Tower block fire: The firefighter's story
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- Опубликовано: 15 май 2024
- The firefighters and emergency teams who risked their own lives to try and save those trapped inside the burning Grenfell Tower block were nothing short of heroic and courageous.
One of them was Damian Magee from Whitechapel Fire Station's Red Watch. They got the call to attend the Grenfell blaze in the early hours of Wednesday.
Sky's senior correspondent David Bowden spoke to him.
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Fire fighters don't get enough credit
Lord Of frog I totally agree well said spot on
Grace Boothman that's not true i saw them dousing at, at least 2am.
They ran into that furnace that takes a special kind of courage
Go back to shill central on 4chan
Lord Of frog they have the guts to go in and risk their lives. They also have to search for the missing people.
So true!
Damn, that story of the little boy hits hard.
kashem ali
💔💔💔
Asmae Aden t
:'( so sad
I just posted a video where a fireman claims they found '42 bodies in one room huddled together' check it out on my channel!!!!!
I agree
Lord have mercy I'm broken. The story about the 5 year old, that firefighter I want to give him a hug. Running through the building to save people's lives and risk there own in the process. No one is super human but these men and women are incredible.
it's sad
I burst out in tears when he mentioned that 5 year old who's brother died
FenZik Snipex me too tears in my eyes.
Believe it or not the firefighter telling the story is actually my uncle
Fire fighters get a quarter of the salary to that of an MP... one saves lives whilst the other takes them... where is the justice in that?
these are the real heroes respect to the firemen and women
Ibrahim Mian
Fire people
AntidotexX *firefighters
I respect your conviction.
I may say, these are living persons, not heroes. They do a hard and dangerous work. I appreciate. Named them hereos is a ambivalent term. The term heroes let me think about american politic in times of war (Vietnam). The worst the war was, the more heroes exist.
All soldiers are named heroes. To keep the relatives and the people of USA silent?
In real life, a heros in war is 5 minutes later, thrown on his own life, forgotten by governement, wellfare, healthcare and any living person.
Told someone as a hero is propanda.
Had a grandfather. A real nice and lovely person. The sun of my whole life until he died as I was 16. He came home from 2 WW wounded. And there rest in family nothing from towards propanda of heroes. There was a broken life and a broken family.
Please be conscious: heroes doesn't exist. They are made.
Peace.
Me
firefighters deserve so much more respect and backing from our country. Give these heroes the salary they deserve. Brave men.
Thank u for ur service to all the firefighters may god grant all the victims the highest place in heaven 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Hamid Sharif ameen
Hamid Sharif
Ameen
I'm surprised. There exiset a ranking in heaven?
the gallantry of fire fighters will always have my respect.
My dad served for 30 years as a firefighter in London Fire Brigade.
Sherbet Pip your dad is a hero
Where were the nets or air cushions so people could jump out and at least have a small chance of surviving?
Pippie5555 they couldn't put air cushion around building due to amount of burning debris that was falling
Oscar Blanco I'm sorry to hear that Oscar. He was obviously a very brave man. My dad has had a cough for years, I've often wondered if it was from his job.
Sherbet Pip should get that checked out
Wow 😳 I can't comprehend what these people have seen and been through
*I have always wondered how these guys are handling all the horror they are witnessing. Whatever they are paid, it's not enough. May God bless them all. 🌷*
It must be so scary to be stuck in a building up in flames. I feel so sorry for the families who lost their loved ones.
They do so much nd risk them selfs , so sad my heart goes out to everyone involved ♥️🙏
Penny Wyllie I
people dont really understand that...i now realised the serious job the put it...much respect to all fire fighters
2:45 what that little boy said broke my heart.. how the firefighter got past that moment I do not know.. that impacted me..
These brave brave people did all they could. It breaks my heart to think how they believe the didn't do enough. They saved many many lives that night and they should be proud of all the work and effort they put in. This whole story is so heartbreaking, even in Australia, I remember turning on the TV and wondering what movie it was, until I realised, this was actually happening. Thought and prayers with the families and people affected by this tragedy.
