'˜Manchester is not afraid' '“ says Ferring student

'˜Manchester is not afraid' '“ those were the words of a student from Ferring who attended Tuesday's vigil in Manchester.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th May 2017, 10:36 BST
Updated 4th Jun 2017, 20:55 BST
Just some of the thousands of people who attended the vigil in Manchester's Albert Square. Ferring student Emily Barleycorn, who took this picture, was among themJust some of the thousands of people who attended the vigil in Manchester's Albert Square. Ferring student Emily Barleycorn, who took this picture, was among them
Just some of the thousands of people who attended the vigil in Manchester's Albert Square. Ferring student Emily Barleycorn, who took this picture, was among them

Emily Barleycorn, 24, lives in the city and studies Russian at University of Manchester.

The second-year student works at the Ask Italian restaurant in Piccadilly, not far from where Monday’s attack took place.

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She said: “I was speaking to my friends from work on Monday night and they told me something was going on, which was a suspected terror attack but we didn’t know for sure.

“I then woke up on Tuesday morning and found out and saw that 22 people had died. I was really shaken up when I went into uni.

“I had work on Tuesday evening but when I arrived we were told it was closing because it was right in the centre and near the Arndale Shopping Centre, which had closed in the day because of the attack.

“There was also speculation over more attacks and an arrest had been made in the shopping centre. My work thought it was safer to close and it was not worth it.”

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