 Even on the evening of the attack, he remembers staying up late with his wife to witness his attacker's face being revealed on the news. He explains: 'I wanted to see who it was, I wanted to know if I recognised him or if I'd seen his face. But when I saw him it was just another lunatic to me, another evil person.' David adds: 'Paranoia takes over, you start thinking people are coming to finish you off. 'You're round the bend, you're looking out the window, you don't sleep, you are permanently glued to the telly, you're addicted to the news, you're waiting to hear if anyone is involved. 'I didn't sleep for months. And then you kind of slip away and all the psychological problems start kicking in, PTSD and everything else. You can't cope and you can slip into a hole. 'It's like depression, things start get){kind=link}
David Perry’s rented Ford Focus Estate was blown apart by deranged bomber Emad al-Swealmeen outside Liverpool Women’s hospital on Remembrance Sunday last year and now he has spoken out for the first time since the attack
The taxi driver who survived a suicide bomb blast is still haunted by nightmares a year on.
David Perry, 46, from Liverpool, has been diagnosed with PTSD and has been receiving counselling after his miracle escape.
But the family man hopes he will one day get back behind the wheel of a cab.
David’s rented Ford Focus Estate was blown apart by deranged bomber Emad al-Swealmeen outside Liverpool Women’s hospital on Remembrance Sunday last year.