I had seconds to tell my sister goodbye on harrowing call after Pret sandwich killed her – I cried for hours on my own
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A HEARTBROKEN brother had just seconds to tell his sister goodbye during a harrowing call after she ate a Pret sandwich. Natasha Ednan-Laperouse was just 15 years old when sesame seeds baked into a baguette from the restaurant giant sent her into anaphylactic shock and killed her.
![[Natasha Ednan-Laperouse and her brother Alex]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/natasha-ednan-laperouse-brother-alex-683555858.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The teen from Fulham, west London, ate the Pret A Manger artichoke, olive and tapenade sandwich she bought at Heathrow Airport not knowing it contained sesame. She died of anaphylaxis after collapsing on board a flight to Nice, France, on July 17, 2016.
![[Alex was 13 years old when Natasha died]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/undated-family-handout-photo-natasha-437653022.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Her brother, who was 13 at the time of the tragedy, has since recalled his last seconds with Natasha. Alex Ednan-Laperouse, now 21, received a call from his dad telling him to say goodbye to Natasha who at this point was in a French hospital. The politics and philosophy uni student told The Times: "It was so unexpected, because I was so adamant that she would survive and would be OK.
![[The teen passed away after eating a Pret A Manger baguette on a flight to Nice, France]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/NINTCHDBPICT000437652879.jpg?strip=all&w=689)
“I remember having very little time, saying, ‘I love you, Tash. You’ve been an amazing sister to me. Thank you so much for everything'. “And the phone call ended and I ran upstairs into a room by myself, and I just cried. I cried for hours.”. Natasha had dealt with allergic reactions prior to her death - but sadly couldn't get the medical care she needed thousands of feet up in the air.
![[Tanya and Nadim fought to change the law after their daughter died]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/NINTCHDBPICT000629300819.jpg?strip=all&w=741)
