Teen returning to Manchester to see Ariana Grande after last week's bomb attack
'I'm supportive of her going again - even though there is trepidation given what happened last time round'.
Father David Wright is taking his 14-year-old daughter Zinni to Manchester tomorrow to the Ariana Grande's memorial concert.
It comes less than two weeks after Zinni and her friend were at the American popstar's concert at the Manchester Arena.
Zinni was heading to the exit where Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of the concert. She was then directed away after it exploded
Finding another exit, she fled the arena where she met her 51-year-old father, who quickly took them back to her car half a mile away.
They then drove away, only discovering the full extent of the incident when returning home to Lichfield.
Tomorrow, Zini and her friend will be taken again to Manchester for the Manchester One Love concert.
Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Take That and Miley Cyrus will join Grande on stage for the concert, which is to raise money for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.
Mr Wright said: "Zinni said to us she would like to go to another concert despite what had happened. And when this came up, she asked to go again with her friend."
He added: "She worries about the 'what if' scenario, but by going and nothing hopefully happening, she can then realise it was a big one-off.
"It is a healing process, for her and for everyone going.
"We didn't want it to be her final concert."
The family live in Victoria Gardens in Lichfield. Both Mr Wright's wife Helen and his other daughter Saskia, 18, will join the trio in the car up to Manchester.
Mr Wright, a landscape gardener, had driven Zinni and her friend up to the gig on May 22.
He dropped them off before the concert and then arranged to meet them at a ramp connecting the arena with Manchester Victoria railway station afterwards.
But as Mr Wright began walking back to the arena he heard the explosion.
He said: "I was in the grounds of the cathedral when I heard the explosion, and I thought please don't let that be what I thought it sounded like.
"I could feel the shock waves was the bang."
He added: "I saw people streaming out and then I got closer and I saw people with blood coming from their heads.
"It was then I realised something serious had happened, then I called up Zinni. She answered and we met up before getting back to the car as quickly as possible, I was just concerned for their safety."
Tickets for the event were snapped up in less than 20 minutes.
