Businessman Jonathan Hayes was stabbed in the leg while trying to protect children in the attack.
A man who was stabbed as he tried to stop a knife attack in which three young girls died told the BBC he was "saddened" he could not have done more to protect them.
From his hospital bed, he told the BBC he did not see himself as a hero, as some press reports were portraying him.Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar diedEight children, Mr Hayes and one other adult were also injured, with several in critical condition.As he tried to step in to save children, he came under attack himself.
Mr Hayes said he had been “overwhelmed by the number of well wishes I have received”, many from complete strangers, and that he wanted to thank everyone who had reached out.
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