Manchester Arena bombing survivor Lucy Jarvis opens up on how ITV documentary helped her ‘make peace’ with attack 

Lucy has been sharing her story in the new documentary (Picture: ITV)

Lucy Jarvis said taking part in documentary Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing, has aided in her ‘making peace’ with the disaster which left her severely injured. 

Lucy was one of those attending the Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena in 2017, before a suicide bomber set off his weapon. 

She has faced years of tough rehabilitation after sustaining serious internal injuries in the 2017 attack that killed 22 innocent people. 

The ITV documentary follows the events before, during and after the gig, including the recent inquiry into the attack, which also left over 800 people with physical and psychological injuries.

Lucy, who is now a student at Salford University, told Metro.co.uk about her injuries and her life since the attack, and how she ended up becoming involved with the two-parter despite initial ‘worries.’

She said of watching back footage, and taking part in the mini-series: ‘It’s helped me come to terms with things a lot easier. To see into his life and how it happened has made me, not understand, because I don’t understand, but maybe, be at peace with it, because I’ve seen it now. 

Lucy was wheelchair bound for months (Picture: ITV)

‘I’m very much one of those types of people where I need to know how things happened – it really helped me seeing that timeline of events.’

Lucy has been opening up about the attack in the ITV documentary, and shared how she had to wait four hours for help despite shrapnel causing her severe injuries – which left her wheelchair bound for months.

‘I was worried about the overexposure of it and [exploring the story] again, and again. But this is so different to the ones I’ve done before. Obviously, there’s still going to be a bit about what happened, as you need to cover the background and stuff, but I was a lot happier. 

Lucy’s recovery process features in the documentary (Picture: ITV)

‘It was more of the inquiry and it wasn’t just…  there’s a lot of people involved and it’s a lot of different people’s opinions and stuff like that, I enjoyed doing it and talking.’

Lucy is currently studying Film and Television at Salford University, despite having to drop out of college after struggling to adjust to life after her extensive injuries.

But through securing various work experience placements, she was able to get herself a place on a course, which  she loves.

Reflecting on ‘It’s hugely important to not forget [that the attack happened]. Yes, it did happen five years ago, and obviously, in that time, so much, so many other things have happened. 

‘But I do think that was such a major event and it was something that changed so many people’s lives. 

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‘Even to this day, I know people who still can’t go back to the arena and they can’t come into Manchester, it’s affected them drastically. It changed their lives, and something like that should never be forgotten. 

‘This documentary helps that, it’s showing what happened to people and people’s experiences but also showing how it happened and what went wrong so we can improve it in the future..’

Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing airs tonight at 9pm on ITV.

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