What happened to Sarah de Lagarde?

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What happened to Sarah de Lagarde?
What happened to Sarah de Lagarde?

SARAH de Lagarde suffered horrific injuries in a train accident in September 2022.

Since the accident, Sarah has raised money for a new intelligent arm that will help her regain her independence.

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Sarah raised over £300,000 for her new bionic arm and rehabilitationCredit: Stewart Williams

Who is Sarah de Lagarde?

Sarah de Lagarde is the global head of communications at Janus Henderson.

Sarah is also a married mother of two daughters.

On September 30, 2022, Sarah was at High Barnet station in North London when she had an accident.

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She had lost her footing, fallen onto the tracks, and was hit twice by trains.

What happened to Sarah de Lagarde?

The mother-of-two had been travelling home from work on the evening of the accident when she fell asleep and missed her stop.

She got off at High Barnet station and lost her footing causing her to fall in the gap between the train and the platform edge.

Sarah was hit by the train as it left the station and then by a second train pulling in.

When speaking about the ordeal she recalls lying on the tracks calling for help for 15 minutes before anyone heard her.

Emergency services were called and she was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital.

Her right arm and leg were crushed in the accident and both had to be amputated.

In an interview on Good Morning Britain, she revealed that as she lay on the tracks she thought:

"I shouldn't be here, this is not supposed to happen I need to go home to see my family.

"That thought about my family kept me going."

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Sarah added: "I had to make them a promise when my eight-year-old was crying for me on Facetime.

"I had to promise that I will be home for Christmas."

How is Sarah de Lagarde doing now?

When being interviewed by Good Morning Britain in 2022, she told the presenters: "I'm good. I'm feeling fine."

Sarah began fundraising for an advanced prosthetic arm that is able to act on brain signals.

In June 2023 it was reported that the mother of two will get her AI arm.

Sarah describes herself as "80 per cent human, 20 per cent robot" with the addition of her new bionic arm.

In an interview with Camden New Journal Sarah said: "My kids find it hilarious that I am going to have to take my arm off at night and charge it in a USB plug like they do with their phones."

Sarah is also looking forward to being able to cut a steak dinner again, tying her own hair, and a host of other "everyday things".

Adekemi Adefolalu

London, Explainers, Artificial Intelligence

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