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'I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR SAVING MY LIFE'

Wheelchair-bound Ariana Grande fan searching for mystery men who carried her to safety during Manchester bombing

Klicea-Nicole Richardson, 20, fears she would have been crushed to death in stampede

A WHEELCHAIR user caught up in Monday's terror attack has thanked the mystery men who saved her life by carrying her to safety.

Klicea-Nicole Richardson, 20, was carried from the Manchester Arena in the moments after the attack by two men who bravely stopped to help her despite the carnage.

 Klicea-Nicole Richardson, pictured before the gig, believes two men who carried her to safety saved her life during Monday's terror attack
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Klicea-Nicole Richardson, pictured before the gig, believes two men who carried her to safety saved her life during Monday's terror attackCredit: Cavendish Press

After seeing friends of Klicea-Nicole struggle to get her to safety amid the stampede, both men lifted Klicea as she sat in her chair and carried her and the chair down a flight of stairs urging her not to panic.

They the disappeared after they got her outside.

Today the college student, from Stockport, Gtr Manchester, said: "I'd just like to thank them personally really for possibly saving my life because if it wasn't for them helping I would have been stuck there longer.

 Klicea-Nicole attended the concert with six pals, but they struggled to carry her down stairs as they fled the venue in panic
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Klicea-Nicole attended the concert with six pals, but they struggled to carry her down stairs as they fled the venue in panicCredit: Cavendish Press

Klicea-Nicole was at the Ariana Grande concert with six of her friends said: ''Our group were just coming out of the concert hall and walking towards the foyer area when all I heard was a really loud bang and then I felt a vibration through my body, then the building shook.

"I felt a strong feel of heat then I saw people's faces and they were screaming and crying and running towards the exit doors.

"I just remember seeing blood on people and that's when my friends and boyfriend ran with me in my wheelchair, but one of the wheels is faulty so it wouldn't go as fast as we wanted it to go.

"We finally made it to the doors that's when we realised that there was only stairs so my boyfriend Tom and friends Katie and Kieran tried lifting my chair with me in it.

"But they was struggling as Kieran had hold of his little brother as well and Katie just wasn't strong enough.

"That's when these two men saw them struggling with me and picked my chair up and carried me down the stairs and told me not to panic and that they was going to get me out to safety."

 Klicea-Nicole with friends Tom Foulkes, Kieran Fone, Frazier Bernard, Maddy Frazer Hanley, Katie Foulkes, Sophie Foulkes.
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Klicea-Nicole with friends Tom Foulkes, Kieran Fone, Frazier Bernard, Maddy Frazer Hanley, Katie Foulkes, Sophie Foulkes.Credit: Cavendish Press

Klicea-Nicole appealed for help to identify the men, and said the whole incident is a blur as she was gripped by a panic attack.

She said: "I can't remember everything and I keep having flash backs off different things.

"It was horrible like I keep having flash backs and stuff and every little noise I hear makes me jump.

"It was all a blur really everything happened so quick and I suffer from really bad anxiety and panic attacks anyway, so I can't really remember everything.

"I think one had brown hair, other people may remember what they look like better than me as I was having a panic attack whilst being carried down to safety."

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Klicea-Nicole has Arthrogryposis, a condition which means that her muscles didn't develop properly and she cannot walk at all.

She said: "We were all excited but me and Katie both have anxiety and struggle anyway going to public places so we was a bit nervous.

"We were still excited just anxious really because we're not that good with being out in public much but everyone else was really excited too.

Klicea-Nicole's friend Katie Foulkes, 17. who was attempting to push her friend to safety added: "When we came out we headed to the foyer with the seven of us, and I was pushing Kli.

"We were all so happy like everyone around us was happy and laughing and just loving life, and then we hear a massive loud bang and everyone stops for one second.

"Then everyone just ran and was screaming and crying and I'm trying to go as fast as I can with pushing Kli to get us out of ther.

"But her wheel at the front is a bit faulty so when you go to fast it slows you down so I literally said to myself I can't do it anymore I can't run.

"Then I ended up tipping her chair so I was running whilst pushing her with the front wheels off the floor, and we get to the stairs and I'm thinking god how am I going to get down with Kli in her chair.

"Obviously we didn't have time to look for a ramp we just had to get out of there as fast as we could so my brother Tom and his friend Kieran grabbed the front of the chair whilst he still had hold of his brother.

"I was at behind Kli trying to carry it from behind and I couldn't on my own and Kli was screaming an crying for help.

"I was shouting help and then a man had ran at the side of me and helped me, then another man came and helped on the other side of the wheel chair and helped us down the chair.

"They were both telling us to get somewhere safe but as we were getting Kli in her chair down she didn't have her seat belt on so Tom was trying to make sure she didn't fall out her chair.

"It's awful what happened because at the start of the concert everyone around us and including ourselves, we were so excited and happy just loving it.

"Throughout the concert all of us and the children and the adults the whole room was singing and dancing and just loving life and in the space of a few minutes it all changed and ended up being one of the worst nights of our lives.

"We want to send our prayers to everyone who has lost someone and anyone who was injured and anyone who was there.

"We will always thank god for us being here and those lovely men helping us with Kli.

"I can only remember that he had brown hair and a bit of a beard not a heavy beard, and a black coat that's all I remember because it all happened so fast. One of them was also carrying a charger and I think was in his late 20s.

"We're so thankful for the men helping us, because everyone was just running for their lives and for those two men to stop and actually help, we can't ever thank them enough.

"We honestly can't even put into words how thankful we are to not of been hurt and it's completely heartbreaking knowing younger people than ourselves ended up passing away.

"It's devastating we're all completely heartbroken for everyone but we are so thankful to who helped us."