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Manchester attack: PC reunited with bomb victim Lily Harrison Manchester attack: PC reunited with bomb victim Lily Harrison
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A police officer has been reunited with a young girl she drove to hospital after the Manchester Arena bombing.A police officer has been reunited with a young girl she drove to hospital after the Manchester Arena bombing.
Eight-year-old Lily Harrison suffered a shrapnel wound and a bruised lung in the blast which killed 22 people.Eight-year-old Lily Harrison suffered a shrapnel wound and a bruised lung in the blast which killed 22 people.
PC Cath Daley saw Lily's parents crouched around their unconscious daughter and decided they could not wait for an ambulance so drove the family to hospital.PC Cath Daley saw Lily's parents crouched around their unconscious daughter and decided they could not wait for an ambulance so drove the family to hospital.
She was reunited with Lily and her mother as part of an ITV documentary.She was reunited with Lily and her mother as part of an ITV documentary.
Lily's parents, Adam Harrison and Lauren Thorpe, from Heaton Moor in Stockport, were also injured in the suicide bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on May 22.Lily's parents, Adam Harrison and Lauren Thorpe, from Heaton Moor in Stockport, were also injured in the suicide bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on May 22.
As concert-goers fled the venue, PC Daley, who has served as a police officer for 25 years, and a colleague ran towards the scene.As concert-goers fled the venue, PC Daley, who has served as a police officer for 25 years, and a colleague ran towards the scene.
PC Daley found Lily badly injured and drove the family to hospital in her police van before warning medics that an influx of casualties were on the way and racing back to the scene.PC Daley found Lily badly injured and drove the family to hospital in her police van before warning medics that an influx of casualties were on the way and racing back to the scene.
Ms Thorpe, had to undergo three operations over seven days for her leg injuries, told PC Daley: "We're just really grateful because without you... it could have been a completely different situation. Ms Thorpe, who had to undergo three operations over seven days for her leg injuries, told PC Daley: "We're just really grateful because without you... it could have been a completely different situation.
"I know you just say you were just doing your job but we just don't know how to say thank you enough.""I know you just say you were just doing your job but we just don't know how to say thank you enough."
Ms Thorpe said at one stage she thought her daughter was dead as she fell in and out of consciousness and appeared to stop breathing.Ms Thorpe said at one stage she thought her daughter was dead as she fell in and out of consciousness and appeared to stop breathing.
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The programme, Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack, also features the mother of 15-year-old Olivia Campbell-Hardy who died in the blast.The programme, Manchester: 100 Days After The Attack, also features the mother of 15-year-old Olivia Campbell-Hardy who died in the blast.
Charlotte Campbell tells how she has asked her daughter's best friend, Adam Lawler, 15, to give her away at her wedding to fiance Paul Hodgson in November.Charlotte Campbell tells how she has asked her daughter's best friend, Adam Lawler, 15, to give her away at her wedding to fiance Paul Hodgson in November.
"She adored Adam, she was his best friend, she did think the world of him," she said."She adored Adam, she was his best friend, she did think the world of him," she said.
"He's my little hero. He gave my little girl the best night of her life, and I'll never ever stop thanking him for that."He's my little hero. He gave my little girl the best night of her life, and I'll never ever stop thanking him for that.
"I've got that much admiration for the lad that I've even asked him to give me away at the wedding.""I've got that much admiration for the lad that I've even asked him to give me away at the wedding."
Adam said: "I want to live my life as Liv would've done. Be kind, be good, be funny, be brilliant, so that's why I say 'Don't go forward in anger. Love spreads'."Adam said: "I want to live my life as Liv would've done. Be kind, be good, be funny, be brilliant, so that's why I say 'Don't go forward in anger. Love spreads'."