Kate Emily they done what they could they risked their own lives many would walk away these people are heroes and always have been where was may when this happened nowhere near
Martin Scott, exactly
i honestly dont want to imagine how the firefighters feel and what they've seen, the same goes for the witnesses and families. What happend there was a huge crime and one das the responsible ones going to have to answer for what they did. May Allah swt bless the victims
suga delrey Aameen
suga delrey racism? Is allah a race? Is islam an ethnic group? Well done for trying that one! It's a ridiculous ideology that DEMANDS muslims not to integrate.....but I'm the "racist"?
suga delrey islam is the third totalitarian ideology that threatens humanity. It is a pernicious and deceitful ideology, which disguises itself perfectly since it is part “religion”.Islam is more than a religion(the religious part of islam is only about 18%), IT IS A COMPLETE CIVILIZATION including politics and laws.IN ISLAM, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE RELIGION.There is no separation of church (mosque) and state. So, the religion is the state, and the state is the religion, they are one and the same. All laws are already written in the koran and in the sunna. This means: the mosque decides and the imam rules…
Islam sees the world as eternally divided into two opposing camps:1.) Dar al-Harb (land of war, ruled by the infidels)…..2.) Dar al-Islam (land of peace, ruled by muslims)…Any country that is not islamic and not ruled by muslims is seen as a land of war.Europe belongs to the Dar al-Harb and MUST be subjugated.THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ISLAM IS TO DOMINATE AND CONTROL THE WORLD AND TO ESTABLISH THE SHARIA WORLDWIDE…
aliyah iqbal I gathered that !
its just what muslims say like "god bless" the person didn't mean to be provocative by it
Fire Fighters deserve the highest honours
how deeply heartbreaking and devastating it must be for these amazing firefighters to hear people screaming for help, screaming for their lives and not be able to help them ! it takes a very special kind of person to do what these men and women do and thank whoever or whatever that we have so many of them willing to do all that they can to the point of total exhaustion to then still push on and try to save people they don't even know, totally selfless and heroic !!!! they all deserve a bravery medal ! as do some of the police officers and other people who also did an amazing job trying to help people escape the fire. my very deepest sympathy goes to everyone affected by this terrible fire.
Firefighters deserve the world, such brave courageous people.
God bless all firefighters they do a very dangerous job.
True heroes in my eyes. Hope they get all the recognition they deserve.
This is a real tragedy I feel for firefighters police paramedics for the horrific horrors they have to face..ALLAH GIVE THEM PATIENCE AND ENDURANCE AND TO ALL THE FAMILIES..AMEEN..
Firemen/women are the BEST in the world. After all these years I still can’t believe what I see
Rest In Peace To Everyone Who Died In The Fire In Grenfell Tower In West London. 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏 God Bless🙏❤️🙏
I am very sad for the little boy that said my brother is in the flat but dead I must have been so hard for the people who were in their and also the firefighter who tried helping people to get out .
Thanks firefighters. This is very sad
Absolutely shocking. I feel so sorry for that 5 year old and everyone else involved. RIP.
Maximum respect to the fighters that ran up in that building to help
As someone who wants to be a firefighter in the future.
What they went though is a firefighter’s absolute nightmare, they tried so hard and went beyond they boundaries trying to get people out of that blaze but even that wasn’t enough.
And the only thing what we saw was the number of dead which was already terrible, but they saw the dead one by one which are scars they’ll carry with them for the rest of their lives.
What a wonderful courageous stand up fella it must have felt like a lifetime battling the blaze for hours the exhaustion alone must have been excruciating it maybe their profession of choice but they all went above & beyond & most defiantly should be honored
respect to fire fighters they risk their life's to save others
Poor Poor people they did not deserve this . May ALLAH Grant them a place in HEAVEN.
Susan Its up to God who goes to heaven and who goes to HELL God will Judge every single person whether Muslim or non Muslim. My thoughts and prays to all the victim's who died Muslim's and non Muslim.
may Mighty Allah grant Sabbr to all those relatives who had lost Thier beloved ones ..And keep all of us safe from this kind of incidents and accicidents Ameen sum Ameen inshaAllah 🙁..my heart just broken and shocked .
