One of the 22 people murdered in the Manchester Arena suicide bombing would probably have survived but for inadequacies in the emergency response
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The Arena attack killed 22 people after bomber Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a homemade explosive packed with shrapnel. Among the victims was 14-year-old Eilidh MacLeod, who had travelled to Manchester from Barra in the Outer Hebrides with her mum and a friend. On Thursday, Manchester Arena Inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders delivered a scathing report on the response of the emergency services.
Top news stories today In a statement released after the report's publication, Mr Atkinson's family said: "It is now clear beyond any doubt that on the night of the bombing, John was totally failed at every stage, both by the private medical providers at the Arena - ETUK and the emergency services. It is crystal clear that due to those failings, John died from injuries that he could and should have survived.
Sir John said: "This had a direct impact on the effectiveness of the emergency response. It affected who received information, what resources were made available and the decisions of other commanders." As the post-attack "golden hour" ended, the emergency response had failed to achieve effective evacuation. Just after midnight there were still 36 casualties waiting to go to hospital, with the last casualty departing at 02.50am on May 23.
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