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London 2012: 7/7 Aldgate bomb survivor Martine Wright's Paralympic place | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
A woman who lost both legs in the London bombings on 7 July 2005 is to compete in the 2012 Paralympic Games. | A woman who lost both legs in the London bombings on 7 July 2005 is to compete in the 2012 Paralympic Games. |
Martine Wright's sitting volleyball team has qualified for the games, meaning the British team will, for the first time, compete in all sports. | Martine Wright's sitting volleyball team has qualified for the games, meaning the British team will, for the first time, compete in all sports. |
Ms Wright, from Tring, Hertfordshire, was one of the last people to be pulled from the wreckage of the Tube train at Aldgate, in 2005. | Ms Wright, from Tring, Hertfordshire, was one of the last people to be pulled from the wreckage of the Tube train at Aldgate, in 2005. |
She said becoming an elite sportswoman in the aftermath was hard to believe. | She said becoming an elite sportswoman in the aftermath was hard to believe. |
The 39-year-old lost three-quarters of her blood before being rescued by off-duty police officer Elizabeth Kenworthy. | The 39-year-old lost three-quarters of her blood before being rescued by off-duty police officer Elizabeth Kenworthy. |
She then had to undergo major operations for nine months, before learning to walk again at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton. | She then had to undergo major operations for nine months, before learning to walk again at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton. |
Talking to ITV News on Wednesday, she said she had been one of the "lucky ones". | Talking to ITV News on Wednesday, she said she had been one of the "lucky ones". |
"If you'd said to me 10 years ago: 'Martine, by the way, you're going to become an elite sportswoman who is going to maybe take part in the pinnacle of all events, you know the Olympics, the Paralympics', I would have told you that you were absolutely mad," she said. | |
"I was a real lucky one. It was awful to be part of that awful day but I was lucky because I survived to be able to create new dreams from something so negative." | "I was a real lucky one. It was awful to be part of that awful day but I was lucky because I survived to be able to create new dreams from something so negative." |