A homeless man has shared his harrowing account of the moment he rushed to help wounded children after the suspected suicide bomb attack Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.
Stephen Jones, 35, was sleeping near Manchester Arena when he heard a loud bang, which he initially believed to be fireworks. In an interview with ITV News, he detailed the aftermath of the deadly attack that left at least 22 dead and dozens injured.
When Jones and his friend saw everyone screaming and running, they began to run with the crowd. But when they realized what was happening, they ran back and saw women and children leaving the arena with "blood throughout the stairs" and victims lying on the ground.
He explained that his instincts led him back inside the building.
"There was a lot of homeless people that stayed there and helped and that's what we done. And obviously when we seen children like that with blood... having to pull nails and stuff out of their arms and I pulled one out of this little girl's face," Jones said.
Jones felt like he had no choice but to help the children who were covered in blood, "crying and screaming."
"If I didn't help, I wouldn't be able to live with myself for walking away and leaving kids like that. The ones that helped were great, we don't normally get on with the police, but I'll give them 100 percent they were there on the scene last night and they were there, they knew what they were doing and all the emergency services were there, they were there in quick time," Jones said.
"If I didn't help, I wouldn't be able to live with myself," says homeless man who aided at Manchester
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