NY Taxi Crash Victim Thanks Strangers For Help

A British tourist who lost a leg when a taxi struck her in Manhattan has thanked the strangers who came to her aid, saying "I wouldn't be sitting here" without their help.

Sian Green, 23, was on holiday in New York when a yellow taxi mounted the pavement and struck her in midtown in August.

A street vendor who gave her ice, a plumber who used his belt to make a tourniquet for Ms Green's leg, and celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz, whose studio is nearby, all rushed to help her.

"There's good people in this world, very good people in this world that I can't thank enough," Ms Green told NBC's Today show.

"They saved my life. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be sitting here right now telling this story."

Passersby help after the accident near Rockefeller Center. Pic: NBC

It was the first time Ms Green had spoken since the accident and her stay at Bellevue Hospital, where doctors amputated part of her left leg.

Ms Green said recording the interview just a block from the site of the accident brought back memories.

"We came here thinking we were just coming on a holiday, and then it's been a whirlwind and it's turned upside down,'" she said.

She recalled "walking, getting a drink, just going to Times Square, walking, having a great time with my best friend and that was it".

When the crash occurred "I couldn't move", she said.

"It was one of those things. If I had gone left, it would have gotten me, if I had gone right, it would've gotten me."

Ms Green was on holiday in New York

Ms Green, who is from Leicester, recalled the pain of calling her mother back in the UK.

"The worst thing that you want to hear is that your daughter's been in an accident so far away from home.

"All those miles away, mum and dad had to get the first flight out, and I could just not imagine what they were going through."

Cab driver Mohammed Fasyal Himon has said he was "very sorry" about the accident and launched a charity fund for Ms Green.

No charges have been filed.

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