What an Honour for my Brave Hubby!
In 2007, we returned from our family holiday just in time to get caught up in the Glasgow Airport Terror Attack.
Hubby was one of the brave civilians who stepped in to help the police apprehend the terrorists. Unfortunately he ended up suffering a broken leg during the fracas.
We had just returned from a family holiday in Menorca with our twin daughters, and Hubby’s parents. Hubby was on his own, loading our luggage into our car, when the jeep struck the building. I was with my mother-in-law and my twin daughters inside the airport, while my father-in-law was on his way back from retrieving his car from the long stay car park. Therefore, thankfully, I did not see my husband grappling with a terrorist or lying injured behind the burning vehicle.
I guessed pretty quickly after the fire alarm went off, that it was a terrorist attack. It was terrifying when we were evacuated from the terminal building, as we did not know if (and where) there was going to be any further explosions. I knew that the smoke and flames were coming from the direction that I had watched my husband set off, some five or ten minutes before. I was worried sick about him and my father in law.
Shortly after being evacuated, we saw the police bundling a smirking man into a police van, as my mobile phone went off. It was my brother-in-law to say that my Hubby had called him and that he wanted me to know that he was ok. I just assumed that Hubby was trapped on one side of the flames and we were on the other and that we would meet up eventually.
We were directed to a designated area away from the burning terminal building, where we waited for a couple of hours before being reunited with my father-in-law, who had been wandering around, frantic with worry, looking for us.
An hour or so later, I discovered that Hubby was actually in hospital with a leg injury. Eventually a policeman managed to get us a taxi to take us to the hospital.
I was later to find out that the smirking man who had been bundled into the police van was Bilal Abdullah, and he was the man Hubby had tried to apprehend.
The fact that my Hubby got caught up in these events and ended up in hospital was all the more poignant because it was his 40th birthday on that very day, and we had to postpone a family celebration at a local restaurant which was due to be held the following evening.
Three years on, we returned from our family holiday to receive a letter from Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond re the very exciting news that Hubby is to receive The Queen’s Commendation for Bravery.
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1How awesome! We need more heros like your hubby! And what a great honor to recieve.
2What an honor Mamma. Even though I am all the way over here in america, I am very proud honored by his actions and his bravery.
3He may not feel like a hero and that is just fine, but he is a big hero.
Congrats to your Husband! My husband is in the military and I hear (usually much later on) about heroic things that he has done while in service and I am amazed. It’s great to know that we live among “everyday” heros that do these great deeds just because they need to be done.
4Congratulations on the award. I can only imagine the fear that you must have felt at the time.
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5Thanks for your kind word, ladies!
I am very proud of my Hubby’s actions on that terrifying day! However, he’s a somewhat reluctant hero, who doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about!
6What a great heroic guy you have there! And I also love your blog! I have to tell you , England is one of my favorite places in the world. I would move there in an instant if my hubs would let me. I spent a year in Canterbury!
7Visiting from NFF!
Stopping by from New Friend Friday … what a brave husband! How exciting that he will be receiving The Queen’s Commendation for Bravery!
Great blog!
Alicia
8http://www.kramercottageschool.blogspot.com
Wow, just couldn’t help but comment again on this post! Many thanks to your husband. We sure could use heros in this day and age.
9I’m your newest follower from the Friday Follows (number 101 – COngrats on reaching 100!). Nice blog! Hope to see you at Dropped Stitches.
Erin Wallace
10droppedstitches72.blogspot.com
A true hero. Congratulations to your husband for his award. Thank you to him and the others that day for preventing further escalation of the events.
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