To mark the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, TV star Richard Hammond has spoken with ITV Calendar's Gaynor Barnes about how the charity saved his life after he crashed a car while travelling at 300mph.
TV presenter Richard Hammond has paid tribute to Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) and thanked them for saving his life following a horrific accident in 2006.
An emotional Hammond told ITV Calendar of his gratitude - thankful that YAA's work has allowed him to see his daughters grow up.
"For a lot of years, especially the first two, there wasn't a day, sometimes there wasn't an hour that went past without my thinking about it. I wouldn't have seen them grow up into the young ladies they are and looking forward to seeing them go on. One has just gone to big school and another has just finished school this year. All those milestones, I wouldn't have been there for."
Hammond, 45, was driving a jet-powered car at RAF Elvington in York in September 2006 when he careered off course and crashed.
Yorkshire Air Ambulance airlifted him within an hour - dubbed the vital time by medics to boost life saving chances - of the incident and flew him to Leeds General Infirmary.
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