2003 Winner Ben Housson Ben Housson was just two years old when he was involved in a freak accident that very nearly killed him. While at a restaurant in France, a ship’s wheel – weighing 220lb – fell on his head and crushed his skull. Doctors said he had almost no chance of survival. But […]
Category: 2003 Winners
Child of Courage
2003 Winner Hollie Ashe Hollie Ashe had never been told what to do if her dad fell into a diabetic coma. At just four years old, her parents thought she was too young even to understand the condition. But when her father’s blood-sugar levels dropped dangerously low and he fell unconscious, Hollie called an ambulance […]
Outstanding Bravery
2003 Winner Rosanne Ainslie Teacher Rosanne Ainslie was enjoying a well-earned lie-in when she heard shouting from her elderly neighbour’s house. She was about to risk her own life in a dramatic rescue. Rosanne, 51, of Gullane, East Lothian, says: “I looked out and saw my neighbour shouting: ‘There’s a fire.’” She raced next door […]
Child of Courage
2003 Winner Holly Lishman People who meet Holly Lishman often remark upon what a happy-go-lucky little girl she is. But Holly has been through an ordeal so terrifying that her parents feared she might never smile again. When she was five, she saw her father, David, being savagely beaten with a spade as he lay […]
Beyond the Call of Duty
2003 Winner Dan Tanner Brave Dan Tanner shrugged off serious stab wounds to his chest and arm to save a teenage girl from a crazed knifeman. As the British Transport Police inspector pulled in to his police station in North London a man walked over and urinated on the bonnet. When challenged, the 6ft 4ins […]
Prince’s Trust Young Achiever
2003 Winner Sarah Bennett It was the moment when Pride of Britain winner Sarah Bennett realised Prince Charles should stick to the polo. When the musically-gifted 24-year-old met the Prince at St James’s Palace last month, she hoped to teach him a few chords on her guitar. But she had to concede defeat after His […]