“We Want Justice For Our 8-Year-Old Daughter Nuria Sajjad” | This Morning

Well, SME and sjad are here now to bravely share their frustration at the lack of legal progress, as well as some stories from Nua a day after what would have been her ninth birthday. Thank you both very much for coming

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. SME can't. start to imagine how difficult these last eight months have been for you for your family um let's start with Nuria tell us a little about your Miracle girl she was my whole heart in my whole world when she was born yesterday it was her ninth birthday I didn't know I could love so much unconditionally and I promised myself to fiercely protect her and

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I can not accept it. I fight every day. I question myself every second because she was my wholeness. heart so she had a light and a joy and a Spirit uh that was something incomparable, it really was her um I would like to think that we gave her some of that but I think naturally as a person and she was a little bit of a person uh her personality shone through in the first months of her existence um she enjoyed a good laugh she was full of joy she was um she was so generous to the point where we would have to hold her back sometimes by promising her friends that her mom and dad would buy them uh the gifts she received for Christmas like no no um she was she was she embodied the best of everything um and she was your miracle baby essentially wasn't she she was um she was there was um uh we had uh it was complicated um like many are um but she pulled through um despite of some potential danger that she overcame and we um we couldn't, we couldn't try again, you know, through various mechanisms and you know, of course, a lot of people share, share that, but she was our miracle, she was, so SME, take us back no matter how painful it may be to that day last summer, the last day of the semester.

I can only imagine how excited she would have been about summer. The holidays were approaching and everyone had gone to school, all the girls were there for a special presentation and a tea party, that's right, that's exactly what it was, it was their last day of the term, the last day on that campus , um campus. Building the the girls had a beautiful assembly she played the recorder and everyone talked about their hopes and dreams she talked about hers it was perfect then we went out to the garden and the girls went out through another entrance and we waited for them to come out and we were just We were supposed to she would be in that garden for 10 minutes and we talked to her, we talked to her, we chatted, she came out, she showed us, we told her how proud we are of her and how much we love her and she said, she said mom dad.

I'm so excited and we said we're going to go get ice cream and have a picnic. She also said: I feel a little emotional because she was leaving the building. She was about to go to high school, so she was in a different place, on a different campus, yes, and this photo here is the photo that you took moments before the accident. What are your memories of that question? Mir, because like any mom, the pictures had to be taken, of course, whether you like it or not, mom, mom goes. Mom is going to ask another mom to take a photo.

I question that photo every time I look at it because we took quite a few. The others were on the grass area and then we moved in front of the building to take the photo. the building mhm, I question myself every day if I had stayed on the grassy spot for 10 more seconds they wouldn't have hit us, so I hugged her and we walked over to take a photo and she's holding that half-eaten cupcake in her hands, which she never got to finish that photo is all I remember I know she leaves me or I think she leaves me to go get another cupcake and I told her: you already have one in your hand and I and I and I can't remember maybe I I'm scared, but I can't remember what happened because you were hurt too.

Correct. I was seriously injured and I can remember hearing things. I heard the ambulance. I heard the siren. I heard Sag hanging out with Nua, but I don't know. How much time passed after that? I don't remember well, but I don't know where he was right. I don't know if she ran back to me thinking that her mother was going to save her. I don't know if she. I saw the car, I'll never know, I'll never know, sink, the confusion that must have overwhelmed everyone at that moment would be hard to underestimate at all. I went into shock for a period of time, it seemed very unreal, it seemed incomprehensible that something like this would happen, it's not something you would ever think could happen and I really have no idea how long it took me to go from disbelief to worry to panic. , uh, and it was during the panic that I discovered um SRA and Nua Samra were already being treated Nua Nia was already being treated for smar, no MH um, yes I remember all that, however, the screams and screams of chaos it was a scene of chaos um, I remember it vividly and there was another A girl named Selena was also killed, yeah, and it was just Mayhem at the time, it was May, uh, again, it's confusing to me, but it was very chaotic.

