Louis at the NHS Heroes Awards

Freya Lewis broke down in tears as she was praised by Louis Tomlinson for her epic fundraising efforts at the NHS Heroes Awards tonight.

The Manchester bombing survivor was presented with The Young Fundraiser Award by the former One Direction star after raising £27,000 for the hospital that saved her life.

Almost a year ago Freya, 15, was unconscious in hospital, fighting for her life.

She had been at the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena last May 22 when a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured 59.

Freya suffered multiple fractures from shrapnel and the blast killed one of her best friends, Nell Jones, 14.

She had multiple operations and was at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital for five weeks.

Doctors feared she may never walk again. But after three months in a wheelchair, she was back on her feet.

Freya has now raised £27,000 for the hospital and next weekend does the Great Manchester Run.

Louis: “I just wanna say…I think you are absolutely incredible, honestly. The VT was really really moving, but I think what’s remarkable at such young age is your strength. And, you know, to go through such tragedy and to raise that amount of money it’s amazing. So, you really touched me with that story and yeah, I just wanna give you another hug.”

Interestingly, during his performance on 30th August, 2017, Harry dedicated his song "Sign of the Times" to Freya. After the show, he headed backstage to meet her.