First paramedic at scene of Manchester terror attack describes terrible life-or-death dilemmas he faced
A PARAMEDIC first to arrive in the aftermath of Manchester terror attack told of the life-or-death dilemmas he faced.
Paddy Ennis arrived within minutes of suicide bomber Salman Abedi blowing himself up at the Manchester Arena on Monday.
The 38-year-old told how he had to go against his natural instincts and ignore victims who were screaming in pain as it at least meant their airways were clear and they could breathe.
Paddy told the : "My priority was the quiet patients.
"When I arrived there were people screaming in pain and people terrified. I had to ignore them so you are reassured by the fact they are relatively OK for now, although they had horrendous injuries."
The dad-of-three was forced to carry out rapid assessments on the casualties, briefly checking whether the injured were breathing and their pulse was racing at an acceptable rate.
He said: "Unfortunately for some, my assessment was they were beyond any help we could provide. They were already dead."
Twisted Salman Abedi detonated a home-made device packed full of nuts and bolts during an Ariana Grande concert last week, killing 22 people and injuring 120.
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The 22-year-old fiend managed to fund his suicide bomb with the use of a taxpayer-funded student loan.
On Friday has vowed to hold a fundraising concert to honour the victims following criticism she chose to jet back to the US rather than console injured fans in hospital.
Earlier in the week PM Theresa May was forced to raise the UK's terror threat level to 'critical' - meaning another attack was feared immenent - but has since lowered it to 'severe'.
So far cops have carried out 17 raids in the aftermath of the attack holding 11 men in custody.
Police say they are confident the “key players” in Abedi’s network have now been rounded up.
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