A mum has spoken out on how her daughter was 'let down' before dying in the Manchester Arena bombing. Saffie-Rose Roussos' mum Lisa, who is originally from St Ann's in Nottingham, said emergency services could have saved her daughter after she was severely injured in the terrorist attack on May 22, 2017.
Saffie-Rose was the youngest of the 22 people murdered by terrorist Salman Abedi, who detonated a homemade shrapnel-laden bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande Concert at the venue. As reported by The Mirror, a report into the attack which was published on Thursday, found that Saffie-Rose was one of two victims who did have a chance of survival if they had better medical care.
Mrs Roussos, who herself was was left in a six-week coma by the suicide bombing, said: “I believe in my heart she would have survived had she been the given correct medical attention she needed. It was the emergency services that let her down.” The report detailed how poster seller Paul Reid heard the blast and called 999 before trying to help Saffie-Rose Roussos for more than 30 minutes.
