Manchester bombing survivor Paul Price appeals for greater support for terror victims

Tim Kulig (timkulig.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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00:00 My only memories are of my vision going red,

00:04 the feeling of being airborne,

00:06 knowing I was then on the floor.

00:09 I think I tried to stand up,

00:10 but I mean, I had no idea how square it is,

00:13 of my injury.

00:14 There was never any acknowledgement

00:21 of what I'd been involved in.

00:23 You know, as a victim of terrorism,

00:28 you've taken a hit on behalf of the state.

00:31 You'd expect the state to be looking after you,

00:33 not putting you on trial and sending letters

00:37 that basically say, "Prove what happened to you."

00:40 There was a lot of forms to fill in,

00:42 but very early on, I got a strong sense

00:47 that the whole system was set up,

00:51 that they just didn't believe you.

00:54 It was set up that you claim

00:57 you were involved in this,

00:58 and you claim you have these injuries.

01:01 Prove it.

01:02 A lot of countries have better systems,

01:05 better support systems for victims of terrorism.

01:08 Why isn't this country doing the same?

01:10 It wasn't an attack on me.

01:12 It was an attack on us, and where's the help?

01:17 I don't want anyone to have the awful experience

01:20 of being involved in a terrorist attack,

01:23 to have the trauma, the unnecessary trauma,

01:27 that comes after it,

01:28 of trying to find your place in the world again,

01:31 and just to try and get help.

01:33 All the countries can do it.

01:35 You know, it's embarrassing that we can't.

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