A Brisbane man has had to make the devastating call to his friend’s parents and tell them their son had lost his leg, moments after delivering the traumatising news to his mate.
Australian James Bailey was standing in a Thai hospital, a third-world medical centre where he had seen nurses playing with a kitten in the ICU, when he reached out and took the hand of his close friend Harry Cross.
He told Mr Cross not to speak, knowing it would only cause him further pain, before carefully choosing his next words.
"I said, 'do you know you've been in a crash?' I felt a squeeze. Then I said, 'do you know you've lost your leg' and I got a squeeze. I don't think I've done anything harder in my life," he told Nine.com.au.
"I was even the one who had to make the call to his family. You can imagine how difficult that was. It's something I never want to do again."
Mr Bailey had known the 29-year-old since October when the athletic young British backpacker showed up at a pizza shop owned by Mr Bailey’s wife.
It was Mr Cross' first night in Thailand, and the pair soon became firm friends.
Mr Bailey was the first person to arrive at the hospital. The first person Mr Cross called after the accident..............
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