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In less than a minute of that explosion, you rang 999, didnt you? yeah. police emergency, hello. yeah, theres been an explosion at manchester arena! john atkinson was the man ron was trying to help. his legs were bleeding heavily. on the way down, i remembered my wife had a belt on, so i asked her to give me the belt. ron tied the belt tightly around johns leg to slow the bleeding. we know you did that for the best part of an hour? yeah. you thought help would be soon? yeah. it just seemed to la...

You can hold your head up high, but to stand there and do nothing all that time, it was embarrassing, shameful. failings by all of the emergency services meant the public had to step in, people like ron blake, himself injured, who could see that the man next to him was badly hurt. what did you notice about him? just the blood that were there — like, a trail. so ijust went to see how he were. but he was talking. told me his name and all that. i asked him where he were from. so, he communicated....

Told me his name and all that. asked him where he were from. so, he communicated. and less than a minute of that explosion, you run 999, didnt you? explosion, you rang 999, didnt you? yeah. police, emergency, - hello, can you hear me? yeah, theres been an explosion at manchester arena. is anybody injured? yes, loads. - theres been an explosion? - explosion, yeah, big explosion. john atkinson was the man ron was trying to help. his legs were bleeding heavily. on the way down, i remembered my wife...

I kept saying, "no, youre not." "youre not." and they got a barrier, a metal barrier, and then put him on that, went round to the lift, he wouldnt fit in the lift, so i had to go back and go down the stairs. not one paramedic attended tojohn inside the arena. he was carried out on a makeshift stretcher to a casualty area outside. ron left him after an hour thinking he would be ok now there were medics with him. when did you find out that john had passed away? that next day, in the hospital. it w...