‘I expected this to be best night of my life’
Lucy Haggarty had travelled down to Manchester to see her idol with her mum Louise, and the teenager recalled the panic in the Manchester Arena.
She spoke to the Advertiser earlier this year, and said: “About 30 seconds after the house lights came on, there was a massive bang. It was the scariest moment of my life.
“The area around us was foggy, my heart sank and my first thought was that someone had shot Ariana, but then I realised what was happening.
“Everyone just stopped for a second and started screaming.”
She added: “People were climbing on top of each other, jumping down tiers, climbing barriers and trying to get out the doors as fast as they could.
“At that point I thought I was going to die. I just kept waiting for the whole place to be blown up.
“Everyone was just caring about themselves, barging through and standing on top of each other.
“There were some point at whichs I thought I was going to lose my mum, but we somehow managed to stick together.”
The teenager said she had been really looking forward to the concert.
She continued: excited.
“I expected this to be the best night of my life, and it turned out to be the worst.
“I wish I never went.” “I was so