British woman who lost leg in New York taxi crash recalls moment cab hurtled towards her Sian Green was on holiday at the time of the accident Describing the accident, Miss Green said: "I remember the car coming towards me and then blacking out and then I remember waking up on the floor. I didn't feel my legs at first because I was in shock, but then the pain came. I was helped immediately. As soon as I opened my eyes there were people there. Having returned to the UK recently, Miss Green, who was sporting a high heel on her right foot during the interview, hopes to be fitted with an artificial leg within months. "I'll get a prosthetic in 6-8 weeks and I'll learn how to walk on that," she said. I'll go back to uni in a few weeks and hopefully after Christmas I'll want to go back to work. Asked whether she wanted to learn how to walk in high heels, she said: "Yes, the other leg has got one [a high heel] now. Yes, I have to have a heel. Miss Green, of Leicester, was struck by Faysal Kabir Mohammad Himon - who was not licensed to drive the cab he was using. The cab driver accepted a 30-day license suspension after the wreck, but says the crash was not his fault. An angry bike messenger banged on his car, he told authorities, which startled him into hitting his gas pedal and running up on the curb. The car mounted the pavement before careering into Miss Green - who was walking with her friend Keshia Warren. Dozens of passersby promptly came to the woman's aid including Mohamed Elsayed, a 34-year-old food seller on the same square, who rushed over with a cooler full of ice with which to pack the woman's severed left leg. The woman was also assisted by Dr Mehmet Oz, a well-known American television medic, who happened to be in the area.