Tributes have been paid to "much-loved and respected" teenager Imogen Tothill.
27.01.2022 - 03:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A dad who plunged from a roof and almost died has spoken of his nightmare ordeal after the horror fall.
Former roofer Ian Locke was installing an antenna on a friend's property when the horror unfolded on September 17 last year.
The 53-year-old was walking along the roof of the house in Wythenshawe when he felt himself sliding backwards, Manchester Evening News reports.
He desperately tried to flip over but he was unable to stop himself, plummeting 30ft to the ground and breaking almost every bone in his body.
The dad-of-two, who was left temporarily paralysed, said: “I tried flipping myself over but it happened that fast.
“The next minute I was in the back of his garden with my arm snapped in two places.
“When I landed on the floor, I told my mate I couldn’t feel my legs. I was that confused, I didn’t know where I was.
“I knew I had a problem because I couldn’t move.”
A friend dialled 999 and was told an ambulance would take one hour and 40 minutes to arrive.
But by this point, Ian had started bleeding from his mouth profusely.
An air ambulance was immediately sent to the scene and Ian was airlifted to Manchester Royal Infirmary.
While he underwent several blood transfusions, surgeons told his family to prepare for the worst.
Staff allowed Ian’s daughter Sharelle into the surgery room to say her goodbyes.
She helped to clear blood from his mouth while surgeons desperately tried to stop the bleeding.
But miraculously, Ian defied the odds and survived before being placed into an eight-week coma.
“The surgeon told my family I was going to die,” Ian, from Hyde, continued.
“My daughter was in the room – she saved my life.
“The only reason she was in the room was because I was dying.
“She gave me a kiss bye-bye and I said, ‘I’m not going
Tributes have been paid to "much-loved and respected" teenager Imogen Tothill.
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