I went to university, which was tough at times, but Katie was going through it at home, every second, of every day.” The first year was really hard, because my life continued. When asked if she felt any sense of guilt, Kirstie said: “Yes, definitely. We agreed to separate the situation from our friendship, because it wasn’t either of our faults, the outcome of what happened.” There were two completely different outcomes to what happened. Katie said: “There have been times it’s been very difficult. Garvey asked how their friendship was affected in the months following their experience, especially given that Katie’s injuries were life-changing. They also later assisted in phoning the pair’s friends and family to tell them what had happened. Katie was later helped by two tourists, Nadine and Sam, who heard her screams and ran over with bottles of water. Here's them talking for the first time together since the attack. I ran off to a nearby restaurant, which had an outdoor shower and turned on all the taps.”ĥ-years ago and Katie Gee were volunteering in Zanzibar when they were attacked with acid. I didn’t see it because they were too far away. “I was wearing a jumper over my t-shirt and wiped my eyes, as I tried to get the number plate of the motorbike. While she ran over to two tourists holding bottles of water, before collapsing to the ground, Katie’s first instinct was to try and pursue her attackers. Kirstie remembered there was “a lot of screaming, a lot of swearing” and chaos in the minutes following the attack. A very sour, acidic smell, like milk that had gone off, but very strong.” And then after that you clock on that it wasn’t that, but the smell as well. “At first, it was like boiling hot coffee, that’s what I thought it was, for five seconds. Speaking to Jane Garvey on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Katie recalled how they were spending their final day on the island when the attack happened. Now nearly five years later, the pair revealed how their lives have been irrevocably changed since. No-one has ever been arrested over the incident. Get The Jewish News Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories The two friends, then aged 18, were working as volunteer English teachers to local children when two men on a moped drove up and threw a jerry can full of a corrosive substance in their faces, before speeding off.
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