by Aaron DebnamFrom the publisher:
PC Aaron Debnam is a rapid response officer with the British Transport Police and took the call to attend Russell Square station on the morning of July 7th. Nothing could have prepared him for the decastation and chaos that he would encounter when he was the first on the scene that horrific day. His great inner strength and courage got him past the hoards of lost and shocked commuters, down into the smoke-filled, blisteringly hot underground tunnel and onto the train to try and help those who were still alive. Although circumstances of their meeting were shrouded in tragedy, Aaron's bravery that day would lead him to a young woman with whom he would form a deep and lasting bond. Gill had been a passenger on the southbound Piccadilly line train when the bomb exploded and had suffered extensive damage to both her legs. It was uncertain whether she would survive, buut Aaron made it his mission to do whatever he could to save her life. This deeply moving and personal recollection offers a unique insight into a terrorist attack that shocked the whole country and reminds us that, even in the face of a tragedy of such devastating proportions, the goodness of the human spirit can still shine through. The power of this story will change your life.
Aaron was born in 1979 in Gravesend, Kent. He had an unsettled childhood and was an unruly teenager. In an effort to sort himself out, he joined the Infantry in 1996, seeing tours in Northern Ireland and Bosnia. He married in 1999 but has since split with his wife. He has one son. Aaron joined the British Transport Police in 1993 as a Rapid Response Officer. He has attended several major incidents apart from 7/7 including the Reading train crash. On July 7th Aaron was based at Tottenham Court Road. He is now based in Finsbury Park and lived in Kent.
