Barbara Dreaver

And he still looked, he looked like, kind of like a zombie.

It's horrible to say this, but he was all, he was still, he's very ill, but he was walking because he had so much water in his lungs.

He was white.

um i just remember thinking oh he's so white and but i'm you know gave him a kiss shook his hand and but it was ayoko she saw me from a distance and she started like shout oh she came running towards me and um you know gave me this massive hug and it was amazing and that really did help me get over that as well and they sent me they wrote me a couple of letters and

emails rather and a photo of them and they've got I think it's tiger beer or some some sort of beer and they're toasting his fireworks going off behind him went back to work and they he lived a good life well as far as I know he's lived a great life and I

Yeah, and I was just so grateful that it happened.

But then, of course, you know, I lost my brother.

Yeah, who the book is dedicated to.

Yeah, who the book is dedicated to, and Andrew.

And I just, you know, I felt that it was so unfair for a long time.

And even now, I just thought, hang on, I saved this dude or helped save this dude.

And, you know, you take my brother or whoever, whatever.

Yeah, my brother's gone.

And I just felt that in life, the way that life just sometimes isn't fair.

It really isn't.

Yeah, it's taken me a long time because he died quite a long time ago.

Well, not a long, it doesn't feel like a long time ago for anyone who'd lose, you know, even you lose someone, it's not that long.

It doesn't matter how many years go.

And I haven't really been able to talk about it.

And also it's not just my story, you see.