An SAS: Who Dares Wins star who heard his wife being knifed to death has married his new love.
Danny Cross was devastated when wife Nicola, 37, was savagely killed protecting their children after an intruder broke into their home in 2015.
Now Cross, 43, has found love with new wife Alex Wells and described her as his “gift from heaven” for helping him after the heartbreak
The pair have also started a family together after their baby girl was born in July.
The SAS: Who Dares Wins star was forced to listen on the phone as Nicola was murdered by schizophrenic Marcin Porczynski as she protected her kids.
Now an IT specialist, Cross revealed the heartache he endured and new love in podcast Anything Goes With James English.
The dad-of-three said: “It is six years since we lost Nicola. It's been difficult but at the moment life is good. I've just had a baby. None of this was ever the plan but that's part of life - and you have to somehow try your best.”
He spoke about his new wife, saying: “When we first met she had just taken a new job to do child mental health. It was like a gift from heaven, I couldn't have asked for anyone better to be involved with.
“She wasn't one of the professional people put in to help us, but she's helped us probably more than she will ever realise.”
In the podcast, he also spoke about the night he heard Nicola being murdered in 2015.
Cross was 200 miles at the time but heard the horrific sound of her being murdered down the phone while sitting in a hotel room
While she was on the phone he broke through the back door,
Cross said: “Instantly I screamed and leapt out of the bed because I knew someone was in there.
“I grabbed the hotel phone and dialled 999 but it didn't work. So, I tried again and got through to the local police and I could hear Nicky on the phone with some screams. She was pushing, struggling, that kind of stuff.
"I could hear what was going on which was horrendous. There were so many thoughts going on in my mind at the time. I think deep down, I knew something awful would have happened just because of the nature of the screams on the phone. I assumed Nicky was dead and thought the kids were next and I just lost control.
“I remember screaming down the phone to this poor 999 operator that she was going to be responsible if anything happened to my kids because she didn't act quick enough.
“It wasn't her fault but as soon as I put the phone down to her, I kept the line open to Nick, just talking to her. I said 'stay with me' and 'I know you can hear me, just please don't go don't leave me.' I couldn't get up off the floor.
“My legs had gone completely numb. I was just dragging myself up to the bed trying to make my legs work and I remember just hitting my legs with fists trying to get some feeling into them so I could get up and go downstairs to reception and start seeing what was going on.
“Eventually I just sat down in the hotel reception shaking. I couldn't control my arms. I was still talking to Nicola on the phone then all of a sudden, I heard children crying on the phone so I knew my children were alive at least.
"But I could hear them saying mummy wake up. I heard the paramedics arrive with the police and that's when I cut the line off, I didn't want to listen anymore.”
Porczynski admitted killing Nicola on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was detained for an indefinite period at a secure psychiatric unit.
Cross told BBC Three Counties Radio: "I'm engaged to Alex. She's a remarkable woman. We're moving forward and hopefully going to get married next year. The children are really happy."
He worked with ex-Special Forces hardmen Jason Fox and Ant Middleton and spoke about the harrowing night he lost Nicola .
The star later set up the charity StrongMen which helps others who have been impacted by crime.
It arranges weekend retreats for bereaved men to do outdoor activities and speak to others affected by grief.
