Manchester attack: family of victim who might have lived say he was ‘totally failed’

Floral tributes left for victims of the Manchester Arena bombing in St Ann’s Square, Manchester, in May 2017. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The family of a man who would probably have survived the Manchester Arena attack had he not been left to bleed to death by the emergency services said he had been “totally failed at every stage”.

On Thursday the inquiry into the atrocity identified failures in the emergency services’ response, which left victims with an “interminable” wait for treatment.