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Speaking on the eve of a report into the response of emergency services into the Manchester Arena bombing, survivor Ron Blake said those in charge had 'got it all wrong' on the night of May 22, 2017.
A report examining the emergency response to the Manchester Arena bombing - which claimed lives of York couple Angelika and Marcin Klis, and whether…
Ron was trying to help. his legs were bleeding heavily. 0n the way down, i remembered my wife had a belt on, so i asked her to give me her belt. ron tied the belt tightly around john's 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 last forever. seemed to go on and on and on, and nobody were coming, so ijust kept trying to talk tojohn. kept saying, "i'm not going to... "i'm not going to die?" —— "i'm going to die?, aren't i" i kept saying, "no, you're not." "you're not." and they got a barrier, a me...
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 i just went to see how he were. but he was talking. 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 rang 999, didn't you? yeah. police, emergency, - hello, can you hear me? john atkinson was the man ron was tryin...
On the way down, i remembered my wife had a belt on, so i asked her to give me her belt. ron tied the belt tightly around john's 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 last for ever. seemed to go on and on and on, and nobody were coming, so ijust kept trying to talk tojohn. kept saying, "i'm not going to... "i'm not going to die?" i kept saying, "no, you're not." "you're not." and they got a barrier, a metal barrier, and then put him on that, went round to the lift, he wouldn't fit in the lift, ...