Leeds Man Thwarts Hospital Bombing

0:00On March 25th, a 35-year-old man from Leeds named Nathan Newby became an unlikely hero in January 2023. While a patient at St. James's Hospital, he stepped outside for fresh air and spotted someone acting oddly near the maternity ward. That person was Muhammad Farouk, carrying a homemade pressure cooker bomb aimed at killing nurses. Newby approached to check on him, sparking hours of conversation that changed everything. Farouk confessed to the plot, showed the device, and even asked for hugs several times. In the end, he urged Newby to call police before he could back out. The judge praised Newby as an extraordinary ordinary man whose decency stopped a major tragedy. Newby downplays it, saying he was just in the right place at the right time, and views Farouk as someone struggling through hard times. Farouk, a self-radicalized attacker, with a grudge against hospital staff and inspired by extremists, received a life sentence with a minimum of 37 years last March. Newby's calm instincts not only protected a busy maternity ward,

1:03but also earned him Britain's George Meadow, the second-highest civilian honor for. Bravery.