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Docklands bombing

Title
Docklands bombing
Genre
Interview
TX Date
11 Feb 1996
Year of production
1996
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Duration
00:00:23
Description
The seven-and-a-half months pregnant woman who was caught up in the London Docklands bombing has been released from hospital. Seventeen year-old Samantha Herbert was thrown onto her stomach by the explosion. A hospital scan has confirmed the baby is unharmed. Samantha and her sixteen year-old boyfriend Neil Parker speak for the first time about the moment they thought they might lose their child.
Contributors
Samantha Herbert; Neil Parker
Keywords
London; Injuries; Terrorism; IRA; Docklands; Explosions; Babies; Canary Wharf; Mothers; South Quay; Foetal monitoring

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