#474 AFOA 2026 Conference Live: Resilience After Trauma with Matt Bourner
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In this episode, Pete Wakefield interviews Matt Bourner about his extraordinary story of resilience after a traumatic motorcycle accident.
Welcome to Episode 2 of our special mini-series recorded at the Airport Fire Officers Association (AFOA) Conference 2026, where we are sharing some of the most powerful presentations and conversations from across the aviation fire and rescue sector. In this episode, I sit down with Matt Bourner from Manchester Airport Fire Service to hear an extraordinary story of resilience after trauma. Following a devastating motorcycle collision in 2019, Matt lost part of his leg and was initially t...
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