'Overwhelmed' police officer 'made circuits' of Manchester Arena bomb blast zone to help casualties, public inquiry told
direct to your inboxA police officer 'made circuits' of the blast zone at Manchester Arena to ensure all casualties of the bombing were taken out, the public inquiry into the atrocity heard.Sir John Saunders, the inquiry's chairman, said 'heroic acts' were carried out by first responders in the City Room at the Arena.And he told Greater Manchester Police sergeant Andrew Beasley: "Few of us, I suspect, could have behaved in the way you did."The officer, one of the first at the scene, told the inquiry on Tuesday he was 'overwhelmed on arrival' and 'remained overwhelmed by the experience' today.And he said the only paramedic he saw in the City Room after the explosion 'looked completely overwhelmed' too because of the number of casualties.He