Around 14,000 people attended the Manchester Arena for an Ariana Grande concert on Monday 22 May 2017.
There were tragically 22 people that didn't come home that night and hundreds were injured. Martin Hibbert was at the concert and he was among those that sustained life-changing injuries, with over 20 bolts of shrapnel entering his body at 90mph.
Hibbert and his daughter's lives were saved in the Salford Major Trauma Unit, but he was told he would never walk again after his spine was severed. After fighting through a 14-hour operation, Hibbert was determined to use his experience to inspire others.
Just over five years after the attack, Hibbert climbed Mount Kilimanjaro - the tallest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world - in a wheelchair. Hibbert is the second paraplegic to complete the climb.
This is Hibbert's story of extraordinary resilience and his refusal to surrender to harrowing adversity.
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Hibbert had only been back in the United Kingdom for a few days when he agreed to speak to the Manchester Evening News. The Bolton-born man has been inundated with requests from the media and for good reason - his story is remarkable.
The conversation began by discussing Hibbert's upbringing. Hibbert's father was a policeman, his mother works in a pharmacy and he has loved Manchester United for as long as he can remember. His passion for United is tangible and infectious.
Hibbert grew up watching Jesper Olsen, Gordon Strachan, Bryan Robson and Gary Bailey, and he laughed as he recalled the latter was his first autograph. "I’ll never forget my first game at United, we beat Watford 2-0 and it was 1993. I
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