Honestly the best moment of my whole life was taking my 50 year old dad to @BongosBingo and him winning a mobility scooter and pouting the whole way around😭
Father of a heroic nine-year old victim
His daughter was stabbed but survived. He reads out a victim impact statement on behalf of her family.
He said he asked his daughter to explain the impact the events have had on her.
Reading her words, he said: “It has been very hard to deal with what happened to me at Hart Space. I struggle with my emotions and I have scars that I know will be with me forever, but I want to look forward.
“When people in school asked me ‘Do you wish you weren’t there that day?’ I said that, in some ways, I wish I wasn’t, but also, if I wasn’t there, someone else would have been stabbed and they could have died, so I’m glad I might have stopped someone else getting hurt’.”
Her father continued: “These are not the words that any little girl, who just liked yoga and making bracelets, should ever need to say. Her words both horrify us and make us immeasurably proud.
“Our daughter is strong. Our daughter is positive. Our daughter is brave. Our daughter is beautiful.
“Our daughter loves and is loved. Our daughter sees the best in everyone.
“Our daughter is everything that Axel Rudakabana is not."
Honestly the best moment of my whole life was taking my 50 year old dad to @BongosBingo and him winning a mobility scooter and pouting the whole way around😭
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