Robert Smith Literary agency » Martin Hibbert https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Top of the World: Surviving the Manchester Bombing to Scale Kilimanjaro in a Wheelchair https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/genre/inspirational-real-lives/top-world-surviving-manchester-bombing-scale-kilimanjaro-wheelchair/ https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/genre/inspirational-real-lives/top-world-surviving-manchester-bombing-scale-kilimanjaro-wheelchair/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:13:24 +0000 http://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/?p=2251 Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin’s teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve’s case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a leading campaigner both for victims of the atrocity and those with […]

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]]> Top of the WorldMartin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin’s teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve’s case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a leading campaigner both for victims of the atrocity and those with spinal cord injuries.

Determined to make a difference he took on the ultimate challenge, scaling Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair, becoming the second paraplegic to do so, and raising a million pounds for charity. Reaching the summit, on 13 June 2022 Martin, who was the closest person to the bomber to survive, said, ‘I’ve often wondered why I was saved. Now I know why. It was for this moment.’

This is Martin’s incredible story.

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