They were, they were individual parents and school staff that sprang into action and were able to help support um and I'm sure save people from the worst fate that they had, but Selena and Nua unfortunately were terribly injured. Samra was terribly injured and the two girls died so tragically. I think more than 16 people were The engine is very bad, including yourself, Samir, and you are still struggling. I think four surgeries later and several broken bones and ribs. Yeah, I think the rehab on that, I imagine, has been a good distraction because you have to do it. kind of like regaining your physical well-being completely um I had two surgeries immediately from the accident, one in September and one just seven weeks ago and I'm still not there yet, I'm in constant pain, my mobility is limited.

I have had to learn to walk again. I can't do the tasks I did before. I don't have the life I had before and I'm willing to put away all my broken bones and accept more answers and just have a little more with my little girl, yeah, getting hit in the same accident, you know, no one prepares you for this, this is not the natural way you should not go before your children, but if necessary, a parent should do it. able to do the lost rights she had to do it alone because I couldn't do anything for her she left the house that Thursday

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and never came back she never came home I would have brought her home I couldn't have gone under, it's those answers that are key now for you, for Selena's parents, for the parents of all the girls that were at that school that morning and the teachers, because obviously there is trauma for all those teachers too, yeah, um.

And I think a real frustration is that eight months ago, yes, the investigation of what is happening and what is happening is that it seems that you are not getting anywhere and you are very right B in saying that this We have suffered a lot, but many have suffered greatly. This was a community incident. Many people are desperately trying to deal with this and trying to find answers and of course we are at the front of that queue. It's a challenge, it's 8 and a half months um we did the best we could to get through yesterday's birthday n we understand that there has been some progress um the best I can describe it is that half of the police work is done but the other half is outstanding um We think the challenge is twofold: we're told that the reason for the delay could be anything from complexity to lack of staff, which is a pretty difficult thing to hear.

I certainly understand staffing and the other thing that makes this difficult is this. it was not a typical traffic collision, our girls were in their place, they were in the safest place possible outside of their homes and, um, essentially half of the investigation was, could you know that the girls could potentially be accounted for? where they belong something happened uh something intruded on their school um so we find it a little hard to swallow yeah, it's a little hard to swallow they weren't running across the street they weren't doing anything wrong they were in their school uniform they were in their place more sure it's not a typical traffic collision no because they didn't hit anyone no no we don't have a uh a statement from the Metropolitan Police uh who have said that they are carrying out a thorough investigation and exhaustive investigation into what happened, this is what they said.

Our thoughts remain with the families of Nuria and Selena, who we know are very loved and missed. This was a tragic incident. We understand that families

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and need answers about what happened. Specialist detectives have worked tirelessly to establish the circumstances of that day, including detailed analysis of CCTV and examination of expert reports. We have also sought early investigative advice from the Crown Prosecution Service. We recognize that the time required may cause further distress, but is fair and right for everyone involved. that we conducted a thorough and extensive investigation, well, that's a very familiar statement, if you'll excuse me, um and it's what we've heard every time we've, you know, raised our case, uh uh. in the eyes of the public, so, after having heard it five six times, it's again, it loses its meaning a little bit um, I understand, you know, the complexities, I get it, Staffing, I understand all of this, but, um, I I also need you to understand me, we need you to understand us. you need and you just

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some answers answers yes, I don't think anyone can blame you for that eight and a half months is a long time and the statement you just read hasn't changed at the moment. last four months, you have to help us, there has to be something more, yes, it's not for grieving parents to come and simply ask for accountability, yes, thank you so much for sharing your story on behalf of everyone who can't.

Reach out but give them enough love and support. I mean, she was and the shortest thing I've ever heard about Nuria, she was a very, very special magical girl, she was joy and she let them say joy for all of you and let's cross our fingers. I can get some of those answers that you need so much thank you very much thank you thank you thank you thank you