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Daily Mail
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Piers Morgan's ex wife was left fighting for her life after freak accident, before 'minor miracle'
Piers Morgan 's ex-wife was left fighting for her life with 'little hope' after a freak accident - but has now recovered following a 'minor miracle'. Mr Morgan was married to Marion Shalloe between 1991 and 2008 and they share three children together - Albert, Stanley, and Spencer. But their eldest son, Spencer, has now shared the harrowing story behind his mother's ordeal explaining it began several months ago. In a post uploaded to Instagram, Ms Shalloe could be seen wearing a green dress standing in the middle of two of her children, Spencer and Bertie, in a hospital ward. Spencer wrote: 'Seven months ago our mum was involved in a freak accident which left her fighting for her life… 'We were told on more than one occasion that there was little hope if any but against all odds she hung on in there and thanks to the two heroic surgeons in the third pic and countless others at @chelwestft she left hospital today after 218 days on the ward.' The relieved son continued: 'The staff labelled her a minor miracle but they are the miracle workers. My family are eternally grateful for their incredible work. Never give up.' Spencer did not specify what had happened, but shared a number of images taken inside and in front of the hospital. In one video, hospital staff can be seen cheering as Ms Shalloe walks out of the ward with a crutch. Beneath Spencer's post, Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid wrote: 'The best news,' followed by a heart emoji. And Loose Women's Jane Moore said: 'She's a tough bird.' Several other famous faces also shared their joy at the good news. Fans in the comments joined in, with one writing: 'The dancing nurse made me emotional. She must really enjoy her job and surely loved looking after your mother. Bless your mum and all who looked after her at the hospital.' A second wrote: 'Gosh so happy your mum is okay. Chelsea & Westminster saved my life too, they're earth angels.' A third person added: 'I'm so happy to see dearest Marion finally walking out of there. My love to all of you and big love for Mazza, who is truly one incredible lady!!' Someone else chimed in: 'Absolutely fantastic news. well done to you all for not giving up. Xx' Ms Shalloe had been working as a hospital ward nurse herself when she married Mr Morgan in 1991. The journalist and media personality is now married to Celia Walden - a journalist and novelist - and has been since 2010. Their daughter, Elise, was born in 2011.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Doctor at center of Pope Leo's first miracle releases stunning statement
The doctor at the heart of Pope Leo XIV's first officially recognized miracle has broken his silence. Dr. Juan Sánchez-Esteban released a remarkable statement after the Vatican attributed the inexplicable 2007 recovery of a newborn in Rhode Island to divine intervention. The Spanish-born physician made a desperate prayer while at Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket where an infant, Tyquan Hall, was being treated after being declared dead According to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the baby was born in critical condition after emergency labor was induced due to an alarmingly low fetal heart rate. Following delivery, the infant failed to respond to standard neonatal resuscitation efforts. After nearly an hour of interventions, his heart had stopped completely. It was in that desperate moment Sánchez-Esteban turned not to medicine, but to his faith. In a carefully worded statement to the doctor avoided any direct mention of the child or the miracle, but its timing and reverent tone speak volumes. 'As a physician, I have the privilege of witnessing both the fragility and the incredible resilience of life,' Sánchez-Esteban said on Saturday in a written statement. 'While I cannot speak about any individual patient due to HIPAA privacy laws, I understand that a recent recognition by the Vatican has brought comfort and meaning to many. 'At Care New England and Women & Infants Hospital, we are honored to be part of the stories that inspire hope,' the doctor continued, 'and we remain committed to providing care grounded in compassion, excellence, and respect for every individual and their beliefs.' The remarks came just hours after the Vatican confirmed it had officially authenticated its first miracle under Pope Leo XIV - and also the first miracle ever formally recognized in the state of Rhode Island. 'We are thrilled that this recognition will move the cause of beatification and canonization forward for Venerable Servant of God Salvador Valera Parra,' said Rev. Timothy Reilly of the Diocese of Providence, calling the papal pronouncement a blessing for Rhode Island and beyond. The newly canonized event is also being referred to by some as the Miracle at Memorial Hospital. 'The cool thing is, the more you think about the miracle itself, Father Valera lived in the 19th century. He never came to the US. Never came to Rhode Island,' Rev. Reilly noted. 'And yet… the doctor called out and called upon his name… he decided to intervene. This is a blessing not just for Rhode Island, but for the Church,' said Rev. Reilly added. 'This recognition moves Fr. Valera closer to sainthood and reminds us that miracles are not relics of the past.' In an interview with Spanish Catholic outlet Vida Nueva, the doctor recalled whispering a childhood prayer from his hometown in southern Spain: 'Fr. Valera, I have done everything I can. Now it's your turn.' The 'Fr. Valera' he invoked was Salvador Valera Parra, a 19th-century Spanish priest from Huércal-Overa who had never been to the United States, let alone Rhode Island. Known in Andalusia for his work with the sick during a devastating cholera epidemic, Valera had never had a miracle attributed to him - until now. Within minutes of the prayer, a nurse reported that the baby's heart had inexplicably begun to beat again. The Vatican noted that the child, who had been transferred to Women & Infants Hospital with brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation, began to show unexpected signs of neurological recovery. Within 15 days, doctors noted a sharp turnaround. The baby began breathing independently and over