Parents' tragic final moments with daughter who suffered catastrophic reaction to Pret sandwich

The parents of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who tragically died aft suffering a catastrophic allergic reaction, person launched a caller £1m Allergy School to amended consciousness successful schools

The parents of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse opened up astir their last tragic moments with the teenager, who died aft eating a baguette sandwich purchased from Pret a Manger.

In the summertime of 2016, Natasha, from Fulham, West London, had bought the artichoke, olive and tapenade baguette astatine a Heathrow Airport subdivision of the fashionable lunchtime chain, earlier boarding a level to the French metropolis of Nice. The 15-year-old was gravely allergic to sesame seeds and had nary thought that the sandwich contained them.

As they'd been baked into the bread, the seeds weren't disposable and, moreover, the packaging statement didn't database them arsenic 1 of the ingredients successful the sandwich. At the time, this was not required by instrumentality - a instrumentality that her devoted parents, Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse, would aboriginal combat to change.

Now, Tanya and Nadim person rolled retired a £1m Allergy School, developed successful concern with the King's Foundation charity, successful a bid to amended allergy consciousness successful schools. It's hoped that this caller strategy volition prevention different families from the unimaginable heartache endured by the couple, who were near utterly helpless aft it became evident Natasha couldn't beryllium saved.

After boarding the British Airways flight, Natasha became unwell, and, realising that she'd suffered an allergic reaction, Nadim injected her with 2 EpiPens. Sadly, fixed the severity of Natasha's reaction, the adrenalin shots made nary difference, and the teen suffered aggregate cardiac arrests.

The aviator opted not to marque an exigency landing and alternatively proceeded with the formation for different hr until the level reached its destination. French Paramedics were connected manus to assistance erstwhile they yet landed, continuing to springiness Natasha CPR. By then, however, it was excessively precocious to prevention Natasha, and arsenic she laic dying successful a French infirmary immoderate 800 miles from home, Nadim was forced to marque a devastating telephone to his wife, Tanya.

Tanya had been waiting astatine Stansted airport, preparing to alert implicit to France to beryllium with Natasha, erstwhile she received a telephone from Nadim, letting her cognize their girl wasn't going to marque it. Remembering the telephone 2 years aboriginal during an interrogation with The Guardian, Nadim revealed the words of urgency he'd pressed connected Tanya arsenic the clip drew near: “You’ve got to accidental goodbye to her now. Don’t suffer time. She’s going to dice immoderate minute. Say something. Do it close now. She mightiness perceive it.”

Tanya besides recalled the last words she spoke to her girl from crossed the ocean, sharing: “Tashi, I emotion you truthful much, darling. I’ll beryllium with you soon. I’ll beryllium with you.”

On apical of his overwhelming grief, Nadim was besides wracked with guilt implicit Natasha's death, telling the publication: “Because I emotion my girl – I truly emotion my daughter, successful a mode that’s similar 1 flesh. As a parent, I would dice a 1000 times, crucified, for her to live. I spent 15 years nurturing the astir precious happening successful my full life. As a quality being, there’s thing much important than that. In that moment, however could it beryllium that I failed her? I volition unrecorded with that until I die.”

During the 2018 inquest into Natasha's death, a coroner concluded that Pret a Manger's allergy labelling had been inadequate. In October 2021, successful airy of Natasha's shocking death, 'Natasha's Law' was introduced, which present requires each nutrient outlets to springiness a afloat database of ingredients and allergy labelling connected pre-packaged nutrient items intended for nonstop sale.

Speaking with BBC Breakfast aft the instrumentality was rolled out, Tanya remarked that Natasha would person been "very proud" of the caller regulations. She continued: "Today we truly consciousness similar we've achieved it and it feels truly special."

In a connection of enactment fixed pursuing the instauration of the caller Allergy School scheme, King Charles II said: "Improving knowing of this contented is truthful important for keeping children with nutrient allergies harmless and ensuring they are capable to enactment afloat successful activities astatine schoolhouse oregon successful our wider communities.

"I americium peculiarly heartened that my King's Foundation has been intimately progressive with the project, helping each of america to go much alert of the galore ways we tin enactment 1 another."

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