The family of a 23-year-old from Liverpool spoke of the heartbreaking moment his son lay on his chest when his life support was turned off.
Dad-of-one Tom Lewis, from Wavertree, died despite having his leg amputated as surgeons battled to save him after a stabbing in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire where he lived. After two men were cleared of murder charges, his mum and siblings told the ECHO about the energetic young man and the holes left behind by his death.
Tom was an "animal lover" who once came home with a rescued seagull biting his finger before calling the RSPCA to pick it up. For a while, a chicken lived in a pen at the end of his bed, pecking his feet as he slept. Before he died, he considered moving back to Liverpool and returning to college to pursue his dream of working with animals.
