She had been beaten unconscious. She was covered in blood. She had this cord wrapped around her neck.

A cord was wrapped around his neck. A metal pipe was used to beat him with. It was a gruesome torture.

She was unconscious when I got to the blood pool,

There were about 13 witnesses who saw her get knocked to the ground and beaten until she was unconscious. No one lifted a finger to help her.

A major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious.

We actually had a barbecue that Sunday, ... I was out in the garden while a lot of the other blokes were inside watching the cricket on TV. Every now and then someone would rush out and shout, 'Another wicket's gone.' I was struck by how weird it all seemed. I really was no longer a Test cricketer. I was just some ordinary guy looking after his barbecue while this momentous battle unfolded at Trent Bridge.