3rd September 2015
September has arrived and kids are now back at school. It must be particularly hard for those who are moving from the familiarity of their primary school into the strange land of post-primary.
This time last year, one young girl should have been starting Assumption College in Ballynahinch, but due to a serious incident during the summer holidays this was all put on hold.
Alanna Casement fell off her bike and punctured a femoral artery starting a race against time to get her to hospital. Neighbours, ambulance and police all pulled together to save the life of this 11 year old.
In July this year, Alanna met with everyone involved to say thanks and this is what she had to say about everything when she met Paramedics Brian Lynn and Mark Quigley: