Harry Styles calls Manchester terror attack victim

Harry Styles calls Manchester terror attack victim



Singer Harry Styles called a schoolgirl who was seriously injured in the Manchester terror attack.

The One Direction star got in touch with Freya Lewis, 14, who was caught up in the explosion at the Manchester Arena last Monday - which killed her friend Nell Jones.

Freya suffered fractures, lacerations and burns from shrapnel and has had surgery.

The bomb killed 22 people and injured dozens more after Ariana Grande's concert in the city.

Freya's family, in an ongoing blog released on Saturday via the teenager's school, Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College in Cheshire, said that Styles had called her in hospital.

They said: 'Firstly, Freya came around enough from sedation to look at her Dad, blow him a kiss and smile. Then Dad cried. 'What could surpass that? I know you are thinking.

'Secondly, the phone rang, and it was Harry Styles. Freya woke up, Harry said he loved her, she said she loved him, then Dad said he loved him!!

'The PICU unit at Manchester Childrens Hospital has just been given a lift like you can not imagine!

'Harry, we salute you sir, Holmes Chapel is very proud of you!!!!'



Freya had taken Nell with her to the concert as a birthday present.

Sunday was the first time since the attack that Freya's memory kicked in, according to her family.

She spoke of her 'very personal and harrowing recollections of the detonation of the bomb and the aftermath' but was also told by her family about Nell's death.



In the blog, they said: 'We discussed the loss of her friend Nell, which she was unaware of up to this morning. Needless to say, these details and thoughts are Freya's and it is for her to decide in the future what, if anything, she shares with others.

'She understands, with absolute clarity, what happened on Monday night and what injuries she has sustained.

'Freya's response to all of this information has been incredible, beyond any words. Her strength is phenomenal and inspiring.'

The family hope it will be possible to move Freya to a less acute unit.