“We let the families and the public down in their time of need.” Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Services and Police and the North West Ambulance Service have apologised following a report into Manchester Arena bombing. JackieLongc4 reports.
In Manchester, people are trying to make sense of a devasating report into how the emergency services responded on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing .
The report found the emergency services made mistake after mistake and that one of the victims, John Atkinson, might have survived if police, ambulance and fire services had responded properly.It took over two hours for the fire service to arrive on the scene, and the two most senior police commanders on the night “made no effective contribution”.
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