They put there life's at risk day in day out, people who thought they could of done more, are lost in space
Most traumatic thing any 5 year old has had to see and witness, it should never have happened, it makes me blood boil as this was totally preventable in 2017, one would expect something like this to have happen in 1940s as they never had the technology, the expertise or infrastructure in place back then. In 2017 is disgusting, this should be a criminal investigation and those at K&C council and contractors who installed this if found guilty should be held on manslaughter.
Respect to all firefighters!
I've been watching the enquiry and trust me its blatant manslaughter by those responsible for the negligence.
time for justice now these poor people will never be forgotten R I P and the little angel's
Respect voor deze mannen en vrouwen, die alles hebben geprobeerd, de rest is so sad.
Real heroes! Respect!
U t the really heros who saved many people
poor poor people
They are the definition of heros
very very brave men risking there lives for others I really feel for them x
respect and love firefighters
I am from Canada, would like to know exactly which fire departments were / are involved so I can send them a message of love and thanks..
they are heroes
Best wishes to our brothers across the Atlantic.
This are the real heros
salute to all the firefighters true heroes xx
My question is how can the govt not think of installing escape ladders at a residential building like that?!?
There out of date and its safer to use a turntable ladder and great respect to the firefighters
God bless them all for all they do
The little boy story got me
i heard that three firefighters who went to rescue a 12-year old girl on the 20th floor were unable to find her. Unknown to them, she had moved up to a flat on the 23rd floor, was on the phone to a control operator who had no means of knowing what the firefighters were doing, and later died in this location.
Good man damo. Total respect. Miss u on the paddys day parades
God Bless all the Fire Brigade. This is so upsetting 😢😢😢😢😢😢💔
Imagine what the London blitz was like? This was going on every night.
Congratulations for the brigade .
it just goes to show how important people like fire fighters and police officers are. Without them wading selflessly into the fire there would be many many more casualties. God bless all the brave men and woman that make our nation a safe place.
No wonder so many of those firefighters and other first responders ended up with PTSD.
I have no words!
Still never forgetting in June 2020 :(
The firefighter mentions how he would have broken the rules if he had this fire again, the reason why they have rules is to make sure he and his fellow firefighters go home too. Completely selfless, we really do have amazing people on this earth.
Darren Walters yeah but sometimes these health and safety rules are bollocks, like the unmanned hose - a trained firefighter is much better with a hose than an automated one. And at the end of the day it is their job...
Really hero's.
Risk they lives to save others.
listening to this man brought real hart felt tears to my eyes, we must not let those evil basterds devide us on this one, all people must stay focused and united in order for us to get real Justice,,,,,
A huge salute to our fire fighters...may God bless u n yr family. AMEEN.
The firefighters were victims of this tragedy as well. See if they can get better working conditions, and more equipment
hard hitting.. in a non selfless way. fire service done an epic job..❤
god bless to them all real hero's ❤💛
Real heroes..
God thanks for ur service! X
Damn this story is so sad and the sinister lot behind it still walk free
Firefighters: Not enough money, love from public
MP: Too much money, hate from public
Here in Sweden even if we dont have sprinklers installed in our building they atleast give everyone in every appartment a fire extinguisher for free so every family hade one just in case of emergency its sad that they dident atleast pitch that idea!!!!
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but to err is human.
TBH I could never be any type of an emergency person because if I were to see some one die I would not be able to go on with life. Especially in that type of circumstance.
This is the type of event that will stay with them forever.
God protect the firefighters
great job well done
we would be nothing without the help of our services.Hearts all out to the tough guys (firefighters)
I love u all. God bless u all! 🌸❤️
I am guessing the roof was sealed off, so no way to use helicopters either?
This is a story about prevention. Firefighters and residents could not do much at this stage. It was all stacked up against them at this stage.
