Bombenanschläge in London: Ich habe 7/7 überlebt, aber den Selbstmordattentäter überall immer noch sehen

The phrasing „I looked into the eyes of a man who blew himself up on the Tube. I still see him everywhere“ seems a little unfortunate.

Incredible story. 

Weird to come out of reading something like that and actually find the negatives outweighed by being awestruck at how resilient people can be and just how many people out there willing to help out there. 

Dan is obviously an incredibly brave man to carry on after experiencing something like that. Great to read about the support he received but also the person who saved his life, hate repeating myself but I’m in awe of people like this. To have the guts and the wherewithal to get in and save somebody’s life after finding yourself instantaneously in hell on earth is breathtaking 👏. 

>The first person to respond was fellow passenger Adrian Heili, who had served as a combat medic during the Kosovo war. If it had been anyone else, Dan believes he would have died

Seriously lucky that someone with that experience was there at the scene…

>His injuries were catastrophic. His left leg was blown off. His right leg was severed from the knee down. He suffered second and third-degree burns to his arms, hands and face. He lost his left eye – and his hearing on that side too.

>He suffered a massive laceration to his forehead. A pole from the tube train’s internal fittings went into his body and he endured punctures and ruptures to his kidneys, lungs, colon and bowel. He later lost his spleen.

Fucking hell, astonishing he survived this, and was conscious throughout; pure stuff of nightmares.

Thankful that the BBC is putting out his story. This legend survived injuries most people couldn’t fathom, and survived 3 suicide attempts. We need more articles like this to remind people of what true strength and adversity looks like.