time, developed normally. Today, Tyquan Hall is reportedly living a full life, playing sports, and showing no signs of the catastrophic brain injury that doctors had once feared would leave him permanently disabled. He spoke at 18 months, walked at two years, and shows no sign of impairment - a living testament, the Vatican says, to the power of faith. The miracle is the first ever declared under Pope Leo XIV - born Robert Prevost in Chicago - and the first ever to occur in Rhode Island, a state with deep Catholic roots but no previously confirmed Vatican-approved 'act of God'-like events. In a decree issued on June 20, the Vatican also recognized 174 new martyrs, many killed under 20th-century authoritarian regimes, alongside Tyquan's healing, reports The declaration may also help fast-track the sainthood of Valera Parra, who now requires only one more authenticated miracle to be canonized. Ironically, while Valera's name soars toward sainthood, the place where his miracle occurred lies in ruins. Memorial Hospital, once a cornerstone of Rhode Island healthcare, shut its doors in 2018 amid financial turmoil. Born Robert Prevost in Chicago, Leo, 69, was elected pope on May 8, following the death of Pope Francis. A former missionary in Peru, he later oversaw the Vatican's powerful office of bishops before ascending to the papacy. For Pope Leo XIV, a tennis-playing, Wordle-solving former missionary known for his intellectual warmth and Midwestern charm, the miracle signals a papacy eager to modernize the process of canonization without diluting its sanctity. Alongside Valera, the pope is also championing the cause of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Millennial tech whiz who died in 2007 and whose incorrupt body now lies in a glass tomb in Assisi. Carlos, known for creating a website cataloging Eucharistic miracles, is on track to become the first Millennial saint. If canonized, Acutis would become the first saint of the digital age.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
'Miracle' British sole survivor of Air India crash is haunted by nightmares of the tragedy which killed 242 others and keeps 'seeing everyone die' in his dreams, family says
The British sole survivor of the horrific Air India crash is haunted by nightmares where he sees 'everyone die', his family have said. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, who was sitting in seat 11A, walked away with only cuts to his face and some chest injuries. He has been honoured as the 'miracle man', 'God's child', and a 'symbol of hope' by Indian media, and locals call him 'the man who cannot be killed'. But he is wracked with guilt as he faces the reality of being the only person out of 242 passengers and crew to survive the crash as the jetliner slammed into the ground and burst into flames. He struggles to sleep at night, according to a member of his extended family, Krunal Keshave, 24, from Leicester. 'He sleeps but doesn't sleep properly. When he sleeps, he dreams he is on the flight. He remembers seeing everyone die in front of his eyes.' The miracle survivor previously said he feels 'terrible' he could not save his brother Ajay, 35, and feels tormented with guilt over his death. The pair ran a fishing business in Diu, India and would live there during the fishing season - which begins in September and ends in May - then would return to Leicester for the off-season. 'He sees him speaks but he doesn't speak about the crash. He is currently trying to have a normal life, but he is not going out too much. He is spending time at home with the family. He was living in the house in Diu with his brother before the crash,' Krunal told The Sunday Times. Another relative said: 'He feels guilty that he is the only one to have lived when everybody else, including his brother, died. It's a lot to live with.' The 40-year-old told The Sun: 'It's a miracle I survived. I am OK physically but I feel terrible that I could not save Ajay.' Vishwash had tried to book two seats next to each other on flight AI171, which crashed into a densely populated part of the city of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff. But by the time he came to make the reservation, he was forced to pick two seats apart from each other in row 11. Vishwash said: 'If we had been sat together we both might have survived. 'I tried to get two seats together but someone had already got one. Me and Ajay would have been sitting together. 'But I lost my brother in front of my eyes. So now I am constantly thinking 'Why can't I save my brother?' Vishwash carried his brother's coffin at a ceremony in Gujarat last month. He was later seen crying in anguish and had to be taken away. He was sitting next to one of the plane's emergency exits, was able to crawl through a hole in the twisted fuselage of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Footage exclusively obtained by MailOnline showed Vishwash tried going back to the site of the inferno to save his brother. Vishwash told the first emergency service worker on site: 'My family member is in there, my brother and he's burning to death. I have to save him.' Emergency worker Satinder Singh Sandhu said: 'I walked nearer to Mr Ramesh, grabbed him by the arm and led him away to a waiting ambulance. 'I had no idea that he was a passenger on the plane and thought he was a resident of the hostel or a passer-by. 'He was very disoriented and shocked and was limping. There was also blood on his face, but he was able to speak. 'He told the paramedics that he was flying to London when the plane fell and that he wanted to go back to save his family.' Shortly after the tragic crash he told Indian media: 'I thought I would die. Everything happened in front of my eyes,' 'I don't know how I came out of it alive. I saw people dying in front of my eyes.' The crash was one of the deadliest plane accidents in terms of the number of British nationals killed. The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board, 52 of whom were British. Investigations into the Air India plane crash are looking into the captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, who remained calm as the first officer Clive Kunder, 32, panicked about the fuel supply to the engines being cut off. A black-box recording of their conversation suggests that it was Sabharwal who turned off the switches, according to sources close to the US side of the probe. The Wall Street Journal reports that US pilots who have reviewed the Indian investigation believe first officer Clive Kunder, who was flying the aircraft, would probably have had his hands full trying to keep the Boeing Dreamliner steady. That responsibility would have left the captain, who was acting as the monitoring pilot, free to oversee the operation and possibly make adjustments. According to the official report, two crucial switches were flipped off one after the other, exactly a second apart. Ten seconds later, both switches were turned back on. In a preliminary summary of the exchange between pilots one asked the other why he moved the switches, while the other denied doing so. Air India said it 'stands in solidarity with the families and those affected by the AI 171 accident'. A spokesman said: 'We continue to fully co-operate with the AAIB and other authorities as their investigation progresses.'
