Why 7/7victims Were Left to Bleed to Death ; Before a Policeman Tries to Save Your Life He Must Consider No Fewer Than 238 Possiblehazards... To Stop Him Suing His Own Bosses [Edition 3]

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A mid the disturbing evidence at last week's inquest into the deaths of the 52 victims of the 7/7 London bombings, there was a moment of great clarity. Survivor Michael Henning described how he stumbled to safety from the wreckage of a bombed Tube train at Aldgate station and pleaded with a group of emergency workers to go underground and help injured and dying passengers.

The firemen on the station platform seemed embarrassed and explained that they had been ordered to stay out of the tunnel because of fears of a second explosion. Victims died in agony during the delay - and there proved to be no second bomb.

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Why 7/7victims Were Left to Bleed to Death ; Before a Policeman Tries to Save Your Life He Must Consider No Fewer Than 238 Possiblehazards... To Stop Him Suing His Own Bosses [Edition 3]

In lamenting the loss of the 'Blitz Spirit' - when wartime rescue workers risked their lives to pull people from bombed and blazing buildings - Mr Henning laid bare the uncomfortable truth: that today's fire and ambulance crews and particularly today's police officers are trained to see hypothetical risks to themselves as far more importa...

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