Manchester bombing: First officer on blast scene screamed for my colleagues
THE first officer on the scene of the Manchester Arena suicide bombing has described how he "screamed" for his colleagues after the blast.
A police officer has described how he screamed for his colleagues when he arrived at the scene
Mark Renshaw, 24, a PCSO for British Transport Police, spent two hours using makeshift items as stretchers as he and his emergency service colleagues tended to the dead and injured.
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Officer Mark Renshaw was the first on the scene of the Manchester Arena suicide bombing
Mr Renshaw told of one girl who tapped him on the vest and asked "Can you help my mummy?", to find she had died in the attack.
He said: "I heard an extremely loud explosion that literally shook me, everything shook.
Colleagues used items as makeshift stretchers as they attempt to treat the wounded
"I saw people running and screaming and my initial response was to go the same way they were all running, but something kicked in and I ran through the barriers up the steps and into the foyer.
"It was pretty obvious what had happened. I remember screaming down my radio to get my colleagues and first aiders here.
"I was scared, but I couldn't have stood outside the station thinking, 'I'm safe here' when there were people inside who I could have been helping. I would have regretted that. I have no regrets."