'If I close my eyes, it's as if he is chasing me': Schoolgirl who was just five yards from the Manchester terror attacker when he detonated his suicide bomb and was pictured limping away covered in blood says his face still haunts her Eve Senior, 16, spent ten nights in hospital after suffering 18 shrapnel wound Attack by Salman Abedi also left her with a severed nerve in her leg and burns She was photographed being helped away from scene with jeans ripped apart Schoolgirl still feels Abedi, 22, is watching her in her room when she sleepsBy Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 07:18 BST, 17 May 2019 | Updated: 07:18 BST, 17 May 2019 Viewcomments A 16-year-old girl who was just five yards away from the Manchester Arena attacker when he detonated his bomb has revealed she still has nightmares about the blast. Eve Senior spent ten nights in hospital after suffering 18 shrapnel wounds, a severed nerve in her leg and burns in the attack by Salman Abedi, 22, that killed 22 people. The schoolgirl from Queensbury, West Yorkshire, became the face of the attack in May 2017 after being photographed limping away from the scene covered in blood. Eve Senior, a schoolgirl from West Yorkshire, became the face of the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017 after being photographed limping away from the scene covered in blood Eve (left, in August 2017) feels attacker Salman Abedi (right), 22, is watching her in her room Now, two years after Eve was helped away barefoot with her jeans ripped apart, she has spoken of how she feels Abedi is watching her in her room when she sleeps. She told the Daily Mirror: 'I just remember his face. He didn't look at me, he was just looking straight forward. He walked past, then it was literally two seconds.' Eve said she began to have nightmares about Abedi from the second day in hospital, including 'dreams where he's hurting me, or sometimes he's watching me'. She added: 'I have this same dream where he does watch me. I had it in hospital, he came into the hospital room. I've had it at home also – he comes into my bedroom. 'Sometimes if I close my eyes just before I sleep, it's as if he is chasing me. I never see his body, it's his head, his face and his hair.' Eve's mother Natalie also spent ten nights in hospital after the explosion at the concert In December 2017, Eve defied the odds to perform in her dance school's Christmas show Eve's mother Natalie also spent ten nights in hospital after the explosion at the Ariana Grande concert, although her younger sister Emilia was not badly hurt. Eve began her GCSEs this week and wants to be a paediatric nurse after taking inspiration from those who helped her in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. She has previously spoken about this desire to go into nursing, saying: 'Before Manchester I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grow up. 'But staying in hospital and seeing what the nurses do and how good they are - when I'm older I want to be a nurse.' Eve is pictured with her mother Natalie and father Andrew, three months after the blast In December 2017, Eve defied the odds to perform in her dance school's Christmas show after battling through three operations. She said at the time: 'I can't dance the same as I used to and I won't for quite a long time, but I just thought, no, it will be possible. I wasn't going to sit and watch.' A report found in March 2018 that some victims were forced to wait two hours for help from firemen after 'riskaverse' bosses kept them away. As ambulances flooded to the scene, fire chiefs moved officers to a station three miles away because they feared a marauding terrorist was still on the loose. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility