The Manchester Arena Inquiry: the victims who could have survived
A new report from the Manchester Arena Inquiry has concluded that emergency services made mistakes, and that had they been avoided, at least one life could have been saved.
A highly critical report on the response of the emergency services after the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017 says at least one of the 22 people who were killed would probably have survived, if help had arrived sooner. The report said communication between fire, police and ambulance services was virtually non-existent. A care worker - John Atkinson, who was 28 - was six metres away from the explosion which went off at the end of an Ariana Grande concert. His family said he was 'totally failed at every stage'. For months the chairman of the inquiry, Sir John Saunders has been gathering testimony from victims and their families about the response of emergency services. For 5 Minutes On, the 麻豆社's North of England Correspondent Judith Moritz explains why the latest report is so important for victims and the emergency services, and how victims think things could have been different.
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