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Spanna, I have nothing but admiration for you.
I just called the ambulance - anybody could and would have done that. But holding the girl's hand and talking to her takes a strength of character and composure that very few of us have. Well done.
When my mind goes back over the whole event there are quite a few things that I can't really reconcile. Were there two cyclists talking to the girl, one wearing red and one wearing a yellow jacket?
When I was talking to the emergency services they kept asking me questions like - is she trapped above or below the knee? Can she breathe? Is she having trouble breathing? I tried to explain that whether she was breathing easily or not probably wasn't the real problem at that stage, but I think I asked one of you if she was having trouble breathing. I worried afterwards that might have sounded like a really inappropriate and strange question to be asking you, and you might have thought I was some kind of ghoulish voyeur to the whole thing.
Anyway, Spanna, (and anybody else who has come across this thread who was there must have been A LOT of people) - hope you are ok and take care of yourself. You behaved like a hero.