This week the Grenfell Inquiry releases its final report into the fire that cost 72 lives. Sky News talks to some of the children who survived the blaze - but were left traumatised by it.
Sixty-seven children lived in Grenfell Tower when the west London block caught fire in June 2017. Eighteen of them never got a chance to grow up. For many of the others, the traumatic loss, anxiety and PTSD that followed the disaster has shaped their childhoods and young adult lives. They lost friends, family and everything they owned; spent months or years in hotels; and missed valuable school time.
Brother.' Abem, 12: 'It could have been me' Abem Abraham's memory of his first home is hazy, but he remembers watching the tower burn, and he remembers the best friend he lost. As the fire raged, four-year-old Abem was taken down the smoke-filled stairs by his parents - then to a friend who lived nearby. He was safe. But before falling asleep that night, he looked out of the curtains. 'I see a tall building block engulfed in flames.
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