During a frank discussion with Ruth Langsford on Loose Women, the pair discussed whether terror safety procedures (just like fire drills) should be in place in schools in case of a terror attacks, following how a French school has been preparing their pupils for such events due to recent attacks in Paris and Cannes that shattered so many lives.
The Loose Women panel were all in agreement that the issue of potential threat to children while they’re away from home, in other people’s care, needs to be addressed – regardless of the fact that such drills could instil fear in young children.
Lisa Riley, also admitted that she felt that the same procedures need to be in place in workplaces across the country.
The actress spoke about the terrifying moment she was caught up in the 1996 Manchester IRA bombings, which left 212 people injured and caused great destruction all over the city.
Lisa revealed that she was working in the city centre at the Disney Store at the time: "I was in my teens, I was going to work as you do.
"I was at work at the Disney shop which is right in the centre of Manchester. I was going about my own daily routine. I got there and all of a sudden it was evacuation. I can say I was involved in pandemonium.
"My thing was there was absolutely no leadership, it was just a mass cacophony of sound. Then with the police who pushed us in the wrong direction. That was just insane."
Lisa, who decided never to return to work at the store, also admitted that the terror attack still causes her to worry about security measures on planes, large venues and in the workplaces even now:
“I was a teenager and it did affect me a lot."
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