London (CNN) A young Manchester man who made headlines in December as the "son of the year" has been named as one of the victims from Monday night's terror attack in Manchester.

Martyn Hett, from the Stockport suburb, gained international attention last year after a social media campaign to save his mother's knitting career went viral.

Dubbed the "son of the year" by Buzzfeed and the Today Show, Hett took to Twitter after his mother told him she was struggling to make any sales at a Christmas craft fair.

My mum has set up her own stall at a craft fair and has messaged me to say she hasn't sold anything yet and my heart is breaking pic.twitter.com/cdzHn77pM5 — Martyn (@martynhett) November 26, 2016

"My mum has set up her own stall at a craft fair and has messaged me to say she hasn't sold anything yet and my heart is breaking," Hett tweeted on November 26, sharing a photo of his mother's stall of holiday-themed heart ornaments and teddy bears.

Hett later told the Metro newspaper that his mum, Figen Murray, a life coach and lifelong knitting enthusiast from Manchester, England, sews for "therapeutic reasons."

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