. | Candice Hedge told Seven’s Sunday Night program she was searching for her boyfriend Luke while clutching her bleeding neck with a cloth where she had been stabbed. |
| “I was thinking, I don’t want to die,” she said. | “I was thinking, I don’t want to die,” she said. |
| The 34-year-old is recovering in a London hospital after the attack in which the terrorist’s knife went within millimetres of an artery and her vocal cord. | The 34-year-old is recovering in a London hospital after the attack in which the terrorist’s knife went within millimetres of an artery and her vocal cord. |
| Hedge was working at Elliot’s Cafe in Borough Market on Saturday, when people started rushing into the restaurant screaming. | Hedge was working at Elliot’s Cafe in Borough Market on Saturday, when people started rushing into the restaurant screaming. |
| Within minutes Hedge saw the attackers approaching and one stood right beside her before he slashed her neck, she said. | Within minutes Hedge saw the attackers approaching and one stood right beside her before he slashed her neck, she said. |
| She said she was determined not to let the attack keep her from her dreams, insisting she would stay in London and continue working at the cafe. | She said she was determined not to let the attack keep her from her dreams, insisting she would stay in London and continue working at the cafe. |
| “I’m not going to be deterred, I have more to do here,” she said. “People are cowards ... I’m not going to let them change my life. Well, they have, but I’m going to turn it to my advantage if I can.” | “I’m not going to be deterred, I have more to do here,” she said. “People are cowards ... I’m not going to let them change my life. Well, they have, but I’m going to turn it to my advantage if I can.” |
| Her father Ross and sister Amber flew to London to be with her after the attack. | Her father Ross and sister Amber flew to London to be with her after the attack. |
| Eight people – including Australians Kirsty Boden and Sara Zelenak – died in the 3 June terrorist attack when three men launched a van and knife rampage on London Bridge and in Borough Market. | Eight people – including Australians Kirsty Boden and Sara Zelenak – died in the 3 June terrorist attack when three men launched a van and knife rampage on London Bridge and in Borough Market. |
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