Times
2 days ago
- General
- Times
Air India crash survivor still dreams of his ordeal in seat 11A
When one passenger emerged from the flames of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last month, it was hailed as a miracle. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who was sitting in seat 11A, suffered only cuts to his face and some chest injuries, but his biggest battle has been accepting that he is the only person out of 242 passengers and crew to survive, his family said last week. 'He can't sleep at night,' said Krunal Keshave, 24, from Leicester, a member of the extended family who describes Kumar Ramesh as his 'uncle'. 'He sleeps but doesn't sleep properly. When he sleeps, he dreams he is on the flight. He remembers seeing everyone die in front of his eyes.' He said Kumar Ramesh has chosen to remain in India to recuperate in Bucharwada village in Diu, on the coast of the western state of Gujarat, rather than returning to his home in London or to his family's home in Leicester. He has been called the 'miracle man', 'God's child', and a 'symbol of hope' by Indian media, and locals treat him as an object of awe and wonder, describing him in hushed tones as 'the man who cannot be killed'. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner came down less than a minute after take-off, crashing into a hostel building used to accommodate doctors, which killed another 19 people. Kumar Ramesh is dealing not just with the unimaginable events of flight AI 171 on June 12, but also the loss his younger brother, Ajay, 35, who was on the plane, which was heading to Gatwick. 'He sees him [Ajay] everywhere,' said Keshave, who had just returned from Diu. 'He speaks but he doesn't speak about the crash. His wife and his son [who is four] are there with him, supporting him. He is currently trying to have a normal life, but he is not going out too much. He is spending time at home with the family. He was living in the house in Diu with his brother before the crash.' • Air India plane crash survivor: When I opened my eyes I realised I was alive Another relative said: 'He feels guilty that he is the only one to have lived when everybody else, including his brother, died. It's a lot to live with.' Described as stoic, reserved and reliable by those who know him, Kumar Ramesh had been in India visiting relatives in Diu, whilst also taking care of a fishing business he ran with Ajay. Their boats would catch pomfret, mackerel and sardines to sell to local seafood suppliers. For the past three years the brothers would live in India during the fishing season, which begins in September and ends in May, just before the start of the monsoon season. They were returning to the UK last month during the off-season, and had booked a ticket a week before the flight. A 15-page preliminary investigation by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), published earlier this month, revealed confusion in the cockpit between the two pilots, with one asking the other why he had moved the fuel switches, and the other denying having done so. US authorities believe the captain, Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, was responsible for cutting the fuel to the plane's engines shortly after take-off, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Clive Kunder, 32, the co-pilot, was flying the plane, while Sabharwal was monitoring each step. More than 20 bereaved families, whose loved ones were passengers, are now taking legal action against Air India in the High Court to force the release of the pilots' personnel files and other evidence. • Who were the Air India pilots who flew the jet that crashed? A pre-action letter of claim sent by the legal firm, Keystone Law, which specialises in international aviation law, requests 'a copy of all the pilots' occupational records including any health assessment' and 'a copy of your training materials and any disclosure relevant to your assessment of the pilots' competence, health and training'. The letter also asks for 'a copy of all disclosure relating to the throttle control module replacement'. The throttle control module on the aircraft, which contained the fuel switches, was replaced in 2019 and 2023. The switches come with safety mechanisms preventing them being flicked off accidentally. James Healy-Pratt, an aviation law expert and a partner at Keystone Law, said: 'There are two areas of focus: the fuel control switches and their history, and the 26 seconds in the cockpit between lift-off and [the] pilots' mayday, and the potential for the fuel switches having been moved by one of the crew members.' He said the families were also planning to lodge a legal action against Boeing in the US federal courts in Virginia, where Boeing is based, in order to find out more about the fuel switch mechanism. Indian investigators will deliver a more extensive AAIB report on the crash in the next year. Air India said it 'stands in solidarity with the families and those affected by the AI 171 accident'. A spokesman said: 'We continue to fully co-operate with the AAIB and other authorities as their investigation progresses.' Since giving some interviews to Indian media immediately after the crash, Kumar Ramesh has been silent while he recovers. 'I thought I would die. Everything happened in front of my eyes,' he said at the time. 'There was a wall on the opposite side, but near me [the emergency exit]. It was open. I ran. I don't know how. I don't know how I came out of it alive. I saw people dying in front of my eyes.'
