Top of the World: Surviving the Manchester Bombing to Scale Kilimanjaro in a Wheelchair by Martin Hibbert
Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martins teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eves case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a leading campaigner both for victims of the atrocity and those with spinal cord injuries.
Determined to make a difference he took on the ultimate challenge, scaling Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair, becoming the second paraplegic to do so, and raising a million pounds for charity. Reaching the summit, on 13 June 2022 Martin, who was the closest person to the bomber to survive, said, Ive often wondered why I was saved. Now I know why. It was for this moment.
This is Martins incredible story.