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Martin Hibbert, who was left paralysed from the waist down in the attack, is calling on the government to offer better care to disabled people. | ITV National News
THE nurse of a survivor of the Manchester Arena bomb attack who is joining him in a Kilimanjaro climb has said it is “totally out of character” for him to be involved in the “great opportunity.” Major trauma consultant nurse Stuart Wildman from Salford Royal, looked after Martin Hibbert, from Bolton, in the months after the incident. Martin is hoping to raise £1m by climbing Kilimanjaro - the highest mountain in Africa. He was in the Manchester Arena when the bomb exploded in May 2017, suffering 22 shrapnel wounds which left him paralysed from the waist down. And now, with ...
A MAN who was paralysed in the Manchester Arena bombing says he is ready for the ‘blood, sweat and tears’ as he gears up to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for charity. Martin Hibbert, 44, who used to live in Wibsey, was paralysed from the waist down when he and his teenage daughter were among the hundreds injured in the terror attack on May 22, 2017. He is now planning to take a Paralympic torch from the London Games to the top of Africa’s highest mountain in September and hopes to raise £1 million for the Spinal Injuries Association. Mr Hibbert will use a custom-built handbike for th...
A father who was paralysed in the Manchester Arena bombing is preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for others with spinal injuries. Martin Hibbert, 44, was paralysed from the waist down when he and his teenage daughter were among the hundreds injured in the terror attack on May 22 2017. He is now planning to take a Paralympic torch from the London Games to the top of Africa’s highest mountain in September and hopes to raise £1 million for the Spinal Injuries Association. Mr Hibbert said: “I want to turn an appalling act of terror into a force for greater good.”
BBC News Published image captionMartin Hibbert was one of the closest casualties to the Manchester Arena bomb blast to survive A father who was paralysed in the Manchester Arena attack is set to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to show how "you can achieve anything" with the right help. Martin Hibbert was one of the closest casualties to the blast to survive, suffering 22 shrapnel wounds which left him paralysed from the waist down. The football agent hopes to raise £1m for the Spinal Injuries Association. "I want to turn an appalling act of terror into a force for greater good," he said.