A fundraising page has been set up to support a 'hero' dance teacher who 'locked children in the toilets' to protect them during the Southport stabbings. Heidi Liddle was involved in the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class on Hart Street on Monday, July 29, the Liverpool Echo reports. She was said to have 'ushered many children out of the building for safety' and locked others in the toilets to keep them safe.
She was 'physically unhurt' during the incident but 'emotional and mental distress of this day will never disappear'. Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were all tragically killed in the attack. READ NEXT: 'A man came to my door and made me an offer.
It left me crying on my doorstep' Eight other children and two adults were also injured. Police said the other children injured in the attack have all since been discharged from hospital and recovering at home. In a verified GoFundMe page, Heidi's friend Amanda Reid described her as a 'hero'.
She said: "I am reaching out to raise funds for my beautiful friend Heidi, who, on the 29th July was the dance teacher involved in the tragic attack in Southport. "She showed incredible bravery by ushering many children out of the building to safety and even locked children in the toilet to keep them safe. Although she may not agree, she is a hero.
Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, tragically died after a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed d.