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22.05.2023 - 08:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Lee Rigby's mother last night paid tribute to the 'Angels of Woolwich' who tried to help her dying son Lee ten years ago today.
Soldier Lee, 25, from Langley in Middleton, was hacked to death by two jihadi extremists as he walked home to Woolwich Barracks in South East London on May 22, 2013.
It was a crime that shocked the nation but Amanda Donnelly, Tina Nimmo and Ingrid Loyau-Kennett stood out that day for their heroism.
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Amanda lay down beside Lee and wrapped her arms around him to bring him comfort, while Tina put herself in front of traffic to shield the fusilier from being run over, The Mirror reports.
Ingrid, a French-born mother-of two from Cornwall, got off a bus and confronted the killers for ten minutes until police arrived, telling the pair that they would lose their jihadi war.
Lee's mother Lyn said: "The Angels of Woolwich stepped up for my son in a way I will never be able to repay.
"It should have been me that was there to protect him, to comfort him in his last moments, but I knew nothing about Lee’s murder until later.
"These women are incredible and I will remain in their debt for the rest of my life. They put themselves in terrible danger because they wanted to help a stranger in need.
"That takes enormous guts and its hows how very special they are.
"They all just rushed in on instinct– a mother’s instinct that drove them to protect a young man in desperate need. Their humanity is everything."
Paying tribute to former pub landlady Tina, who sadly died on Friday following an illness, Lyn recalled her immense courage in the face of danger.
Tina and her daughter Michelle, from Woolwich, were among the first on the scene as Michael
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