A Scots mum is bursting with pride over a Rangers memorial slab for her tragic teen daughter who died at work.
Lauren Reid was just 19-years-old when she suffered a huge asthma attack at work and went into cardiac arrest.
The chef, who was a massive Rangers fan, had been on shift at Glasgow 's Gin71 last year when the tragedy struck.
Now her mum Elaine believes her daughter has finally returned to ‘her favourite place forever’ thanks to the emotional Ibrox tribute.
The emotional 45-year-old ‘left her tears’ on the slab which reads ‘Lauren Reid Rangers Always and Forever’ and stands at the Broomloan walkway for all to see.
Elaine said: “I was filled with pride when I saw it.
“The slab was ordered around the time Lauren left us so with lockdown this is how long it has taken.
“Seeing Lauren’s name written on the Broomloan walkway forever makes me feel like she's back at her favourite place again forever.
“Her season ticket was there so it is a beautiful please to remember lauren forever
“I was bent over and left my tears on it as I was leaving.”
We previously told how Elaine’s campaign in memory of Lauren is to be debated at Westminster after receiving global support.
The brave mum is determined to fight for life-saving inhalers added to first aid kits in kitchens to protect others in the industry.
Now a petition by the national chefs’ union, driven by Elaine’s bid to implement “Lauren’s Law,” has raced past 100,000 signatures and paved the way for a debate in the UK Parliament.
Elaine said: “I don’t know where I got the fight to do this. But I’ve done it and I’m so proud.
“I believe my wee girl’s name is going to help save lives all over the world.”
Elaine was forced to make the painful decision to turn her daughter's life-support machines off in February 2020, four days after the attack, and she doesn't want anyone else to have to go through similar anguish.
She told the Daily Record: “Lauren was my best friend, I feel such an ache now she is gone.
“If inhalers had been in her work she could have survived and still be here with me.
“Lauren struggled with her asthma since she was just a baby so she always had her inhaler with her, she even slept with it.
“But this one day she didn’t have it and she suffered a massive asthma attack and we lost her.
“I want my girl to save other lives now with Lauren’s Law that will make inhalers available in work environments.
“I break my heart and cry just looking at a picture of her face, and I don’t want anyone else to go through that.”
