Amelia was just 11 when she was caught up in the Manchester Arena terror attack. She didn’t speak for days.
But the kindness of a former police officer helped her rediscover her love of music – with a little surprise from @ShawnMendes…
Shawn Mendes Surprises Fan
May 24, 2019 | 5:59 AM
Cheryl & Rich
Shawn Mendes got to surprise a very deserving fan during his concert at Manchester Arena earlier this year in England.
According to a new ITV story, Amelia Thompson was at the Ariana Grande Manchester U.K. concert in 2017 which was bombed, resulting in 22 deaths. She was only 11-years-old at the time and was understandably “severely shaken up and unable to talk for days” after what happened.
She had tickets to attend Shawn’s concert on April 7th but didn’t quite feel ready to return to the location. However, she did go with support from a police officer who was also there on the night of the attacks.
Upon arriving, Amelia also got a big surprise – a chance to meet with Shawn himself. “It was really overwhelming and it felt so surreal but I really enjoyed it,” Amelia said of her experience with Shawn. “[He] was so nice to me and I’m a bit overwhelmed…I have new positive memories in there and they will definitely cancel out the negative ones.”
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TL;DR:
- Shawn Mendes helped a fan overcome her fear of returning to Manchester Arena for his concert earlier this year.
- The fan, 11-year-old Amelia Thompson, was one of the lucky ones who escaped the tragic Manchester Attacks that happened during Ariana Grande‘s concert two years ago – but was severely shaken up and unable to talk for days afterwards.
- She had tickets to attend Shawn’s concert on April 7th; Amelia got a chance to meet with Shawn himself, which she said replaced her negative memories with positive ones.
