Manchester Arena bomb hero says response was all wrong
"It seemed to last forever" waiting for help to come for John Atkinson, bomb survivor Ron Blake, pictured, saysA man who fought to save a victim of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing has said "big mistakes" were made on the night of the blast.
Mr Atkinson, 28, was not seen by paramedics for 47 minutes, which Mr Blake said "seemed to last forever"." survival chance had he been treated more quickly.The second of three official reports will be published on Thursday. It will consider whether two of the victims, including Mr Atkinson, might have survived had the emergency services responded more quickly.
He called 999 less than a minute after the explosion and, despite being injured himself and having no first aid training, tended to Mr Atkinson after seeing he was losing a lot of blood.
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