EXCLUSIVE Inside Alton Towers amputee Leah Washington's tearful wedding: See more than 30 exclusive photos, as she tells how she didn't believe now-husband Joe would stick around...
after their love began when they suffered horrific injuries in crash There were tears all round at Leah Washington's wedding to Joe Pugh, who was sitting next to her when she lost her leg in a rollercoaster accident She tells the Mail about that day: 'I looked down at my thigh and my leg seemed to be all bunched up. I asked Joe to ring an ambulance but he couldn't. Two of his fingers were hanging off.
' By Frances Hardy Published: 01:39, 27 May 2024 | Updated: 10:05, 27 May 2024 e-mail 28 shares 38 View comments There is something endearing about Leah Washington's quiet defiance. At first, she thought she would choose a wedding dress that disguised her prosthetic leg. 'I wanted to cover it up and look normal,' is how she phrases it.
'Then I tried The Dress on and thought, 'I don't care!' Everyone at the wedding knows I'm an amputee so why hide it? 'You could see the outline of my prosthetic leg and a slight ruck at the side. And then I wore a white mini dress for the evening. I wanted to be able to dance and say, 'This is me!' It was a beautiful cream confection: a corset top studded with seed pearls and a figure-hugging skirt.
'It also had an A-line overskirt so if I'd wanted to cover up my leg I could have. But why would I do that?' she asks. On Saturday Leah, 26 and Joe Pugh, 27, her boyfriend o.
