Harry Styles calls hospitalised bombing victim to send love

LONDON: Singer Harry Styles ( left) called one victim of last week’s deadly Manchester bombing as she recovers in the hospital following the attack that killed 22 people.

The former One Direction star made 14-year- old Freya Lewis’ road to recovery a bit brighter when he called her at her Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital bed with a sweet message.

“The phone rang, and it was Harry Styles,” the family wrote in a blog post on the Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School website. “Freya woke up, Harry said he loved her, she said she loved him, then Dad said he loved him!!”

Lewis suffered lacerations, burns and multiple fractures after being hit by flying shrapnel from the explosion, Manchester Evening News reported. She attended the concert with her friend Nell Jones, who died in the attack.

“Freya has been sewn, bolted, drilled and bandaged back together,” the family wrote in their first blog post after the incident. “It is going to be a long climb but we are on the first step.”

The deadly explosion occurred near the ticket office outside Manchester Arena, Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said.

Investigators suspect the attack was carried out by Salman Abedi, 22, who detonated an improvised explosive device and died at the scene, Hopkins said.