Freya Lewis is extraordinary!

Katie Piper's Extraordinary People

Sony Music

Health & Fitness, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On the 22nd May 2017, 14 year old Freya Lewis joined her best friend Nell to see their favourite popstar, Ariana Grande, perform live at the Manchester Arena. Then, as they made their way home, Freya was just ten meters away when a terrorist detonated the bomb which would take 22 lives, including Nell’s. After recovering from 29 separate injuries, Freya went on to raise over £60,000 for the hospital which took care of her, as well as writing a book, telling her story. Now 17 years old, Freya opens up about how she takes positives from what happened, how her life has changed, and what her aspirations are for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.6	Hello and welcome to Katie Piper's Extraordinary People, the podcast where I sit down with somebody who's lived a truly extraordinary life.
1:30.2	On the 22nd of May 2017, 14-year-old Freya Lewis joined her best friend Nell and thousands of other fans at Manchester Arena to see Ariana Grande in concert. As they left, Nell turned to Freya and told her it
1:36.1	had been the best night of her entire life, which makes what happened next even more devastating.
1:41.2	They were just three metres away from the bombing that took the lives of 22 victims,
1:45.6	including Nell. What Freya did next is truly inspiring. After receiving treatment for her 29 injuries,
1:53.4	Freya turned it around, running the Junior Great Manchester Run and raising over £60,000 for the hospital
2:00.2	that saved her. She's now released a book
2:03.0	telling her story. The book is called What Makes Us Stronger. Welcome to the podcast, Freya Lewis.
2:10.6	Hello. Thank you. Hello. I love that. Well, I mean, it's not, it's a very short introduction, really, because there's so much about you.
2:21.3	You know, you've got so many different qualities and strengths.
2:23.9	It's almost quite hard to introduce you, actually.
2:27.7	Oh.
2:29.1	Well, it's intimidating because you're amazing and you're literally one of my idols.
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