Homeless heroes care for injured children in Manchester terror attack
A homeless man has described the haunting moment he pulled nails and shards of glass from the faces of dying children in the wake of the Manchester Arena attack.
Stephen Jones, 35, was sleeping on a street near the stadium on Tuesday night when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device inside, killing at least 22 people and injuring 119.
Mr Jones recalled watching in horror as children covered in blood began pouring out of the arena, leaving behind 'lifeless' bodies surrounded by 'hysterical' mums.
Another homeless man, Chris Parker, was begging in the stadium foyer when he heard the explosion. He described in graphic detail cradling a young girl who had been separated from her parents and lost both her legs in the blast.
Mr Jones, who has been homeless for over a year and used to work as a bricklayer, spoke humbly about his heroic actions.
'We were having to pull nails and bits of glass out of their arms and faces,' he told ITV News. 'We haven't slept most of the night because of what we've seen.'
'I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I'd just walked away. Just because I'm homeless, it doesn't mean I haven't got a heart.
'There's a lot of good people in Manchester who help us out and we need to give back too. I'd like to think someone would come and help me if I needed the help.'
Mr Parker selflessly raced towards the blast and described holding a young girl who had lost both of her legs while he waited for paramedics to arrive.
'It knocked me to the floor and then I got up and instead of running away my gut instinct was to run back and try and help,' he told the Press Association.
'There was people lying on the floor everywhere.
'I saw a little girl … she had no legs. I wrapped her in one of the merchandise T-shirts and I said "where is your mum and daddy?" She said "my dad is at work, my mum is up there".'
He described holding another dying woman in his arms in the horrific aftermath of the explosion.
'She passed away in my arms,' he said.
'She was in her 60s and she had been with her family. I haven’t stopped crying. The most shocking part of it is that it was a kids’ concert.'
A fundraiser set up to help Mr Jones get back on his feet had raised over £25,000 as of midnight on Tuesday, with thousands of supporters commending his bravery.
A crowdfunding page has also been set up for Mr Parker, which had raised over £21,000 as of midnight on Tuesday.
Source:- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4536044/Homeless-heroes-care-injured-children-Manchester.html