I don't even know if a lesson will be learned. Most of London burned centuries ago, and here we are again, housing hundreds in unsafe buildings.
not all heroes wear capes!!#firefighters
having been in the building trade for some 40 years as a specifier and scheduler of architectural ironmonger and within that i had to ensure all architectural ironmongery (locks and handles)complied with all fire and DDA regulations ,I also recall that all the public use buildings had to be passed by a fire offices that would review all aspects of fire escape and the materials including fire doors and escape routes based on the flow of escaping people, the fire brigade and their fire officers are the people responsible for signing off the building as safe and they had the legal rights to demand further work to be done if they considered it must be improved ,it has to be asked why did the fire service's fire officers sign off a building that used none fire retardant materials ,they may have rescued people from that building but they also may be responsible for an inadequate assessment of fire movement scenarios around fire proof room cells, if a council or architect tried save money at the cost of safety the fire offices can override any consideration of cost to ensure the safety of people in a building they have the last word on it
Robin GSNR I'm pretty sure that due to financial restraints, the fire service no longer have any responsibility to sign buildings off anymore.
true hero's
God bless the firies and the victims
Firefighters were heroes that night, it’s TMO who should predict that firefighters will not be able to save those people from this death trap
So many people will be suffering psychologically.This can break some people
the little boy 😢
firefighters are true hero's of the world
True heroes
I think in every tower block they should have those parachutes for fire safety
Not necessary.
What they need is proper fire doors, emergency lighting, a protected stairwell, ideally sprinklers but for heavens sakes, the main failing was the local conservative government - the building had failed fire safety tests for several years before, as a cost-saving exercise, the richest council in britain chose to facade the building with flamable, rather than flame retarding cladding, in order to make it look pretty for the rich local residents.
Tory Britain - the rich are the only ones they care for ... it's time we changed that.
Wasn't there a rescue on the rooftop possible? Did They ever have a firedrill? So sad for this man and his collegues.
why they didint sent a bucket elicopter back up? your superiors must know that the ladder was not going to reach.. they are widely used everywhere..
f.bruno dj widely used for forrest fires which is gine because tipping tonnes of water on trees is ok but people it could actualy crush them and the blades would give the fire more oxygen
John Richards oh so it's okay for helicopters to fly there and film people dying, but not to help take down the fire. Amazing!
The helicopters have cameras with a massive zoom lens so they are nowhere near it just seems close
lol
Ok.. Shocking to ear UK doesn't have it! .. well If i was inside that tower I rather have died crushed by the structure rather than burned alive
We can never thank the fire fighters enough for their bravery and dedication. But now we must find those responsible for this. The contractors who installed the cladding.
All emergency services especially the fire brigade, paramedics,doctors, nurse's anyone who Save's lives including the police should be paid a lot more just like an MP who wouldn't know a proper days work if it hit them in the face.
Where were the nets or air cushions so people could jump out and at least have a small chance of surviving?
youd think they had things to jump out on ffs unreal really
Pippie5555 Too much debris on fire falling from the building.
And the fact that these operations are dangerous, due to the fact that it's quite a small target to hit and it puts crews that operate the safety nets and the safety cushions in danger.
I live in London Ontario
dont blame 1 man. hes not at fault
😭💔
This is why the fire brigade of the 21st century need firefighting drones
A ladder truck can pump up to a ton a minute of water onto a fire, how much water would a drone carry.??? Also, the pressure of a water jet would propel the drone in the opposite direction like a jet engine. .
What if they had thousands of tiny drones (each carrying a litre) to act as a pipeline from the source of water e.g. a nearby lake to the building on fire. It's like setting up an ad hoc water conveyor to anywhere.
Im just saying its bot bormaly needed becasue they are designed to contain the fire to 1 floor but the cladding on the ouside allowed it to spread rapidly to everyfloor other than some lower ones
Yea its horrific that it can be allowed and people can get away with it the regulations should be improved for glats in the uk after this beace more than 70 lives were lost last time i checked so its worse than most of our terrorist attacks
Its not lack of common sense its worse its people bot caring about lives its just about profit they use bad materials and apply them badly just to save money sothey get mote profit hopefully the people incharge of this building get charged for involutary man slaughter