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Pope Leo declares his first miracle after claiming divine intervention saved newborn in Rhode Island
Pope Leo XIV has officially declared his first miracle as pontiff, crediting the 2007 recovery of a dying newborn in Rhode Island to divine intervention following a physician's desperate prayer. The Vatican announced this week that the ailing child, Tyquan Hall, who was born prematurely via emergency cesarean section and left with no detectable pulse, made a full recovery after a doctor invoked the name of a long-forgotten 19th-century Spanish priest. The declaration elevates not just a miraculous story of life snatched from the jaws of death but also the potential sainthood of the humble cleric whose name was called in a moment of need. Reverend Timothy Reilly of the Diocese of Providence said: 'We are thrilled that this recognition will move the cause of beatification and canonization forward for Venerable Servant of God Salvador Valera Parra.' The miracle marks the first to be authenticated under Pope Leo XIV and it may set in motion the canonization of Father Valera Parra, a priest who died in Spain in 1889 and had no known miracles to his name, until now. According to the Diocese of Almeria, Dr Juan Sanchez, a Spanish-born physician working in a Rhode Island hospital in 2007, found himself verging on despair. Baby Tyquan had been born in critical condition - pale, turning blue and without a heartbeat, suffering from oxygen deprivation so severe that death, or permanent brain damage, seemed all but certain. With no medical options left, Sanchez offered a prayer, not to a modern saint or well-known figure, but to Valera Parra, the patron of his hometown of Huercal-Overa in southeastern Spain. What happened next, according to hospital staff and the Vatican, was immediate and inexplicable. WJAR-TV reported: 'A few minutes after the faithful prayer, the child's heart began to beat normally without medical intervention.' Doctors braced for the child to have severe neurological damage, but Tyquan defied every expectation. He spoke at 18 months, walked at two years, and today, shows no sign of impairment - a living testament, the Vatican says, to the power of faith. The miracle is especially striking as Valera Parra had never visited the United States, let alone New England. Rev Reilly said: 'The cool thing is, the more you think about the miracle itself, Father Valera lived in the 19th century. He never came to the U.S. Never came to Rhode Island. 'And yet… the doctor called out and called upon his name… he decided to intervene.' Born in 1816 and known as a simple diocesan priest, Valera Parra died in 1889 without fame, controversy, or claims of supernatural gifts. But the miracle attributed to his name now places him squarely on the path to sainthood, requiring only one more confirmed miracle for canonization. The miracle declaration also makes history for Pope Leo XIV, the first American and first Peruvian citizen to lead the Church. Born Robert Prevost in Chicago, Leo, 69, was elected pope on May 8, following the death of Pope Francis. A former missionary in Peru, he later oversaw the Vatican's powerful office of bishops before ascending to the papacy. Known for his calm intellect, deep spirituality, and surprising relatability, Leo is as comfortable quoting Scripture as he is solving Wordle puzzles with his brother back in Illinois. He's also a White Sox fan and has also said he will not not giving up playing tennis anytime soon. This week's announcement also signals Leo XIV's broader vision for sainthood in the modern era. Alongside Valera Parra's miracle, the Vatican is advancing the cause of Carlos Acutis, a British-born Millennial teen who died of leukemia in 2007 and whose body remains incorrupt in a glass tomb in Assisi, Italy. Carlos, known for creating a website cataloging Eucharistic miracles, is on track to become the first Millennial saint.
