Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
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COOL-HEADED A BRAVE Ariana Grande fan came to the rescue of a wounded teenager in the midst of the Manchester Arena horror last year.
Ella McGovern, 14, suffered leg injuries and perforated eardrums through Salman Abedi’s suicide bomb that killed 22 people.
She couldn’t hear her mum Louise as she called home for help – but Jennifer Lee, 24, of Ramsbottom, Lancs, calmed them both down and helped arrange a place for them to meet after putting in an emergency call.
“To hear Jenny’s voice saying, ‘I’m with your daughter, she’s OK. I’ve called an ambulance’ was amazing for me,” said Louise. “It was instant relief. Jenny genuinely is a hero.”
DETERMINED A HERO climber scaled one of England’s highest peaks to save a stranger’s pets.
Scott Pilling, 37, spotted a Facebook appeal about two dogs missing on 3,100ft Helvellyn, in the Lake District, for two days.
The determined mountaineer searched through wintry weather for terrier Cash and German Shepherd Lilah before finding them trapped beneath overhanging snow.
With the help of four walkers, including three off-duty fireman, Scott rescued the freezing pets, who had been separated from owner Colette Kilroy on a walk. Colette, 27, told him: “You are a hero in my eyes, and my dogs’ Guardian Angel. I will never be able to thank you enough for helping my babies.”