‘It could happen to anyone’

age on the news, I struggle to watch because it’s always on my mind what could go wrong.

“People don’t realise how easily spinal cord injuries can occur. A mistimed dive or a car accident or slipping on a bag on the stairs and it could happen to anyone.

“I don’t know how but I knew straight away what I had done. I remember floating on the surface of the water, my arms and legs looked completely